Sooo ... I had some left over braising liquid from my Mexican Pot Roast Tacos, and I didn't want to waste any of it. (Andy: You are the self-proclaimed braising king; do you ever use your left over braising liquid for anything?) I reheated it, reduced it, and blended it all together in my stand blender. Next, I tossed the sauce with some rigatoni, corn, and andouillee sausage. Topped it off with some shredded pepper jack cheese, baked it in the oven in a casserole dish, and I was sitting pretty. I decided to serve it with some jalapeno cornbread with honey lime butter. The butter was fantastic! One teaspoon of lime zest, one tablespoon of honey, and a bunch of butter (I only had unsalted butter, so I added some sea salt). I took the easy way out and used a box of T.J.'s cornbread mix, but I wish I would have made my own. (T.J.'s is a little too sweet for my liking.) Anyway, I just added a bunch of chopped jalapeno to the mix and cooked it in my cast-iron pan, which is the only acceptable way to cook cornbread - period.
Very innovative use of leftovers, +10 points! Although you get -5 points for not heading my advice and using some good butter, but I love cornbread, especially Jalepeno cornbread, so +10 for that, but then minus -5 for stealing Soooo.... For a grand total of 10 points, you owe me a pork sandwhich.
ReplyDeleteHah. I forgot that you owned the trademark phrase "sooooo..."!! And I will be heading your advice about butter in the future. I just have a ton of butter in the fridge right now and can't justify buying more without using up what I have. I've already found the butter I will be buying, I think it's Irish butter of some sort. Can't remember the name. Also, I will gladly make you a pork sandwhich.
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