stuffed shells

Stuffed shells with Italian sausage and leeks. Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart's Crab-Stuffed Shells with Peas and Leeks.

Lamb rack from Colorado. A little over done.

Lesson learned; take it out 10 minutes earlier. It obviously continued cooking while resting.

smells like the ocean

We got a really fresh shipment of mussels from the US. They already smelled like the ocean, but we gave them a scrub in a salt water bath anyhow.

Mussels 2 ways; with shallots, garlic, parsley and white wine.

And then with Chorizio.

A new item this year are raw Alaskan King Crab legs. Previously they always arrived cooked and frozen, but this time they were whole and raw. They also smelled like the ocean. Each leg, about the length of our arms, had to be cut up in several pieces in order to fit in our steamer pot.

And after 10 minutes in the pot, they turned a beautiful bright orange colour. We served them with lemon wedges and melted butter, but they were really delicious as is.