Crispy Roast Potatoes

 

From seriouseats: best crispy roast potatoes

Use Yukon Gold potatoes, large-ish and quartered, or medium-sized and halved.

In 2 quarts of boiling water (with 2 T kosher salt and optional 1/2 t baking soda), add 4 lb of cut Yukon Gold potatoes. After returning to the boil, cook 10-15 minutes. Drain, put back in pan and shake a bit to bruise the potatoes. Oil generously (5 T olive oil, or combination of olive oil, duck fat, etc.). Bake (convection bake or air-fry) about up to 20 minutes in a 400 F oven, shake & turn potatoes. Continue baking another 30 minutes until exterior is nice golden brown. Add garlic & seasonings such as rosemary, thyme near the end. Add kosher salt & fresh ground black pepper to taste.

Or, pan-fry the potatoes until nice and golden brown, adding seasonings at the end.

Keto crackers with psyllium husks and sunflower, pumpkin, flax, and sesame seeds

 Adapted from the post at alphafoodie.com (but that site's ads are really obnoxious!) Use raw, not toasted seeds. Remember that flax seeds and sesame seeds should be refrigerated after opening the package. Makes a 12x17 tray, which can be cut to about 28 pieces.

• 1.25 cup sunflower seeds
• 0.75 cup pepitas
• 0.75 cup sesame seeds
• 0.75 cup flax seeds
• 2 Tbsp psyllium husk (+ a bit)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp dried herbs (or more), such as rosemary
• pinch of cayenne
• 2 1/4 cup water (minus a bit)

Mix all dry ingredients. Add water. Stir thoroughly, and let rest for about 30 minutes. Preheat convection oven to 290 F. Line a 12x17 tray with parchment paper. Pour the gelled mixture on the parchment paper, smooth out with the spatula that you used to mix. Bake about 30 minutes, take out of oven & pre-cut. Return to oven, bake another 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven, flip on another sheet of parchment paper, and peel off the sheet to expose the bottom half (now on top). Bake another 10-15 minutes. Take out, let cool, and store.

Nutrition calculations (assuming no calories in spices, cut in 28 pieces):

Instant Pot Seitan

 Adapted from mywfpbkitchen.com

• 1.25 c vital wheat gluten
• 0.25 c other flour (garbanzo, coconut, etc)
• 1.125 c liquid
• 1 tsp salt
• Seasonings

Mix by hand; knead for 3-5 minutes by hand. Roll out, cut into small strips.

In instant pot: 2 c of broth or other flavored liquid, a dash of oil. Begin to heat, add seitan strips.

Pressure cook 15 minutes. Allow another 10 minutes after cooking before release.

Low carb/keto friendly bread or pizza dough

 This recipe: 

Found on Reddit

• 1 c warm water (100-110 F)
• 1 t sugar or honey, dissolve into the water
• 1 T active dry yeast (1 package), mix with water to proof 5-10 minutes
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/4 c vital wheat gluten
• 1/2 c oat fiber
• 2/3 c ground flax meal
• 1/2 t xanthan gum
• 1 t kosher salt
• 2 T softened butter

Mix all in a stand mixer using a dough hook, continue kneading with dough hook for 5-7 minutes. Let rise about 1 hour. You can roll out for pizza dough (it's a very stiff dough), or make a baguette or loaf. For a pizza, bake about 10-15 minutes at 475 F (on a pizza stone). For a baguette, it looks like 20 minutes or so in a 450 F oven (with steam). I have not tried baking like no-knead (covered pre-heated container at 450 F for 30 minutes, then, uncover and continue baking another 15-30 minutes), but it should work just fine.

Popovers

Basically from Joy of Cooking:

Preheat oven (convection) to 410 F
1 cup flour, pinch of salt, cayenne pepper or other spices
Melt 1.5 tbsp butter, add
1 1/4 cup milk, add
2 eggs
Beat liquids
Beat into flour lightly--don't overbeat. Lumpy is fine.
Spray 8 muffin tins with PAM or similar
Pour into muffin tins
Place in oven, cook about 20 minutes
Reduce to 360 F, cook another 15 minutes

When you take out: Puncture the sides of the popovers to release steam. Serve hot.

Psyllium "english muffin"

From brokefoodies.com "keto eggs benedict"--just the english muffin part:

In a microwaveable bowl, mix:

• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp almond meal
• 1 tbsp psyllium husk
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• dash salt
• 1 tbsp water or milk
• 1 egg

Microwave for 90 seconds. Let stand for 1 minute, then, dump out of bowl. Slice in half, toast or pan-fry each half until surface is crisped up and brown (a couple of minutes).

Results come out decently. I don't know that this would taste good cold.

Duck de Marietta

Discovered this recipe in 2017--it was a big hit. It takes 6-7 hrs to cook.

Defrost and clean a whole duck. Rub outside with salt & pepper, put citrus on the insides. Score the skin (just the outer layer, don't cut into the meat).

Put on a rack, breast down; roast (regular bake) at 250 F for 3-4 hrs; flip and put on convection for another 3 hrs. (Or you can do the whole thing in convection at 250 F). Then, raise temperature to 450 F (convection bake or roast) for about 20-30 minutes until breast skin looks nice, brown, and crispy.

Remove from oven, let stand for 15-20 minutes, carve.

Meat will be well done, but quite tender and not dried out.