Thursday Simplicity

Last night's protein was sliced beef ("charbonnade") that I seasoned, pan-fried, and served plain. We sprinkled raclette spices over the beef at the table. Very nice beef, very simply prepared... excellent.

As a side I used up a bunch of vegetables by cutting daikon, kohlrabi, yellow carrot, and leeks into thick matchsticks and then steaming them. I served the steamed vegetables with a sauce made by browning butter then adding orange zest, fennel seeds, and a bit of cayenne and letting it steep about 5 minutes. I strained this over the vegetables. I should have cracked the fennel seeds, because their flavor wasn't particularly detectable. The dish was still very nice.

I also made some basmati rice as a starch.