2010 Father's Day: Steak Dinner (2010年父親節 烤牛排,玉米湯,烤紅薯,草莓卡布拉)

Father's Day is here again. It happened again that my parents were in town. Dad didn't want to go out and wanted to have quiet dinner at home. We know that he likes Steak. Then simple steak dinner might be easy to please everyone...
父親節又到了，很巧，父母又來城裏，老爸不想去外麵吃晚餐，想在家裏安靜些，我們知道他喜歡牛排，況且牛排晚餐人人喜愛，就這末定了。。。
Menu:
Salad: Gourmet salad from our garden
Soup: Sweet corn soup
Main course: Ribeye steak
Side dish: Oven roast sweet potatoes
Desert: Strawberry Rhubarb cobbler with ice cream


晚餐菜單：
色拉：菜園不同種生菜配意大利香醋醬
湯： 玉米湯
主餐：烤牛排
配餐：烤紅薯
甜點：草莓Rhubarb卡布拉

First of all, Salad and soup: 首先來看看色拉和湯
Salad is in season. I planted different type of salad. It called gourmet salad blend. It was great combination. Dressing was homemade Italian vinagrette.
色拉菜正好是季節， 今年我們種了不同種類的色拉菜，味道不同，配菜非常好，色拉醬是自己做的意大利香醋醬汁，以前寫過上百次，就不羅嗦了。
Sweet corn soup was made from the sweet corn harvested from last year. It was in our freezer.
香甜玉米湯是用我們去年收的甜玉米做的。一直在凍箱裏保存。
2 slice of bacon, cut into small pieces （兩條bacon，切小塊）
3 cup of sweet corn kennel （三杯甜玉米粒）
1/4 cup chopped onion (1/4杯洋蔥丁)
1 cup water (1 杯水)
1 cup whole milk (1 杯全脂牛奶)
Salt and pepper for taste (鹽,胡椒粉少許)
Procedure: (做法)
1. Heavy medium sauce pan on medium heat. Add bacon and cook until brown and remove, reserve the bacon for later use. 取一隻厚底鍋加熱煎BACON,然後取出煎好的BACON
2. Add onion and saute until soft, about 2 minutes 加入洋蔥丁炒軟,大約2分鍾左右
3. Add sweet corn saute for another 2 minutes and add water. Heat thru to boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and pour into a blender. Blend it until it reaches smooth state. Return it back to the sauce pan and heat thru. Add milk and salt pepper to taste. Serve hot with dry bacon bits on the top. It was delicious. Dad liked the soup very much even this is the first time. 加入甜玉米炒2分鍾，加水煮開。蓋好蓋子小火煮10分鍾，倒入攪拌器打碎，倒回鍋裏煮開，加入牛奶，鹽和胡椒粉調味。盛入湯碗中撒上碎bacon。又香又甜，老爸雖然第一次吃，卻不停地說好吃。

Below is the salad I picked from our garden and the Sweet Corn Soup. 下圖是菜園裏采來的色拉菜和玉米湯：



Grill Ribeye steak and Roast Sweet Potatoes
烤牛排和烤紅薯
Ribeye steak is my dad's favorite. Everyone knows how to grill the steak.  I don't need to say anything here. Oven roasted sweet potatoes were so sweet. It was perfect match.
牛眼肉在牛排中是老爸的最愛。每個人都知道怎樣烤，我就不用在這裏羅嗦了。紅薯在烤箱裏烤後非常甜，和牛排是再好不過的搭配了。


Desert: Strawberry Rhubarb cobbler with ice cream
甜點：草莓Rhubarb卡布拉
Both strawberry and rhubarb are from our garden. Strawberry and rhubarb chopped mixed with sugar. Put them into individual baking dish and top with oat meal brown sugar topping.
Oat meal brown sugar toppings:
1.5 cup of old fashion oat meal
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup butter, cold
Mix all above together and top of the strawberry rhubarb mixture. Bake them in a preheated oven at 350F for about 30 to 40 minutes, or until topping is golden brown and strawberry rhubarb mixture is bubbling.
草莓和Rhubarb都是我們的菜園自產自銷的，草莓和Rhubarb切小塊拌入糖，加入小的烤罐中，在上麵放上燕麥紅糖碎粒。
燕麥紅糖碎粒的做法：
1.5杯大粒燕麥
1/2杯麵粉
1/4杯深色紅糖
一點鹽
1/2杯奶油，冷卻的
以上所有佐料都混合均勻，撒在草莓和Rhubarb的烤罐上麵。在預熱過的350F的烤箱中烤30到40分鍾，或直到燕麥紅糖碎粒變成金黃，草莓和Rhubarb汁出泡泡就好了。


To serve, cool the baking dishes on a rack not completely, but still slightly warm. Top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and enjoy.
從烤箱中拿出來，放在網上冷卻，吃的時候最好是還帶一點溫溫的，加上一勺香草冰激淩。看下圖。


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Take a close look:近看看


Everyone liked the meal and desert. It was simple and delicious.
無論是晚餐還是甜點，每個人都喜歡，確實是簡單又美味。