Amateur home chefs: what dish have you never attempted, that you want to try soon?

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@mbh

@solost

Also, If you’ve ever attempted making Beet Wellington at home, I’d love to hear your stories about how it turned out.

It got purple stains all over the tablecloth.

From what-- did you use beets instead of mushrooms or something? Or, from the red wine sauce, assuming you made Gordon Ramsey’s recipe? Or am I getting whooshed somehow?

@kayaker

I’ve never played around with a smoker, but my gf’s one brother got involved big-time with smoking and he’s enjoying it. I love visiting him when he has the smoker going.

Oh yeah, I love smoking. If you decide to get into smoking yourself, there’s a lot of Doper BBQers and smokers here with a lot of great advice.

If you want to try smoking, don’t want to invest in a smoker, but do own a kettle-style grill, I put together a thread a couple Summers ago about smoking a whole beef brisket in a kettle grill, which turned out fan-freakin’-tastic.

@bump

I’m usually most intrigued by the idea of making/growing as much of a dish as possible myself. So one thing I’d like to do one of these days is grow my own tomatoes, basil, oregano, and garlic, make my own crust, make my own mozzarella, and make my own pepperoni/salami to make a pizza that’s as homemade as possible.

Great idea! I read or saw a feature on the news a couple years ago about a local farm that did this-- they cooked and served their own pizzas on-site with as many ingredients they grew and made themselves as possible (not sure if they actually grew and milled the grain for the crust, or made their own cheese).

I’ve made my own pasta sauce from scratch using Roma tomatoes and fresh basil I grew. It was outstanding. I don’t do a vegetable garden anymore, but sometimes I’ll go to a Farmer’s Market and buy a big bunch of Romas and fresh basil. Fresh-made red sauce from fresh ingredients is miles better than anything out of a jar or a can.