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Mixed Mushroom Pasta
Tonight, we made a mixed mushroom pasta dish by frying some shallots and garlic, adding the mixed mushrooms with some thyme and lemon juice then finishing with brandy and creme fraiche. It was ok but a bit bland. Would have been good with bacon. And cheese. G
Read More..>>Sausages and Lentils
Tonight’s objective was to use lentils. I found lots of different lentilly recipes: fishy ones, lamby ones but Stephen, being Stephen, decided the only one to go with was the sausagey one. So that’s what we did, and it’s a good job I let him get his own way sometimes because it was a triumph. […]
Read More..>>Cauliflower Cheese (and Roasted Butternut with Chicken Casserole)
We had some chicken thighs that needed using up so last night, while we were cooking dinner, Stephen make a quick casserole. I heated this up tonight and served it with some vegetables that also needed using up. I made some cauliflower cheese and some roasted butternut. I didn’t think they were going to go […]
Read More..>>Harissa Roasted Chicken with Tabbouleh
Tonight, we roasted some chicken thighs in harissa and served them with tabbouleh. It was quick and tasty. We made the tabbouleh with lots more parsley than usual as recently we’ve had it a few times in Turkish restaurants and have noticed that this tends to be the primary ingredient. It was good but I […]
Read More..>>Mushrooms and Bacon on Toast, with Cheese
Breakfast:
Read More..>>Prawns, Steak and Dauphinoise Potatoes
Tonight, we had a mini feast. We started with tiger prawns (the last four in the shop) marinated in oil, garlic, lemon and chilli; then fried. This was followed by two really big rib-eye steaks, seasoned with pepper then cooked medium rare: We served these with dauphinoise potatoes: It was all brilliant, and there are […]
Read More..>>Risotto
Not very exciting, but tasty. Bacon and broad bean risotto, with vermouth and rosemary. G
Read More..>>Moussaka
We’ve got a busy week coming up so thought we would cook something that could be frozen and reheated when we were hungry. We didn’t get to go to the butcher yesterday so were reliant on supermarket mince, we chose beef mince to make our moussaka as we’ve been disappointed by the lamb mince we’ve […]
Read More..>>Chicory
I’ve not cooked chicory before, mistakengly believing it was related to fennel and therefore tasting of aniceed (which I believe to be Rong) but toady we attempted an Italian braised dish. The chicory was steamed in water and lemon then baked in the oven with garlic, parsley, breadcrumbs and pine kernels. It was ok, Stephen […]
Read More..>>Rabbit with Garlic
Today, we cooked rabbit. It’s been on our “Things To Cook Soon” list for a while and yesterday, we found some in Selfridges Food Hall. The recipe was from Fergus Henderson’s “Nose To Tail Eating”, a book we’ve had for a while but not cooked from. It was quite a simple recipe, brown the rabbit […]
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