Archive for the 'Meat' Category
Harissa Roasted Chicken
We both fancied roast chicken for Sunday lunch but since we eat it so often, we decided to cook it differently. I can’t remember what the thought process was but harissa chicken was about the third suggestion and our most favourite. We sort-of followed a Moro recipe but since we only remembered to consult our […]
Read More..>>Fajita-Chicken Salad
While we didn’t have the camera, we made chicken fajitas which turned out rather well. The chicken in particular was really good, and we were wondering what else we could do with chicken cooked in that way. Tonight we made salad, and decided that fajita-style chicken would go well with it. We sliced two chicken […]
Read More..>>Thai Mondays Part 5: Stir Fried Pork with Beans and Green Peppercorns
Last week Kerri had lunch at a Thai restaurant and had a dish that she really enjoyed, which was beef with chilli, lemongrass, basil and a few other things. We had a look for recipe that was similar and, by happy coincidence, I had already bookmarked a recipe that contained most of those ingredients and […]
Read More..>>Chicken with Olives and Poorman’s Potatoes
We weren’t intending to eat at home on Saturday night but a bought of illness meant a change of plan. We needed to find a recipe that used ingredients we already had, Stephen suggested using one of our new Spanish books as the recipes are straightforward and don’t require lots of complicated ingredients. The chicken […]
Read More..>>Beef Casserole
Stephen cooked this last night to our usual recipe (although he forgot the tomatoes) which meant that all we had to do tonight was reheat it and add some vegetables. The lack of tomatoes gave the casserole a really deep, meaty flavour which was lovely. The chestnut mushrooms really stood out flavour-wise and added to […]
Read More..>>Leek, Pesto and Parmesan Tart and Slow Cooked Shoulder of Pork
We had friends over for dinner last night and took the opportunity to go through our recipe file and cook some of the dishes we hadn’t done before. We started with roasted nuts which is from Nigella’s “How To Eat” and is based on the nuts she ate at the Union Square Cafe in New […]
Read More..>>Lamb Chops with Garlic and Spinach Pilaf
This came from a recent edition of Delicious magazine and jumped out at me when I was looking through my recipe file for things to cook this week. Quite why I was so excited about it I’m not sure as the pilaf uses cumin and coriander which I’m not that keen on. Stephen likes that […]
Read More..>>Thai Odyssey Part 3 – Jungle Curry of Duck
Jungle Curry. About twelve or thirteen years ago I tasted jungle curry for the first time. At the time I thought it mind-bendingly hot and ate it at about one spoonful per minute, sweating furiously all the time and drinking gallons of water between mouthfuls. However, a week later I found myself craving it again. […]
Read More..>>Thai Odyssey Part 2 – Hot and Sour Soup of Shredded Chicken and Lemongrass…
… accompanied by Vermicelli Salad. Phew, rather a long title for two relatively simple (but delicious) dishes. I really love this picture that Kerri took of the soup; the coriander leaves floating on the surface look a little like lilly pads on the surface of a pond: This picture of the salad turned out well, […]
Read More..>>Steak and Sauteed Potatoes
A perfect Friday evening meal cooked by Stephen, steak, lots of lovely sauteed potatoes, mushrooms and some yellow-sprouting-brocolli.
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