Trying to use the cookbooks

[limey]

Balsamic vinegar and some sort of hot spice (paprika, chilli) I'd say ...

[Sundae]

Yup, am with Limey - if you really don't like the Worcs it's not worth the bottle.
But if you have to add a stock, make sure it's beef, because Worcs adds a splash of that too.

Oh and a little more salt. L&P is salty.

Our regular Sunday visitor is allergic to mushrooms.
Since we found out (when Mum had to make her an omlette instead of sharing our casserole!) I don't think we've suffered from their omission.
If you like mushrooms they're a tasty addition. If you don't, I can't see that they'll be missed. Unless you're making mushroom soup of course.

[bbro]

Ok, so I made the beef stroganoff. Had to add a decent amount of salt and pepper so that it wasn't an overwhelming sour taste. It was pretty good if I do say so myself! I ended up going with the balsalmic vinegar, but I really couldn't taste it. I will have a couple pics tomorrow.

Huge fail for me on the Happy Union. I put it off and put it off and the chicken and shrimp went bad before I used it! Argh, so frustrating. The only positive is that after I blanch and freeze the broccoli that I bought for it, the only thing I will need to buy is the chicken, shrimp, and ginger when I tackle it again.

I think next on the agenda is chicken a la king.

[Sundae]

Ooh! Am making Chicken Enchiladas this week.
From a (mumble packet mumble). Forgive me!

Will be sure and take pics though.

Mum has just gone round to Grandad's with some of the leftover pork in a soft bap with applesauce. They're having the rest of it tonight (with the unused - uncooked - cabbage and carrots). I'm technically on my first day of a diet today (mumble enchiladas bought before diet started don't count mumble) so am settling for soup with a multigrain mix added, and a roll.

[GunMaster357]

One I tried last week-end:



For 4 persons:

1 puff pastry (buy it at the mart, it's faster and won't make much difference compared to home made)
250 grams of clotted cream
50 grams of chive
400 grams of ham (either in small thin strips or small dice)
150 grams of grated Swiss cheese
1 egg yolk

1) Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F)
2) In a bowl, mix the cream, chive and ham.
3) Cut the puff pastry into 4 pieces.
4) Put the mix into each pieces.
5) Close each piece of pastry.
6) Put some egg yolk over each piece with a brush.
7) Sprinkle with the cheese
8) Put in the oven for 20 minutes

Serve with a salad

I kept the measures in grams since I don't know how clotted cream or anything else is measured (ounce, liquid once, pound,... whatever...). Feel free to correct me if you see something that's not a culinary term. I'm always willing to better my knowledge of English.

And "Bon Appétit.."

[limey]

Originally Posted by GunMaster357

.. since I don't know how clotted cream ... is measured ....

And "Bon Appétit.."

You can measure clotted cream ?

[GunMaster357]

Yes... Usually with a table spoon...

You know... One spoon two spoons, three spoons, .... Ten spoons... OOOPS. Five too many...

[limey]

clotted cream + too many spoonfuls = does not compute!

[GunMaster357]

You're wrong! It does compute:

clotted cream + too many spoonfuls = a nice life buoy around the belly

[bbro]

(From Meta Givens Encyclopedia of Cooking Vol 2)

Recipe:




Ingredients:




Finished:



This ended up being really good. I had to add copious amounts of pepper, though and some salt to kind of cut the sour taste. I couldn't get a good picture of the plated meal. For some reason, my shaking was out of control and no matter what I did, I couldn't get a non-blurry picture. This is the best I could do:

[bbro]

Ok, so I know I have been slacking, but there is a sale on pork tenderloin this week, so I have decided to use this to try a new recipe. Coming up after the weekend....Mustard Orange Pork!

[bbro]

To make up for the procrastination in this thread, I will have pictures from last night's dinner - Mustard Orange Pork and Israeli Cous Cous. And from tonight's - marinated steak and Hot Crash Potatoes. And maybe Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Brownies - from a mix.

Only the pork and Potatoes have recipes, but I figured lots of food pictures would help you forgive me

[xoxoxoBruce]

I'm licking my chops at the prospect, of more pictures from you.

[bbro]

I don't have the steak and potatoes because I decided to get drunk last night, but here is the pork!

This:


Plus this:



Equals this:


Sides? Yes, I have that, too.

Toasting:


First broth addition with garlic (The cube like things) - it's a little blurry:


Finished:



And finally - dinner. With some Parmesan Garlic baguette on the side:



I took a few other pictures and put them on my Flickr page if you want a couple more. I am Gypsy1031.

[bbro]

Oops almost forgot the recipe!


As you can see, I didn't do the veggies and the sauce. Instead, I just added all the orange/mustard mix with the first glazing. I also used about twice the size pork loin. Basically because it was cheaper that way.