Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:49 am  

Mintball wrote:

A copy of Michel Roux's new book, Desserts, magically appeared in my stocking on Christmas morning - and two individual, cardamom-scented rice puddings with caramel are now in the oven.

They will be served with freshly segmented mandarins, with the juice mixed with any caramel remaining in the ramekins.

I got the hairy bikers book of pies in my stocking, wanna swap.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:29 am  

BIGAL1 wrote:

:lol: I got the hairy bikers book of pies in my stocking, wanna swap.

Try their chicken & mushroom pie recipe - quite excellent.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:34 am  

BIGAL1 wrote:

:lol: I got the hairy bikers book of pies in my stocking, wanna swap.

I already have that one - sorry.

It's not bad at all either. Loved the meat and potato pie.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:39 pm  

Mintball wrote:

A copy of Michel Roux's new book, Desserts, magically appeared in my stocking on Christmas morning - and two individual, cardamom-scented rice puddings with caramel are now in the oven.

They will be served with freshly segmented mandarins, with the juice mixed with any caramel remaining in the ramekins.

Well, that was a disaster. So I'll just try something else tonight.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:22 pm  

Made a pizza last night and I've now come to the conclusion that it just ain't worth using decent buffalo milk mozarella. There's simply far too much liquid to be of any use as a pizza topping, even after leaving it to drain for about 30 minutes. It's great in salads but after making the base, heating up a pizza stone and ending up with something that is anything but thin & crispy, I'll be sticking to the cheap stuff in future.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:49 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Made a pizza last night and I've now come to the conclusion that it just ain't worth using decent buffalo milk mozarella. There's simply far too much liquid to be of any use as a pizza topping, even after leaving it to drain for about 30 minutes. It's great in salads but after making the base, heating up a pizza stone and ending up with something that is anything but thin & crispy, I'll be sticking to the cheap stuff in future.

A completely correct discovery, when it comes to pizza and mozarella, the cheaper the better.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:51 am  

For anyone contemplating a diet in 2012, why not give the wartime diet a try?

For anyone contemplating a diet in 2012, why not give the wartime diet a try?

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:28 pm  

Dieting, new year resolutions etc – the new puritanism. Bah, humbug and all that.

In the meantime, I have a few more bits to put together for tomorrow's dessert – and then it's easy street for the rest of the day. I picked up a pheasant yesterday – already stuffed with plum and ginger, and covered in streaky bacon, so that'll be a doddle. Just going to do some puréed parsnip and some sprouts, à la Robuchon. Might make something for afters.

And the cocktail shaker – which was bought years ago, used for one festive season and has been gathering dust – has been fished out and given a very thorough wash, ready for tonight.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:10 pm  

cod'ead wrote: For anyone contemplating a diet in 2012, why not give the wartime diet a try? Some good old recipies in there. Mock Crab is something i make from time to time, childhood memories are starnge things, its very nice but not quite what i remember.

cod'ead wrote: For anyone contemplating a diet in 2012, why not give the wartime diet a try? Some good old recipies in there. Mock Crab is something i make from time to time, childhood memories are starnge things, its very nice but not quite what i remember.

Re: Food thread ... another serving ... : Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:57 pm  

BIGAL1 wrote:

Some good old recipies in there.


Mock Crab is something i make from time to time, childhood memories are starnge things, its very nice but not quite what i remember.

How strange is starnge?