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clint_silver · 17-04-2013 1:42pm

Just found this. I know sometimes you read sometimes "this is simple to make" but in this case, it really is.

2 eggs, 1 banana

mush the banana as smooth as possible, beat in the 2 eggs.

fry in small bit of oil or butter.

savage. where have you been all my life. not like an omelette at all, like a sweet crepe

Note: I tested with 2 bananas + 2 eggs and the nana taste was too much. Kids couldnt tell there was a banana in it with just one but with 2 they wouldnt eat it.

17-04-2013 1:47pm

Been looking into two ingredient recipes recently. Must try this!

Loire · 29-05-2013 2:36pm

I made a nice pasta dish last night with mozzarella & spinach using the recipe below ( I added chicken too)

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cheryl-smith/bowtie-pasta-with-mozzarella-saute-recipe/index.html

Ingredients
5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons onion, small diced
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon garlic, chopped
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
1/2 pound bowtie pasta, cooked
2 cups cherry tomato, halved
1 cup fresh mozzarella, small cubes
1 bunch fresh spinach, roughly chopped
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Directions
Heat a skillet over high flame. Put 3 tablespoons of olive oil, onions, garlic, thyme, and saute for 1 minute. Then add the chicken stock, and allow the sauce to reduce by 1/2. Now add the pasta, tomatoes, mozzarella, spinach, and toss to combine. Season the pasta with salt and pepper, to taste. Drizzle with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil.

As per one of the posters on the site, I was unsure when to add the mozzarella so did so at the very end - just to warm it up and it went down a treat.

Loire.

Loire · 29-05-2013 2:38pm

clint_silver wrote: »

Just found this. I know sometimes you read sometimes "this is simple to make" but in this case, it really is.

2 eggs, 1 banana

mush the banana as smooth as possible, beat in the 2 eggs.

fry in small bit of oil or butter.

savage. where have you been all my life. not like an omelette at all, like a sweet crepe

Note: I tested with 2 bananas + 2 eggs and the nana taste was too much. Kids couldnt tell there was a banana in it with just one but with 2 they wouldnt eat it.

I must say I read this and thought there's no way. But I made it for the small one at the weekend and she devoured it! Thanks a mil - a healthy snack too with bananas and eggs!!

Mrs Fox · 05-06-2013 9:48pm

BBQ weather is back folks and I'd love to share this amazing pasta salad recipe that has gone down really well with my guests. Don't be put off if you think the broccoli-grape combo is odd -- it's a marriage made in salad heaven!
Please excuse the mix of metric and imperial measurements. It's adapted from Southern Living.

Broccoli, Grape and Pasta Salad

1 cup pecans, toasted and very roughly chopped
450g farfalle (bow-tie) pasta
450g fresh broccoli
1 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup diced red onion
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1 tsp salt
2 cups seedless red grapes, halved
10 cooked streaky rashers, chopped (I used Denny Instants Streaky Bacon)

Cook the pasta according to package.
Meanwhile, cut broccoli florets from stems, and separate florets into small pieces. Peel away tough outer layer of stems, and finely chop stems.
Whisk together mayonnaise, sugar, red onion, vinegar and salt in a large bowl. Add broccoli, hot cooked pasta, and grapes, and stir to coat. Cover and chill 3 hours.
Stir rashers and pecans into salad just before serving.

Mr. CooL ICE · 06-06-2013 11:48am

LaChatteGitane wrote: »

Cauliflower Pizza Base

LCG, I tried making this twice at the weekend and the base was a disaster both times as it stuck to the parchment paper. The first time, I may not have drained the cauliflower properly after blanching. The second time, I made sure it was more drained and tried lightly coating the parchment paper with olive oil (which didn't seem like a great idea afterwards, considering its greaseproof - duh).

Any idea what I did wrong, or any other tips?

For the record, it was as tasty as ever (topped with jalapenos, olives, mozzarella and gouda) and the base didn't taste overly cauli-flowerish, but it completely fell apart when transferring to my plate

IvyTheTerrible · 06-06-2013 12:06pm

Mrs Fox wrote: »

BBQ weather is back folks and I'd love to share this amazing pasta salad recipe that has gone down really well with my guests. Don't be put off if you think the broccoli-grape combo is odd -- it's a marriage made in salad heaven!
Please excuse the mix of metric and imperial measurements. It's adapted from Southern Living.

Broccoli, Grape and Pasta Salad

1 cup pecans, toasted and very roughly chopped
450g farfalle (bow-tie) pasta
450g fresh broccoli
1 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup diced red onion
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1 tsp salt
2 cups seedless red grapes, halved
10 cooked streaky rashers, chopped (I used Denny Instants Streaky Bacon)

Cook the pasta according to package.
Meanwhile, cut broccoli florets from stems, and separate florets into small pieces. Peel away tough outer layer of stems, and finely chop stems.
Whisk together mayonnaise, sugar, red onion, vinegar and salt in a large bowl. Add broccoli, hot cooked pasta, and grapes, and stir to coat. Cover and chill 3 hours.
Stir rashers and pecans into salad just before serving.

Stupid question, but I'm presuming the broccoli is raw?

Faith · 06-06-2013 12:21pm

LordChessington wrote: »

LCG, I tried making this twice at the weekend and the base was a disaster both times as it stuck to the parchment paper. The first time, I may not have drained the cauliflower properly after blanching. The second time, I made sure it was more drained and tried lightly coating the parchment paper with olive oil (which didn't seem like a great idea afterwards, considering its greaseproof - duh).

Any idea what I did wrong, or any other tips?

For the record, it was as tasty as ever (topped with jalapenos, olives, mozzarella and gouda) and the base didn't taste overly cauli-flowerish, but it completely fell apart when transferring to my plate

Nothing should stick to parchment paper. Are you sure it was parchment you were using, and not greaseproof paper? They're completely different things, and greaseproof, counter-intuitively, is not non-stick.

Mrs Fox · 06-06-2013 1:49pm

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Stupid question, but I'm presuming the broccoli is raw?

Not at all stupid

Yes it's raw broccoli. Don't be tempted to cook it or par-cook it as it will go mush in the salad.
You'd want a nice crunchy texture. It's cut into small florets and dressed with vinegar so don't worry about it being too raw to eat.

Mrs Fox · 30-06-2013 7:14am

The name refers to equal measurements of sesame oil, soy sauce and rice wine, so adjust accordingly to the amount of chicken. Use whichever part of the bird you fancy, bone-in is best for added flavour; lean chicken fillets work too but reduce the cooking time.

San Bei Ji
Taiwanese Three-cup Chicken

Ingredients
2lbs chicken bone-in, cut into pieces (I used a standard tray of drumsticks, cut in half)
1 tbsp baking soda
10 slices ginger
10 garlic cloves, crushed
7-8 dried chillies (this is pretty spicy, so adjust depending on how much you love your heat, or leave it out altogether)
1/3 cup toasted sesame oil
1/3 cup dark sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)
1/3 cup Shaoxing rice wine
1/3 cup water
A whole bunch of spring onion, sliced at 1-inch length.
A bunch of Thai basil or regular basil

Rub the chicken with baking soda and leave it for 10 minutes. This will act as a tenderiser. Rinse under the tap, ensuring the soda is completely washed off, before patting the chicken dry.
Heat sesame oil in wok on high, and add ginger, garlic and chillies; stir fry until fragrant.
Throw the chicken pieces in and stir, coating them with the aromatics and oil, until lightly browned.
Pour in the soy sauce, rice wine and water. Stir to a boil. Reduce the heat and let it simmer gently, covering the wok with a lid, for about 20 minutes.
Then continue to let it simmer, uncovered, for another 15 minutes; this will reduce the sauce significantly. Stir occasionally.by the way, this dish is meant to be on the dry side, so if you prefer a bit of sauce in it just reduce the uncovered simmering time.
Throw in the spring onions and basil, a final quick stir and that's it. Serve immediately with fluffy rice.

the_syco · 30-06-2013 10:10am

Cooked me some good auld pie, and decided to throw up some pictures. Also so that I could have a recipe for future reference

The electric cooker is heat switches 1-6. No idea how hot each one is. Times were done about 10 hours after I cooked it, so are estimates.

Mince: 930g
Potatoes: about 1100g
Peas & carrots: 470g
4 large tablespoons of Bisto + 1l of water
Butter: 150g
Cream: 300ml
Ketchup: 2 long squeezes
Garlic: 4 large cloves
Olive oil: dash
Salt and black pepper for taste

Peal the potatoes, chop them in two (to decrease cooking time) and steam them.
Put a dash of oil on the pan, throw the mince into frying fan, and put a big sqeeze of ketchup on the mince, cover, and put on heat 2.
Mix Bisto and water, and throw it into the drying pan after 5 minutes. Hit temp up to 4.
After another 5 minutes, stir it all up with a wooden spatula.
Turn down to heat 2 and cover
Chop up carrots.
Put carrots and peas into separate bowls, each with a drop of water and microwave for about 3.5 minutes each. This cooks the peas, and softens up the carrots a bit. I hate crunchy carrots:mad:
The mince is now totally brown. Keep stirring it, so none gets stuck to the base. Throw in the peas and carrots, and mix.
Crush garlic using garlic presser. This ensures an even mix of garlic, and no lumps of the stuff. Crush directly into the mince mix, and mix it in.
Put another squeeze of ketchup in, stir, and leave for another 5-10 minutes.
Potatoes are now cooked. Empty water, and mash spuds. Leave lid off, to help rid spuds of excess water.
Mince is totally cooked, mix one last time, cover, and leave it in the pan, put off any hot rings.
Put potatoes into a bowl, and pix using a whisk.
Heat cream for a minute. Throwing cold cream into spuds would cool them down too much, so you want the cream a bit warm. Whisk it as you do so.
Throw in the butter, leave it melt a bit, and whisk it in.
Put in salt and pepper for taste. Even if you (like me) don't like pepper on your food, I recommend you try some inside the potatoes, as it gives it a nice kick.
How much cream determines how silky the potatoes shall be. Maybe 300ml was a tad overkill, but it whisked nicely.
Put mince mix into a glass bowl thing (see picture below).
Cover with potatoes.
Put in the oven at 200 degrees until the top roasts a little.
Take out, allow to cool, and either serve, or split up into packages to freeze for a later date.

The above got me 6 helpings of about 440g each. Going to wait for them to totally cool, and freeze 5 of them, and have the other one later today.

In the glass bowl:

One helping:

Six packages:

annamcmahon · 12-10-2013 10:32pm

Cauliflower fritters from Ottolenghi cookbook
Serves 4
1 small cauliflower
120g flour (recipe says plain I used wholemeal spelt)
3 tbsp chopped flat leafed parsley (I didn't have any so used some coriander)
1 garlic clove
2 shallots finely chopped
4 eggs
1 1/2tsp ground cumin
1tsp cinnamon
1/2tsp turmeric
1 1/2tsp salt
1tsp pepper
Oil for frying

Chop the cauliflower into small pieces and steam or boil until soft about 15mins
Put the other ingredients except the oil in a bowl and mix to form a smooth batter
Add the cauliflower and mix to break it up
Heat oil in a frying pan
Add 3tbsp of batter to the pan and fry until golden on both side. Repeat until you've cooked all the batter. I did.3 at a time
Alternatively cook in the oven at 180oc for 30mins. I put 2tbsp blobs of batter on a lined baking tray

Mrs Fox · 21-10-2013 11:51am

I love Bourguignon but never tried it with venison, so when I came across this on the Sunday Times magazine I was dying to share it here since it's stew and game season. Has to be served with filthily rich and buttery mash. Yum.

Venison Bourguignon
serves 4

3 tbsp olive oil
700g venison shoulder or leg, cut into chunks
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
500ml red wine, or 300ml red wine and 200ml port
300ml fresh dark chicken stock
1 bay leaf
a few sprigs of thyme
2 cloves

For garnishing:
1 tbsp butter
100g thick-cut, good quality smoked bacon or pancetta, cut into lardons
100g baby white onions
100g button mushrooms sliced
1 tsp finely chopped parsley

Preheat the oven to 180C. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a casserole and brown the venison in batches. Toss in the onion and carrot and gently saute for 10 minutes until softened and tinged with gold. For the last minute, fry the garlic.
Return the meat to the pan. Pour over the red wine, port if using, and the stock. Add the bay, thyme and cloves and stir. Bring to the boil then cover the pan and place in the oven for 1 hour and 30 minutes until the meat is soft and the sauce is full of flavour.
Rest the casserole for 10 minutes with the lid on and season to taste. For the garnish, heat the butter in a frying pan and fry the bacon until it starts to turn golden. Add the onions after a few minutes then add the mushroom for the final minute.
Season and finish with parsley.

Loire · 06-11-2013 11:15am

An easy, yummy pasta bake recipe I got recently from my aunt. It's surprisingly delish given the ubiquitous ingredients!

1 Packet of pasta
I tin of chopped tomatoes
1 small carton of cream
A cupful of grated cheddar
I packet of mushrooms sliced

Heat the over to 180

Boil the pasta until Al Dente, drain, then add to an oven-proof dish (Pyrex etc).

Fry the mushrooms

Add the chopped tomatoes, cream, half the cheddar and mushrooms to the pasta and give it a good stir to coat the pasta well. Top with the remaining cheddar and bake in the over (180) for about 20-25 minutes.

Enjoy

Loire

finix · 07-02-2014 4:48pm

First get out your Muffin baking tray, There is normally 6 per tray. Put on oven to 200. Put a drop of oil in each section and put tray in oven too.
Get 3 identical mugs/glasses/cups etc and crack 2 eggs into the first cup and beat with a fork. In second cup mug etc fill to the same level with self raising flour as cup one. Plain flour works too
Cup no 3 fill to same level with milk. Pour the whole lot into mixing bowl and mix and season.
By now the oil should be sizziling on your muffin trays, remove tray and pour in mixture about halfway up each section and return to oven.
After about 15 mins they will have risen and the centre will have dropped. Fill with whatever you fancy, Cooked chicken brest with cheese and mayo does it for me but whatever you like in Vol au Vons works too.
Fill to the top with mixture and return to oven for 7/8 mins.
They are to die for !
2 eggs to start is good for 6 but adjust if you need more. once the level is the same in all 3 cups /mugs at the start, You are good to go.

Mrs Fox · 04-04-2014 11:32pm

There are a number of things that the husband would prefer if I cook them while he's out stationed. I was doing cart wheels when he said he won't be back the other evening. I knew I had to cook a good spicy and pungent sambal, with Nasi Lemak/coconut rice.

Sambal
Spice paste:
15 dried red chillies, stems removed, snipped in half
5 medium shallots
3 cloves garlic
1 stalk lemongrass, sliced
4 anchovies fillets
½ tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp tomato paste
3 tbsp veg oil

Others:
1 onion, finely sliced
1 tbsp tamarind paste
1 tbsp granulated sugar
½ cup water
Salt to taste
Optional: a handful of dried silver anchovies, fried to a slight crisp

Soak the chillies in a bowl of hot water for half an hour, to soften.
Drain, leaving all the seeds behind. Place them along with the rest of the spice ingredients into a processor and whizz to a paste.
Heat a non-stick wok on medium. Add in the spice paste. Sautee for about 8-10 minutes, until fragrant and the colour has turned deep red. Keep stirring so it doesn't stick to the bottom and burn. It's really important to cook the paste thoroughly.
Add in water, sugar, tamarind paste and onion, and if using, the fried silver anchovies. Cook until onion softens, about 10-15 minutes, covered. But keep checking from time to time and give a stir. Check seasoning. I like my sambal slightly wet, but if you like it thick and dry, continue to simmer uncovered until the liquid has evaporated.

Nasi Lemak:
1 cup long grain rice (I personally prefer the mixture of half long grain and half Jasmine)
½ cup coconut milk
1 cup water
1 tsp salt
1 pandan leaf, tied in a knot

Since I have a rice cooker, I just throw everything in the pot, click 'cook' and let the magic happen.
Otherwise, throw everything in a saucepan, bring to boil then reduce the heat to low at once. Cover with a lid and let it simmer for 10 minutes. Turn the heat off. Fluff the rice with a fork very gently. Put the lid back on again and let it sit for at least 10 minutes, or until ready to serve.

Serve Nasi Lemak with sambal, boiled/fried egg, slices of cucumber and toasted peanuts.

GalwayGuy2 · 11-06-2014 11:02am

I'm going to throw up a few asian desert recipes on here. Honestly, I'm going to put them up for people who can guess what to do. So it's going to be a quick summary.

Mango and Coconut Stir Fry

Ingredients:

1/4 cocunut
1 large mango
Juice of 2 limes
1 tbsp sunflower oil
15g butter
two tbsp clear honey
creme frache to serve

Steps:

1) Drain the milk from the cocunut and peel the flesh with a vegetable peeler.

2) slice the mango

3) Marinate the mango in the juice and rind of the lime

4) heat the wok and add two tsp oil to the wok. When the oil is hot add the butter. Wait for the butter to melt then stir in the coconut flakes and stir fry for 1-2 minutes or until they are golden brown. Remove and drain on kitchen paper. Wipe out wok. Strain the mango slices and reserve the juice.

5) heat the wok and add the remaining oil. Stir fry the mango in the hot oil for 1-2 minutes, then add the juice and allow to bubble and reduce for one minute. Stir in the honey, sprinkle on cocunut flakes and serve with crme fraiche.

Steamed Cocunut Custard. (Just thought I'd put this in because I find the idea of it so weird :P)

Ingredients:
400 mil concunut milk.
five tbsp water.
twenty-five grammes of sugar
three eggs, beaten.
25g cellophane noodles
four ripe bannanas or plantains, peeled and cut in small pieces.
Salt
Vanilla ice cream to serve, if ya want.

Steps:

1) Stir the concunt milk, water and sugar into the beaten eggs and whisk well together.
2) Strain into a 1.75 litre heatproof suffle dish.

3) Drain the noodles well and cut them into small pieces with the scissors. Stir the noodles into the coconut milk mixture, together with the chopped banans or plantains. Stir in a pinch of salt.

4) Cover the dish with foil and place in a steamer for about 1 hour, or until set. Test by inserting a thin, small knife or skewer into the centre. Serve hot or cold, on its own or topped with vanilla ice-cream.

Hmmm, I wonder is there any alternative to a souffle dish?

GalwayGuy2 · 11-06-2014 9:41pm

Hmmm, I'm also going to throw this up because I would love to see someone make it

And, also, it sounds feckin' delicious.

Pancakes filled with sweet coconut

Makes 12-15 pancakes.

Ing:

175 grammes dark brown sugar
450 ml water
1 pandan leaf, stripped through with a fork and tied into a knot.
175 grammes desiccated coconut.
Oil for frying
Salt

For pancake batter:
225 plan flour
2 eggs, beaten
2 drops of edible green food colouring
Few drops of vanilla essence
450 ml cups of water
45 ml groundnut oil

Direction:

1) Dissolve sugar in the water with the pandan leaf, in a pan over gentle heat, stirring all the time. Increase the heat and allow to boil gently for 3-4 minutes, until the mixture just becomes syrupy. Do not let it caramelize.

2) Put the coconut into a wok with a pinch of salt. Pour over the prepared sugar syrup and cook over a very gentle heat, stirring from time to time, until the mixture becomes almost dry; this will take 5-10 minutes. Set aside until required.

3) To make the batter, blend together the flour , eggs, food colouring, vanilla essence, water and oil either by hand or in a food processor.

4) Cook the pancakes. (Meh, there's measurements of the pan here, but I think it's just cooking a pancake)
Fill the pancake with a generous spoonful of the mixture and serve immediately.

Faith · 11-06-2014 9:42pm

Do you mean 1.75 and 2.25 grams, or 175 and 225 grams?

Princess Peach · 11-06-2014 9:47pm

Why do the pancakes need to be green??

GalwayGuy2 · 12-06-2014 8:04am

Probably only for appearances.

You could probably omit it.

shinikins · 12-06-2014 10:42am

I'd say it's because the Pandan is an ingredient. Fresh Pandan is a really vibrant green, so the food colouring is more than likely to emulate that.

Mrs Fox · 12-06-2014 6:12pm

GalwayGuy2 wrote: »

Hmmm, I'm also going to throw this up because I would love to see someone make it And, also, it sounds feckin' delicious.

Pancakes filled with sweet coconut

Makes 12-15 pancakes.

Ing:

175 grammes dark brown sugar
450 ml water
1 pandan leaf, stripped through with a fork and tied into a knot.
175 grammes desiccated coconut.
Oil for frying
Salt

For pancake batter:
225 plan flour
2 eggs, beaten
2 drops of edible green food colouring
Few drops of vanilla essence
450 ml cups of water
45 ml groundnut oil

Direction:

1) Dissolve sugar in the water with the pandan leaf, in a pan over gentle heat, stirring all the time. Increase the heat and allow to boil gently for 3-4 minutes, until the mixture just becomes syrupy. Do not let it caramelize.

2) Put the coconut into a wok with a pinch of salt. Pour over the prepared sugar syrup and cook over a very gentle heat, stirring from time to time, until the mixture becomes almost dry; this will take 5-10 minutes. Set aside until required.

3) To make the batter, blend together the flour , eggs, food colouring, vanilla essence, water and oil either by hand or in a food processor.

4) Cook the pancakes. (Meh, there's measurements of the pan here, but I think it's just cooking a pancake)
Fill the pancake with a generous spoonful of the mixture and serve immediately.

I just had these last week for tea! We call these Kuih Ketayap

GalwayGuy2 · 12-06-2014 8:20pm

Was it nice?

Honestly, the deserts are so weird and wonderful that I feel like throwing them all up.

But it's plagery

Mrs Fox · 13-06-2014 2:12am

GalwayGuy2 wrote: »

Was it nice?

Honestly, the deserts are so weird and wonderful that I feel like throwing them all up.

But it's plagery

I've always loved it, so yes if you're a big fan of coconut. The pancake doesn't necessarily have to be green but as the previous poster said it's to compliment the Pandan flavour (traditionally they would squeeze the bejaysus out of the leaf to get the green colour).

Mrs Fox · 13-06-2014 2:20am

GalwayGuy2 · 20-06-2014 11:56am

Here's a recipe for noodles in soup.

Ingredients

225g of chicken or pork fillet
3-4 dried chinese mushrooms, soaked
115g can sliced bamboo shoots, drained.
115g spinach leaves, letuce hearts or chinese leaves
2 springs onions
375 grammes dried egg noodles
600 ml cups basic stock
2tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp salt
half a teaspon of brown sugar
15ml light soy sauce
2 tsp chinese rice wine or dry sherry
Few drops of sesame oil

Directions
1)Thinly shred the meat. Squeeze dry the mushrooms and ddiscard any hard stalks. Thinly shred the mushroom caps, bamboo shoots, spinach, lettuce hearts or chinese leaves and the spring onion. Keep the meat, the spring onions and the other ingredients in three heaps.

2) Cook the noodles in boiling water according to the instructions on the packet, then drain and rinse in cold water. Place in serving bowl.

3) Bring the stock to the boil and pour over the noodles. Keep warm.

4 Heat the oil in a preheated wok, and the spring onions and the meat and stir fry for about 1 minutes.

5) Add the mushrooms, bamboo shoots and spinach, lettuce or chinese leaves and stir fry for 1 minute or until the meat is cooked through. Add the salt, sugar, soy sauce, rice wine or dry sherry and sesame oil and blend well.

6) Pour the 'dressing' over the noodles and serve.

IMo, this is the basic recipe and you can add more if you want. Personally, I think it needs a bit of garlic and ginger. But, I'd probably taste it as it is to see how it is.

okedoke · 07-07-2014 8:37pm

I was in Thailand recently and did a cooking class, where one of the dishes was a basic red curry - one of my favourite foods. I tried the recipe for the first time yesterday so here it is for anyone who wants too try a (mostly) authentic thai red curry.

Step 1 - Make the paste. Curry pastes vary enormously in Thailand so this is one of many possible pastes.

This will make enough paste for c. 4 portions.

chillis (small red ones) - I used 5 initially in enough paste for 4 portions. Turns out this was a not enough so i added a few more today before making another curry with the paste. The number will depend on your tolerance for heat.
galangal - 2 * thumb size pieces, thinly sliced.
lemongrass - 2 stalks, thinly sliced
garlic - 4 cloves
Shallot - half a large shallot
Coriander root - 2 roots roughly chopped (I couldn't get a root so I used stalks)
Tumeric root - 2 * thumb sized pieces, peeled and chopped (this will stain fingers badly)
Pepper corns - 2 * teaspoon
Kaffir lime - zest 1/2 lime (I couldn't get a kaffir lime so used ordinary lime but i think the curry suffered for this sub)

Add all above into pestle & mortar, a few at a time, and pound to a pulp. I found I couldn't get anywhere near a commercial (e.g. Mae Ploy) paste consistency but the chef in Thailand said a stringy consistency is fine. It will also be less red than a Mae Ploy type paste.

I was making a duck curry so I fried my duck breast and finished to medium in the oven. Once its cooked - keep warm and slice before adding to curry.

On to the curry itself:
Ingredients (1 portion):

1 "eggplant" - looks like a squashball, available in asian shops
1 large red chilli - 5 * thin diagonal slices.
10 pea eggplants - look like peas available in asian shops
12'' of string bean - chopped in 1'' pieces (not shown)
1 Kaffir Lime leaf - bruised (not shown)
small handful of sweet basil - I used regular basil
Meat (in this case duck)
Paste (made above) - 1 to 2 tablespoons depending on how hot you want it
Shrimp paste - available in asian shops
fish sauce - 1 tablespoon
white sugar - 1.5 teaspoon.
Coconut milk - 250 ml (I actually used 150ml and water) - photo shows coconut cream - i used coconut milk.
I also added some red pepper but this was not in any curry i had in thailand.

Note: In thailand - duck red curry was always served with fruit rather than vegetable.

Cooking the curry:

Add 1 tablespoon of veg oil to pan, with curry paste and shrimp paste and fry for a couple of mins.

Add coconut milk and bring to boil.

Add fish sauce and sugar and kafffir lime leaf and taste - adjust fish sauce/sugar/paste to get the flavour of the curry right at this point.

Add vegetables and cook to almost done and add duck.

Turn off heat and add chopped basil

serve with rice.

Loire · 30-07-2014 2:21pm

Lots of recipes here....

http://100cookbooks.wordpress.com

Loire.

Sparks · 14-08-2014 9:36pm

Now that's what a yorkshire popover* should look like (on the inside). Stupid TV chefs and their "two large eggs". It's a cup of eggs you gits, in what mutant chickenland is "two large eggs" a full cup? (Hint; it's five normal eggs).

Recipe:

3/4 cup plain cream flour
1/4 cup bread flour
1 cup eggs
1 cup whole milk
1 tbsp butter, melted and cooled
1.5 tsp salt

Oven to 220C, and put the popover tin into the oven to get rocket hot. Take out all the other racks other than the lowest one for this unless you want to bake the rack into the top of the popover. If you don't have a popover tin, get one - muffin tins aren't the same thing (TK Maxx have them, so does amazon).

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Everything into the blender, blitz for 30 seconds, scrape down sides with spatula, blitz for 30 more seconds, leave stand for a minute or two while you pour either a teaspoon of beef drippings from the roast or melted butter into each tin (it should hiss and spit or the tin's not hot enough yet) and brush it up the sides of the tin (and don't forget the centimetre or so around the lip of each tin).

Pour batter into popover tin moulds (half-fill each one only) and bake at 220C for 30-40 minutes (or however long it takes to get to golden brown). Take out from oven, leave stand for 2-3 minutes, then stick a knife in the top of each one (in any handy crevice in the top of the popover) and twist slightly to create a vent for steam; leave stand for five minutes, then depan and let cool on a rack. Serve warm.

Splitting in half and filling with chicken salad makes a nice lunch...

*It's a yorkshire pudding if you use beef dripping and it goes in one huge pan and you cut it up to serve; it's a popover if you use butter and they're single-serving things made in a popover tin (think muffin tin but bigger, straighter and heavier); a yorkshire popoover is when I use the same recipe for both cases and can't be bothered to call the same thing different names....

clint_silver · 14-08-2014 10:47pm

All over that sparks. Jamie Oliver posted a recipe for similar but while texturally correct I found it pretty bland no matter what I did with the seasoning. I'll give that a go.

Sparks · 14-08-2014 11:01pm

They'll always taste bland unless you use beef dripping clint; especially the popovers, which are kindof meant to be bland so the filling takes center stage.

clint_silver · 14-08-2014 11:10pm

Sparks wrote: »

They'll always taste bland unless you use beef dripping clint; especially the popovers, which are kindof meant to be bland so the filling takes center stage.

if you get a Yorkshire pud in a decent carvery place they're always crispy. If I do it at home they're more eggy and soft.

I can get the lift shape size the way I want but nowhere near crispy and tasty.

They look exactly like the ones you have though.

Sparks · 14-08-2014 11:18pm

1:1:1 ratio between eggs, whole milk and flour (but I use a 3/4 plain cream flour, 1/4 bread flour mix) and the heat are probably the most important factors (and yes, I've noticed a massive step up since getting the popover tins).

If you measure out four eggs into your measuring cup, or five, trying to get as close to full as you can without making a mess on the counter, then note the level you got to in the cup and fill with milk and flour only to that level, that should help. And crank that oven - I set mine to 250C when preheating with the tin in there, let it soak up all that thermal energy and only drop it to 220C when I put the tin back in the oven with the batter to cook. The initial dump of thermal energy seems to help (and the popover tins being heavy, soak up more heat to do that initial dump).

postscript: Er, dumb question, but you are sticking a knife in them and twisting a little within a minute or two of pulling the pan/tin from the oven, right? Because otherwise that steam goes back into the popover/pudding and moistens it and softens it. You need a vent to let that moisture out and you need it while the moisture is still hot enough to be vapour...

angeldaisy · 15-08-2014 5:56pm

They also turn out much better if you leave the batter to stand for at least 30 mins before using.

herisson · 02-09-2014 8:47pm

Quinoa Burgers

1 cup (185g) quinoa

Kosher salt

3 large eggs, lightly beaten

1/2 teaspoon ground coriander

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Directions

Whisk the quinoa into a medium pot of boiling salted water and cook until very tender and the grains have burst, about 15 minutes. Drain the quinoa in a sieve and cool to warm.

In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, coriander, cumin, cayenne, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Stir in the quinoa.

In a large non-stick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium heat until hot. Scoop half the batter, 1/3 a time, into the skillet, pressing each scoop into a patty. Brown the patties, turning once, until golden, about 6 minutes each side. Repeat with the remaining batter and oil. Transfer the patties to paper towels to drain.

Moody_mona · 02-09-2014 9:22pm

Was just about to ask for that recipe in the diner thread, sounds like my kind of burger, thanks

Larry Bee · 11-09-2014 1:41pm

MONKFISH CURRY

[Serves 4]

Mild Curry Powder

o 2 tablespoons ground cumin
o 2 tablespoons ground coriander
o 2 teaspoons ground turmeric
o 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
o 1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
o 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

Put into a blender and blitz until it’s a nice powder.

Main Menu:

o 3 onions peeled and sliced
o 2 or 3 tbsp. mild curry powder
o 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
o 1/2 chilli, deseeded and sliced
o 1-2 lemongrass, finely sliced
o Knob ginger, peeled and very finely sliced
o Spuds (Enough for 2 people), peeled & cut in half or quarters
o 400ml Chicken stock
o 2 tins coconut milk
o 3 or 4 star anise
o 3-4 dried lime leaves
o 3 big slabs of Monkfish (I’ve made it with chicken boobs too)
o 2 limes
o Bunch coriander, finely chopped
o Nam Pla (Fish Sauce)
o 160g Rice (Enough for 2 people)

Sauté the onions in the oil for a few minutes until they are start to soften and sprinkle the curry powder on top.
Add the chopped garlic, ginger, chilli and lemongrass.
Mix this around and season. It should start to smell really great after a few minutes. If you feel it’s going to stick and burn in patches, add a splash of water to deglaze the pan.

Add the spuds and toss the around until they are well coated in the mix.
Add the stock and coconut milk, then the star anise, lime leaves. Cook on a gentle simmer for about 20 minutes, until the potatoes are tender.

When the spuds are almost ready, add in the fish for about 5 minutes before you want to serve. It should be gently bubbling and simmering, so the fish will cook quickly. Give it a quick taste and season it with, some lime juice and/or fish sauce.

Serve with rice and some wedges of lime and chopped coriander.

IvyTheTerrible · 17-10-2014 9:05am

I made this yesterday for the first time and it was very tasty:

Moroccan style meatballs

Ingredients:
2 tbsp olive oil
2 red onions, very finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp ground cumin
1tsp ground coriander
400g tin chopped tomatoes
½ tsp sugar
10g mint, finely chopped
500g lean lamb mince
8 dried apricots, finely chopped
1 tsp harissa (optional!)

In a pan set to medium, add 2 teaspoons of olive oil and cook the onions for 5 minutes until soft.
Add the garlic and spices and cook for a few minutes more.
Spoon half the onion mixture into a bowl and set aside to cool.
Add the tomatoes and their juices, sugar, salt and pepper, and harissa (if using) to the remaining onions in the pan and simmer for about 10 minutes until reduced.
In a bowl, mix mint, lamb, apricots and the
cooled onions well with your hands.
Shape into little meatballs. I find wetting your hands before you make the meatballs makes it easier.
Heat the rest of the oil in a non-stick pan and fry the meatballs until golden.
Add the meatballs into the sauce with a splash of water and gently cook everything for a few minutes until the meatballs are cooked through.
Serve with couscous.

(I adapted this recipe from a MummyPagesFood recipe)

Wyldwood · 27-12-2014 4:20pm

making this for dinner and thought I'd share in case anyone has lots of leftover cooked meat

Sherried turkey and ham bake

350g cooked turkey cut in strips
140g cooked ham cut into thick strips
170g frozen peas
50g butter
50g flour
600ml milk
3tbsp medium sherry
2 tsp wholegrain mustard
100g cheddar grated
50g chopped mixed nuts

Mix the turkey, ham and peas in greased ovenproof dish.
Make sauce with butter flour & milk, when thick add sherry and mustard, simmer for a minute then remove from heat and add half the cheese.
Pour the sauce over the mix in the dish. Mix remaining cheese with nuts and sprinkle on top.
Bake for about half an hour at 200C/180 for fan oven.

Enjoy

Lingua Franca · 30-12-2014 5:48pm

Following on from a thread in AH (What food/drinks are amazing but few people in Ireland consume?) I thought I'd share some of my recipes for Jamaican food, starting with an easy and delicious curry. I've been to Jamaica a few times and adored the food - it is, of course, spicy and fresh and tropical, but we've also had a bit of influence over there (we sent a bunch of whiskey coopers over there to help with the rum trade and they sensibly refused to return!) so some of it can seem quite familiar.

And that's why the following recipe for goat curry features the traditional carrots and potatoes. You'll find those in most Jamaican stew-type dishes.

You will need:

About 500-700 grams of stewing meat, goat is authentic and lamb neck or shoulder is a decent replacement, but you can also try chicken wings, legs and thighs or stewing beef. Brown or sear that in a pan, remove and set aside.

For the curry spice:
2 teaspoons whole coriander seeds
1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds
1 teaspoon whole mustard seeds
1 teaspoon whole anise seeds
.5 teaspoon whole fenugreek seeds
.5 teaspoon whole allspice berries
Toast these in a pan until the house smells amazing and the seeds pop, then grind with 2.5 teaspoons of tumeric.

I found allspice here on the continent called "piment".

For the sauce:
1 chopped onion
2 crushed garlic cloves
1 thumb size piece of ginger, peeled and grated.
1 can of coconut milk

Fry onions, garlic, ginger in a bit of oil in an ovenproof pot or casserole, then add the spices and cook for another few minutes. Put the meat back in the pot with the coconut milk.

At this stage you add:

2 carrots, peeled and sliced
about 4 large potatoes, peeled and chopped into bite sized pieces.
Scotch bonnet pepper to taste - I can personally stand 1 deseeded finely chopped Scotch bonnet in this but my family cannot. Half a deseeded pepper makes it more than spicy for my family, but on the cusp of bearable. Which is how Jamaican food should be.

Pop the lid on the pot and the pot in the oven at 140C for about 3 hours then taste.

If anyone tries this please give feedback and I'll happily trade tips and share more recipes.

GrahamThomas · 30-12-2014 6:15pm

That sounds delicious! I'll definitely try this out, maybe at the weekend

sligojoek · 30-12-2014 11:32pm

Lingua Franca wrote: »

Following on from a thread in AH (What food/drinks are amazing but few people in Ireland consume?) I thought I'd share some of my recipes for Jamaican food, starting with an easy and delicious curry. I've been to Jamaica a few times and adored the food - it is, of course, spicy and fresh and tropical, but we've also had a bit of influence over there (we sent a bunch of whiskey coopers over there to help with the rum trade and they sensibly refused to return!) so some of it can seem quite familiar.

And that's why the following recipe for goat curry features the traditional carrots and potatoes. You'll find those in most Jamaican stew-type dishes.

You will need:

About 500-700 grams of stewing meat, goat is authentic and lamb neck or shoulder is a decent replacement, but you can also try chicken wings, legs and thighs or stewing beef. Brown or sear that in a pan, remove and set aside.

For the curry spice:
2 teaspoons whole coriander seeds
1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds
1 teaspoon whole mustard seeds
1 teaspoon whole anise seeds
.5 teaspoon whole fenugreek seeds
.5 teaspoon whole allspice berries
Toast these in a pan until the house smells amazing and the seeds pop, then grind with 2.5 teaspoons of tumeric.

I found allspice here on the continent called "piment".

For the sauce:
1 chopped onion
2 crushed garlic cloves
1 thumb size piece of ginger, peeled and grated.
1 can of coconut milk

Fry onions, garlic, ginger in a bit of oil in an ovenproof pot or casserole, then add the spices and cook for another few minutes. Put the meat back in the pot with the coconut milk.

At this stage you add:

2 carrots, peeled and sliced
about 4 large potatoes, peeled and chopped into bite sized pieces.
Scotch bonnet pepper to taste - I can personally stand 1 deseeded finely chopped Scotch bonnet in this but my family cannot. Half a deseeded pepper makes it more than spicy for my family, but on the cusp of bearable. Which is how Jamaican food should be.

Pop the lid on the pot and the pot in the oven at 140C for about 3 hours then taste.

If anyone tries this please give feedback and I'll happily trade tips and share more recipes.

Thanks for that. I followed you here from the other thread. I have all those ingredients here so I'll give that a shot with some lamb next week.
Just one thing. Would the potatoes not go to sh1te and end up sticking to the bottom of the dish? I had that trouble with some Indian curries before.

Lingua Franca · 31-12-2014 1:41am

Oh, I've been using the big red waxy ones that hold their shape well. Should have said that, that's a good point.

Banjo String · 31-12-2014 11:09am

5 teaspoon whole allspice berries

What are these?

GrahamThomas · 06-01-2015 12:14am

GrahamThomas wrote: »

That sounds delicious! I'll definitely try this out, maybe at the weekend

Made this yesterday, it's a great recipe. Used half a scotch bonnet de-seeded, which gave it a nice heat, just right for my friends who are usually pretty reserved when it comes to chillies. Will use a little bit more next time to give it some fire!

Also waiting about an hour into cooking before I added the potatoes & carrots to the pot, they held they're shape pretty well.

Thanks again for the recipe

Banjo String wrote: »

What are these?

I just used ground allspice for this

Lingua Franca · 06-01-2015 12:37am

Glad to hear you enjoyed it, Graham!

Yes, ground allspice is the same stuff. I think I mentioned finding it as "piment" in the Netherlands, took me some hunting and a dictionary to figure it out!

Mrs Fox · 26-01-2015 8:55pm

Duck Braised with Star Anise, Soy & Galangal
From Dhruv Baker's 'Spice: Layers of Flavour'
serves 4

3 tbsp caster sugar
5 slices galangal
3 cloves garlic
500ml chicken stock
1 tbsp rice vinegar
5 tbsp kecap manis
3 star anise
1 whole Gressingham duck
2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
1 tsp salt
Bunch of spring onions, very finely sliced

Place wok over high heat and add the sugar. As it starts to caramelise and turn thick and sticky add the galangal and garlic.

Add 100ml of the stock - sugar will solidify instantly. Keep the wok on the heat; once the sugar has melted again add the rest of the stock, the rice vinegar, kecap manis and star anise and stir until smooth.

Rub the duck all over, inside and out, with the five-spice powder and salt.

Add the duck to the wok and baste with the liquid. Reduce the heat to very low and cook, covered, for 1.5-2 hours, basting the duck thoroughly every 10 minutes or so. If it looks like the pan is going to run dry, add another 200ml water.

Remove the lid for the last 15 minutes of the cooking time and increase the heat to make the remaining cooking sauce thick and glossy.

You can also make this in a kidded casserole dish and cook it in the oven. Preheat the oven to 140℃ and follow the method as above until you add the duck. Cook in the oven for 1.5-2 hours, basting as before. Cook uncovered for the last 15 minutes and take care not to let the liquid dry out.

Carve the duck and arrange on a serving dish. Spoon the sauce over and scatter the sliced spring onions.

Mrs Fox · 31-01-2015 2:09pm

Sambal Tumis- part 2

This can be served as a condiment, or used as a base to sambal-based dishes, fried rice, fried noodles, etc. Compared to the previous sambal recipe on this thread, it has a greater depth from the long slow stir frying (tumis), plus the addition of aromatics and belacan.
The amount of oil used is, trust me, essential. I've tried and tested this recipe several times, making several changes along the way, so to me this has a nice balance of heat and aromatics.

100g dried chillies
100g fresh red chillies
250g rose shallots
1 (150g) big onion
50g garlic
15g galangal
10g ginger
1 lemongrass
15g belacan shrimp paste
1/4 cup (60ml) water + another 1/4 cup for later
100g palm sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tamarind slice, or 40g of tamarind pulp mixed with the extra 1/4 cup of water mentioned above
2 cups groundnut/veg oil

Prepare the dried chillies by discarding the stalks using scissors and cut up each chillies in 2 or 3 pieces. Boil them in hot water for 5 minutes. Drain.

Place the chillies in a blender/processor along with the other chillies, rose shallots, big onion, ginger, galangal, lemongrass and belacan with 1/4 cup of water, blend to a smooth paste.

Pour the paste into a big wok, stir fry for 15 minutes over medium low heat until slightly dry - oil will only be added later to avoid spitting.

Now add in oil, continue stirring over low heat for 45 minutes. The chilli paste will turn darker, and the oil will start to split and simmer gently on the surface.

Add in tamarind slice, water, salt and sugar, and continue to stir for 15 minutes.

Leave to cool before storing in glass jar. It yields approximately 750g. Best to let it rest overnight before use/serve to let the flavour mellow a little. It does make a difference.

Mrs Fox · 31-01-2015 3:02pm

Lempeng Kelapa (Malaysian Coconut Pancake)

The pancakes are traditionally with savoury condiments such as sambal, serunding (v.dry beef floss rendang), or for the sweet tooth they go well with a drizzle of condensed milk. It calls for freshly grated coconut flesh; may sub with desiccated coconut.

100g plain flour
300ml water (I use 150ml water & 150ml full milk)
2 eggs
1 tbsp sugar
pinch of salt
1 coconut, white flesh scooped and grated

Mix the first five ingredients in a big bowl until smooth and lump free. Add the coconut, mix well. Rest in fridge for half hour, before cooking in a greased pan as you would with normal pancakes. Serve at once.

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