For the seafood and choclate lovers.

[Glaucus]

Tonight I will be cooking

calamari with sweet chill sauce (One they did on great british menu)
Cod and mussle Salsa verde With taglatelli and aspragus
Choclate Maquise with caramel sauce and vinallia Ice cream. (was goign to do praline with it as well but forgot the nuts doh')

[Glaucus]

Salad of Crisp-Fried Squid

Sweet chilli Sauce
125g damerara sugar
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
1tsp chilli flakes
2 tsp lime juice
2tsp palm sugar

Salad
2 spring onions, diagonally sliced
1 medium red onion
Small bunch rocket leaves
Small bunch baby Chard

I used a bag of lambs tongue, baby chard and beetroot. the beetroot worked so well with it.

Squid
2tbsp cornflour
1/2tsp ground coriander
1/2tsp chilli powder
1/2tsp cumin seeds ground
3 large squid or 5-6 small squid

1) Tip the demerara sugar into a saucepan, mix in 1-3tbsp of water and let to stand for 2mins. Heat ans slowly dissolve the sugar and bubble gently till caramelised. remove from heat and stir in 4tbsp water. Return to the heat add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for about 10-20mins until the right consistency.
2) mix all the salad together and heap onto the plates
3) Place all ingredients for the batter in a bowl and mix. Should form an incredibly thick paste. Add water or cornflour as needed.
4) pre heat oil to 180degrees. Dip squid into the batter then deep fry for 90seconds. Until golden brown. no longer.

That chilli sauce is so horrible it's like a sugar jam. Not even adding more vinegar or lime juice could help it. 125g of sugar is just to much. So I tipped it away and made another with golden caster sugar, water, lime juice, fish sauce, corn flour, chilli flakes. wasn't perfect but a darn site nicer than the jam. I will have to work on a sweet chilli sauce.

I will be making this a fair bit. 5 baby squid for £2 I didn't even use the tentacles and it was still made a large portion for 2 of us. So so cheap.

[Glaucus]

Hake and Clam Salsa verde (although I used Cod and mussels)
Ingredients:
4 Hake Stakes
2tbsp plain flour (dusting)
2tbsp plain flour for sauce
4tbsp Olive oil
1 lemon juiced
1 onion finely diced
4 garlic cloves crushed
1/2 cup fish stock
1/2 cup white wine
6tbsp chopped parsley
3/4 cup frozen petits pois
8 or so live clams

1) preheat oven to 180degrees, season then flour the hake steaks and fry in the olive oil, remove and place in an oven proof dish, pour over the lemon juice.
2) In the pan add the onion and garlic and fry till soft. Stir in the flour and fry for 1 minute. Then gradually add the stock and wine to form a sauce.
3) Add 5tbsp of the parsley, petits pois and season
4) pour over the hake and place in the oven for about 20minutes. Place the clams on top of the sauce about 4-6minutes before the end of the 20minutes.
5) Discard any clams that do not open and sprinkle with the rest of the parsley.

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This is such a nice sauce and would go great with any sea food. Also I found an amazing wine to go with it, out of luck (it was on special offer) Gampo di Fiori Pinot Grigio 2008. I don't usually like white wine, but this is the nicest white I have tasted by a mile. No mineral taste in it at all.

[Glaucus]

CHOCOLATE MARQUISE

Ingredients:
400g at least 70 per cent dark chocolate Yes that's right 400g
200g unsalted butter , at room temperature
60g golden caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
6 eggs , separated

Method:
1) Gently melt the chocolate and butter in a microwave or in a heatproof bowl set over, not in, a saucepan of simmering water. Stir in the sugar and vanilla extract. Whisk in the egg yolks, one by one, until smooth.
2) In a clean bowl, whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt to form stiff peaks. Mix a heaped tbsp of egg white into the chocolate mixture to loosen it, then carefully fold in the rest using a large metal spoon or a spatula to retain as much air as possible. Pour into the loaf tin and tap on the surface a couple of times to distribute the mixture evenly. Cover tightly with clingfilm and freeze for at least 3 hours


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Caramel Sauce Recipe

Ingredients
1 cup of sugar
6 Tbsp butter
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

1) In a saucepan heat the sugar up, until it is totally melted. do not stir or move. A heavy saucepan is a must.
2) Once sugar has gone golden and fully melted add the butter and whisk for your life.
3) Once The butter has melted take of the pan and quickly throw the cream in whilst risking. A high sided pan is a must as this will bubble up.

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[Pheebs]

OMG

That's just screaming out for my face to be shoved in it!!!

And NOmonom omomomomomomm nom nom no nmom nom om om nom nom nom to calamari! :D

[Briggykins]

Calamari = best starter ever. Will be looking out for that one.
I think the dessert might not be the best thing for my diet tho.

[Glaucus]

I think the dessert might not be the best thing for my diet tho.

Probably not the loaf is about 6600 calories, so even if you divide it into loads that still a fair bit and that doesn't even include ice cream, caramel sauce or praline.

[Glaucus]

Finally updated. Sorry about lack of photos I forgot. But such an easy meal and so worth while. Most of it can be prepared well in advanced so makes for a good meal.