The what are you eating thread...

[Princess Griff]

Today I made Chicken in Red Wine in my new slow cooker, followed by Lime and Ginger Cheesecake!

Mmmmm....... twas tres yummy!

[Mark]

Didn't make it, but found cheese and bacon twists in Morrisons yesterday, took a guess at how long they'd need (may seem obvious to most but to me everything is an adventure ), and oh my are they good!

[BBx]

Neighbour cooked chicken stir fri and potatoes for me and I made apple crumble!

NOM!

BB x

[Pheebs]

This weekend:

Everything... plus two packets of crisps.

/fatty

[lostkat]

Originally Posted by Muban

I forgot about this thread, posted this on my FB earlier...... homemade risotto. Yum yum.

Oh man, that looks utterly delicious!! Risotto is one thing I've never cooked, although I absolutely love it. Leon doesn't like risotto rice, so it's a bit of a non-starter which is a shame. The closest I get is cooking Paella, which is one of my favourite dishes ever!!

[Belmit]

The other day a work colleague/friend and I had a 'man-paste date' as he likes to call it, much to my disgust. He took some Thai cooking classes in Thailand last summer and we got to talking about making authentic Thai cuisine and how we could make a giant batch of Thai green curry paste to freeze for whenever we need it. So, we got the ingredients:



And I used my new blender (Vitamix - look it up, it's a beast!) to create the paste. Having spooned it into an ice cube tray I now have paste cubes to add to the pan every time I want to make a quick Thai curry. Here's one I made earlier:



Best curry I've ever tasted. Amazing.

[Muban]

Originally Posted by lostkat

Oh man, that looks utterly delicious!! Risotto is one thing I've never cooked, although I absolutely love it.

It was just one of those things I threw together from things I already had in the fridge. However, a very lovely lady asked my to share the recipe and I typed out what I did so I may as well share it here too:

This is for one generous portion but you can just scale it up if you want more:

Knob of butter
Half an onion or a whole echalion shallot
2-3oz Risotto Rice (2oz is fine, 3oz if you want a huge portion)
Generous glug of wine
350-450ml hot stock
Half a cup of peas
Half a cup of sliced green runner beans
Mozzarella (Buffalo is best but whatever you have is fine)
1 egg yolk
Seasoning - salt, pepper and whatever herb you like (I used Moffatt Meadows - http://www.uncleroys.co.uk/Moffat_Meadows.htm)


Melt the butter and fry the onion/shallot for a few minutes (just to soften not to brown).
Add the rice and cook for a few minutes over a medium heat.
Add the wine and a tiny bit of stock, cook until most of the liquid is absorbed.
Add the peas, seasoning and another small ladle of stock.
Keep repeating the process of waiting until the stock is absorbed and then adding another ladle full.
When you have about half the stock left add the beans.
Continue adding stock until the rice is cooked (you may not need all the stock or if the rice is not quite cooked when you have used the stock then use boiling water)
Once cooked add half of the mozarella torn/cut into pieces then put a lid on the pan and leave off the heat for 4-5 minutes.
Remove the lid, add the egg yolk and stir in to the risotto which will now be all lovely and gooey.
Serve and top with torn/cut up pieces of the remaining mozarella.

Yummmy in my tummy!

[Glaucus]

I wanted ox cheek but Waitrose has sold out so got some feather steak instead

Feather steak & Guinness stew served with parsnip & carrot mash and purple sprouting broccoli.






5 hours in the oven and it was worth it delish.

[Burble]

Looks yummy!

I've got some ox tail for dinner tomorrow, that'll be going in the oven for a similar amount of time then I'll be shredding it and using it to stuff some home made ravioli.

[Glaucus]

That's sounds awesome, we need pics of that.