Food and drink thread

[Bob8]

Roast duck, roast spuds and red cabbage tonight.  With rice pudding, almonds and cherry sauce for dessert.

Very traditional Danish Christmas dinner.

[Tongs ya bas]

7 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

Patience is the greatest ingredient.

Make a bit water pastry.

Melt 125g good lard in 150ml water. Add to 450g flour. Mix well. Don't use supermarket lard. Use a good butcher... if you can get Italian lard it makes very crispy pastry. Lovely. Then set aside. At least 3-4 hours. Some wait overnight.

It will cool and as it cools it will stiffen. 

Then you will need a dolly. I have two... see below. Start using the larger one. It' easier to work.

Cut pastry enough for a pie and set aside enough for a lid. 

For the dough into a stiff 1cm thick paté about 1ckm diameter bigger than the dolly.

Then placing your hand around the dough slowly work it up the sides of the dolly until you have the height of your pie.

Pie mix 75/25 shoulder/belly mix. I double mince about 25% of the mix to give a variance in texture.

1.6% salt. Pepper... use 50/50 black/white. Pinch mace. Allspice and a few grates of nutmeg. Leave 2 days.

To assemble push the meat firmly into your pie she'l to get the air out and ensure a tight pie.

Egg wash your lid on.

Cook 190 for about 80 mins.

Leave to cool before putting your jelly in.

For the jelly use pigs feet not gelatin. It' easy and much much better

Excellent, thanks mate.

[Oxford]

 

29 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

I've got matter d'oie

Now I'm sure there's a restaurant thread somewhere but your post reminded of a meal I had in Dunkerque with a source Foie Gras

If you're ever doing the sites of defeat/war or going directly to Belgium without collecting £200 I can recommend this place

Le Sweet

I don't do this often but top notch food

 

 

Edited December 24, 2017 by Oxford

[Tongs ya bas]

Well Christmas dinner went down a treat. Belting food even if I say so myself. Wonderful company. Lots of laughs.

[Robin Evans]

2 minutes ago, Tongs ya bas said:

Well Christmas dinner went down a treat. Belting food even if I say so myself. Wonderful company. Lots of laughs.

We had to make emergency arrangements to accommodate 3 more at only a couple of hours notice....

Crisis, what Crisis? All sorted.

I don't care if it sounds like I'm blowing my own flugelhorn.... but I nailed it..... but as always when I cook, I ate very little......

Then at 4.30 I slumped with a 1996 bottle of clynelish......

I thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Today chips n turkey n pickles?

[Tongs ya bas]

7 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

We had to make emergency arrangements to accommodate 3 more at only a couple of hours notice....

Crisis, what Crisis? All sorted.

I don't care if it sounds like I'm blowing my own flugelhorn.... but I nailed it..... but as always when I cook, I ate very little......

Then at 4.30 I slumped with a 1996 bottle of clynelish......

I thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Today chips n turkey n pickles?

I love it when that happens. It adds to the vibe. We had an extra one plus a take away: my lad's partner's dad who can't get out. 

I was knackered and pleasingly sober at the end of it. Our Angus slept through the entire session.

I dread the day when I haven't got it in me to do it. 

By the way is there any pie left? You inspired me.

Edited December 26, 2017 by Tongs ya bas

[Robin Evans]

Our lilee is 3.... he first full Monty Christmas frenzy....

Lils n her mum have been here since Saturday as fella didn't finish nights at the big house til yesterday morning.

So I've been treated to a granddaughter on full tilt..... really excited..... and it's been brilliant.

Similarly, I can't contemplate not doing it for folks over Christmas tho I wouldlove to do it in some isolated cottage in the highlands or Northumberland by way of a change....

[Gerrumonside ref]

Tasmanian sparkling wine is very nice indeed.

 

[Robin Evans]

6 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

Tasmanian sparkling wine is very nice indeed.

 

I'm up for new experiences....

Domaine name??

Never had a tazzy

Edited December 27, 2017 by Robin Evans

[Gerrumonside ref]

12 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

I'm up for new experiences....

Domaine name??

Never had a tazzy

We were drinking a Tazzy sparkler called Jansz - think it had been bought at Booths specially.

[Robin Evans]

Ahhh booth's..... fine establishment

[Tongs ya bas]

Bubble and squeak for tea. And that wraps it all up. Hardly a crumb of the whole bunfight wasted.

[Mumby Magic]

Anyone got any good, simple, alternative recipes for sprouts?

[Tongs ya bas]

3 minutes ago, Mumby Magic said:

Anyone got any good, simple, alternative recipes for sprouts?

Boil em. Works every time for me. No need for any poncey forgiving about. Sprouted sprouts, bloody lovely.

[terrywebbisgod]

13 minutes ago, Mumby Magic said:

Anyone got any good, simple, alternative recipes for sprouts?

Quarter them,fry them with some bacon.

[MattSantos]

8 hours ago, terrywebbisgod said:

Quarter them,fry them with some bacon.

Half them, wok them with chilli, garlic, ginger and a spash of soy & lime.. Chuck in some squid and beansprouts at the end.

Had that for me tea t'other day.

 

[Futtocks]

I cooked Jansson's Temptation this evening, and very nice it was too. Despite the simple ingredients, it is extremely rich, due to the cream and butter involved. Not an everyday dish then, but a fine treat for a cold Winter's evening.

http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/janssons-temptation/

[Tongs ya bas]

I don't care if I never eat anything again as long as I live.

[Mumby Magic]

Thanks for the tips. I don't eat sprouts but I'm doing it for the wife. Going to mix both tips Going to quarter them, stir fry with bacon , onions and mushrooms and a dash of soy sauce served with chicken.

Been prepping veg for what seems like a week as work (T...O) has been clearing them at ridiculous prices. Got 3 kg of Carrots for 36p!

Next question apart from a soup any one got any alternative recipes for carrots, maybe a bit left field too?

Edited January 3, 2018 by Mumby Magic

[Bleep1673]

Halve them, slice them, and use them as stuffing with chopped streaky bacon and (Maybe) Parmesan or Gorgonzola cheese in Portobello style Mushrooms

[MattSantos]

Moving house at the end of Feb and plan on buying a BBQ and using it 4/5 times a week.

Exciting times.

 

[Mumby Magic]

On a drink theme. Badger brewery dorset. - Blandford Flyer. Chuffing beautiful. I work for T...O but we don't stock it have to get it from my local shop! My in-laws lived 6 mile from their brewery/shop etc and despite having varied drinking routes along the way I never ventured there. Surprise and astonishment are the words. Try it. Classed as gingery golden beer!!

[Bleep1673]

On ‎27‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 5:04 PM, Mumby Magic said:

Anyone got any good, simple, alternative recipes for sprouts?

Halve them, quarter them steam them for 10 mins, then bin them.

[Robin Evans]

10 hours ago, Mumby Magic said:

On a drink theme. Badger brewery dorset. - Blandford Flyer. Chuffing beautiful. I work for T...O but we don't stock it have to get it from my local shop! My in-laws lived 6 mile from their brewery/shop etc and despite having varied drinking routes along the way I never ventured there. Surprise and astonishment are the words. Try it. Classed as gingery golden beer!!

Everything gingery is wonderful?

[Futtocks]

12 hours ago, Mumby Magic said:

On a drink theme. Badger brewery dorset. - Blandford Flyer. Chuffing beautiful. I work for T...O but we don't stock it have to get it from my local shop! My in-laws lived 6 mile from their brewery/shop etc and despite having varied drinking routes along the way I never ventured there. Surprise and astonishment are the words. Try it. Classed as gingery golden beer!!

Badger beers are interesting... sometimes in a pleasant way. They do go for some unusual flavours, and the good ones are refreshingly different. You can get some of their beers in supermarkets, but not usually the whole range.

The Blandford Flyer is very nice.