A nice quiet winter’s weekend called for some gentle slow cooking and some comforting dinners. Saturday night was curry night so I gave the Baker Brother’s lamb curry a go. Using diced lamb shoulder, the curry is slowly cooked for 2 hours, and what started as a very un-promising piece of meat turned into the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘curry’
Slow Cooking
Posted in suppers, tagged chapatti, crackling, curry, fabulous baker brothers, lamb, nigella lawson, pancetta, pork, pumpkins, risotto, slow-cooked, squash on February 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Five Today
Posted in suppers, tagged blue cheese, cous cous, curry, frittata, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, mexican, mushrooms, pumpkin, salad, smoked mackerel, thai, thomasina miers, tortillas on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a busy couple of weeks, so I’m in blog catch up mode. Today is the 1st February which means we are no longer in meat free January and very soon I am of to the butchers to buy a couple of nice rib eyes! It’s been an interesting month and I have enjoyed [...]
Digging for victory
Posted in allotment, baking, bread, suppers, tagged allotment, apples, bread, chickpeas, chutney, curry, kale, mushrooms, Sarah Raven on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Over the holidays I ordered some apple trees; some for home and a couple for the allotment. As they could turn up any day, I took advantage of the ok weather and headed off to our plot first thing and began to clear the wasteland at the back of the beds where they will be [...]
Indian Book night
Posted in dinner parties, tagged banana, chicken, chutney, curry, gordon ramsay, ice cream, jalfrezi, jamie oliver, pumpkins, rice, tomatoes on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night was book club and we have just read White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (I loved it, the others weren’t so keen!). It was my turn to host so, as we try to do a meal connected to the book we have just read, the obvious choice was curry. Now I’m no curry expert [...]
June Suppers
Posted in suppers, tagged asparagus, chicken, chorizo, curry, omelette, paella, pea, potatoes, prawn, salad, salmon, stir fry, thai, tuna on June 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Chicken Fricasse Tuna Stir Fry Greek Salad Thai Green Chicken Curry Pasta with Peas, Ham & Lettuce Asparagus Omelette – Sarah Raven p101 Salmon with Pea Puree Chorizo with Potatoes – Sarah Raven p125 Paella Prawn & Asparagus Salad
January Suppers
Posted in suppers, tagged chicken, cous cous, curry, goats cheese, leek, minestrone, pasta, pear, pies, pudding, salad, soup, squash, stir fry, thai on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Minestrone Soup Antonio Carluccio’s Passion for Pasta p38 from this: to this: Chicken Pies Sauteed chicken, onion, mushroom & bacon, in double cream and whholegrain mustard topped with a puff pastry lid and baked in a hot oven for 20 minutes. Cous Cous Squash and Goat’s Cheese Salad – like Jan [...]
Smashing Pumpkins
Posted in soups, suppers, tagged allotment, curry, jamie oliver, pumpkins, soup, thai on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was rather a miserable day today and since M and I had nothing on I decided to spend some of it in the kitchen. Having tasted S’s fantastic pumpkin soup on Halloween, I was inspired to have a go myself. I chose to use one of the Crown Prince pumpkins rather than [...]
October Suppers
Posted in suppers, tagged apples, aubergines, beef, beer, brocolli, carrots, cauliflower, cheese, chicken, courgettes, curry, fennel, mushrooms, parma ham, pasta sauce, pine nuts, prunes, pumpkins, risotto, salad, sausages, spinach on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of our more interesting October Suppers: Autumn pasta (October scans p1) – Broccoli, mushrooms, parma ham & pine nuts; autumn on a plate! Sausages in Apple Gravy (October scans p4) – really tasty with a lovely gravy which the boys really liked too. Home made Chicken Kiev (October Scans p18) – a [...]
