An exercise in time-economy this one: make a meal base good for three dinners on a lazy Sunday, reap the rewards x3 during the pressured week. I diced 6 chicken breasts and fried in batches till coloured and then left to one side. Meanwhile I fried an onion and deglazed with white wine. Once done I started getting my roux […]
Read moreNot mucking about now – this is proper winter food. It’s very simple and fills like few other dishes. I use lamb neck fillet, which I’ve espoused the glory of before. It’s diced and layered here with onion rings, sliced potatoes (sod peeling), and diced carrot. Each layer is seasoned and dashed with chopped rosemary. Finally lamb stock is poured […]
Read moreI bloody love filo pastry. Crispy, buttery and melt-in-the-mouth, can’t get enough of it. I’ve pressed it into service here (ready-rolled stuff -blow making it from scratch!) atop an unctuous savoury pie. The filling is dead easy. Turkey is fried to browning, then a few chopped broccoli florets are added. After a few minutes a can of Baxter’s Ham, Broccoli […]
Read moreThose Matheson’s sausages in a vacuum bag – great aren’t they? Of dubious provenance but undoubted flavour. Great in a sandwich with mustard, yum. Or here, where they are pressed into service into a potato salad to convert it into a main meal. There’s boiled new potatoes in there (really!), cooked green beans, fried onions and sausage, tumbled with a […]
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