Category Archives: meat
Velveting the chicken
No, not a novel by Sarah Walters, not a euphemism… velveting is a great way of cooking chicken when you’re making a stir-fry. It doesn’t affect the flavour so much as the texture – in fact it seals the chicken … Continue reading
Devilled kidneys
I was hungry, working late, in need of a filling breakfast – and I was all out of chollah bread for the perfect ironic bacon sandwich. So I took my devilled mushroom recipe and used kidneys instead. Serves 1. 2 … Continue reading
Burgers on chollah bread
Praise be to @ginandting for alerting me to the savoury possibilities of chollah bread. I couldn’t find chollah buns locally, but Waitrose in Beckenham sell delicious big chollah loaves. Chollah is a sweet, soft bread, almost like brioche but a … Continue reading
Easy Moroccan lamb with couscous
This is pretty easy and so so tasty. half a leg of lamb or 800g lean diced lamb 1 tbsp olive oil 400g tin of chopped tomatoes 400g tin of chickpeas cinnamon stick small packet of ready-to-eat apricots roughly chopped … Continue reading
Pork Braised in Cider and spices
This recipe from Waitrose Kitchen magazine was utterly delicious. I’d use half the amount of star anise next time, and I substituted a small amount of nutmeg as I didn’t have any mace. I fished out the bay leaves, cinnamon … Continue reading
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Quick slow-roasted pork
I wanted to make some slow-roasted pork. Quick google. Ah, Nigella! Read recipe. Recipe tells me I should have put pork in oven this time… yesterday. Life is too short for slow-roasted pork that takes 24 hours to cook. Even … Continue reading
Tasty pork loin chops
This looked quite nice, tasted even better. Sadly we scoffed it before I managed to take its photo. 4 pork loin chops 1 large onion 2 cloves of garlic 1 apple sea salt, pepper, olive oil 2 sprigs of fresh … Continue reading
Chicken & Veggie Cous Cous
We have one veggie in our house so we often cook ‘split dishes’ – they start out the same and then get split in two at some point in the cooking process when meat is added to one pot and … Continue reading
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Brisket chilli
Adapted from a recipe for 20 people in Issue 22 of the excellent Jamie magazine – this serves about 5. We had it with tortilla wraps, Mexican-style fried rice, grated cheese and lettuce. We love Nigella’s chilli, but we fancied … Continue reading
Beef stew
I made this for tea: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/beef-recipes/jools-s-favourite-beef-stew This is a great, easy, delicious stew – just fry some onions and sage in a casserole, bung in some diced stewing beef, root vegetables (I use parsnips, swede, carrots, potatoes), red wine and … Continue reading
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