Friday, 4 July 2014

Our last Supper 😢

Stuffed chillies. Hot, yep they were definitely hot. 
The choice to get a bit happy with a frozen, grated scotch bonnet was possibly (definitely) overkill. Apart from that they were quite lush. 
After splitting the mild/sweet peppers I attempted to pipe in the cheese, chorizo stuffing ( I saw attempted because the chorizo chunks were a tad too big for the nozzle hole I'd created therefore everything ended up covered in cream cheese...not always a bad thing).
Anyhoo, the crusty topping is blitzed breadcrumbs and a nice cheddar, oven cooked/grilled for about 18mins.
Lamb roast! 
Jamie's mothership Sunday roast lamb is just heaven. Slow cooked for 4hours in garlic and rosemary. Lil side note: when he says four cloves of garlic, he does mean cloves and not bulbs but if you use 4bulbs you are a madman and deserve for it to work for you just because you are a cheeky daredevil. 
Muddle that with S&P, EVOO and smother into all nooks, crannies and man made holes in the leg/shoulder place on a bed of quartered onions.
Accompaniments include roast potatoes with breadcrumbs and chicken stock cube crunch, blanched green beans, parsnips, roasted carrots (always the ones with greens still attached-so much natural sweetness!) mint sauce of course and all the lush drippings mixed with some gravy granules for a flavourful pool in which the veg can swim. 

Dessert...haha ummmm candied bacon upon peanut butter frosting coating a "chocolate" cupcake.
The lack of cocoa powder makes this a pretend chocolate cupcake. 
The absence of a lot more lardons means the brown sugar and paprika coating buried the little existing amount. 
The peanut butter frosting isn't over powering or too sweet, definitely something to be repeated from the dessert recipe. 

Sweet jacket pot 3ways

Sweet potatoes are a students best friend, it seems like they are immortal ontop of being so damn delicious! And I'm sure there's some kind of nutrients in there that can attempt to save us from scurvy. 
So here's my 3 course meal on one plate. Prawn starter, chicken main and cinnamon dessert. 
Prawns were dipped in hot sauce and then flour, dusted and griddled under pressure (not the Gordon Ramsey kind...more like a cast iron lid) 
The chicken was a sandwich filler tikka thing left by top notch and ever naked housemate Dillon. 
As for the cinnamon, well...  I reckon it's one if the flavourings for sweet potato pie but I currently don't have the energy to find out. Regardless it is insaaane coupling!!

AonT (dinner)

After seeing the buzzfeed post on sexy ways to have avocado on toast I thought I want in, however when I looked again they were all simple/boring sounding recipes so I decided to chuck my left over quorn chilli on and grilldle a few slices of the creamy green for the top. 
Dollop of sour cream to serve. 

AonT

So I've found recently discovered Avocado on toast is a ting (thanks to Buzzfeed) And I'm now experimenting.
Fresh farmhouse white, sliced by yours truly
A whole avocado mashed with plenty of S&P and a dash of lemon juice
Topped with a poached egg
I considered chucking some sweet chilli sauce in there but it was grand without 👌

Summer Flavours

Malibu Red
Pineapple Juice
Cranberry& Pommegranate juice
Crushed & cubed ice
Stolen, chilled beer glass

Monday, 9 June 2014

This is some Gourmet Shit

I made myself and the Captain some gourmet burgers from the Aldi haul. 

Mince, S&P, Dijon & Wholegrain mustard, grated red onion, a few bread crumbs and an egg. 
Form into patties and griddle.
Warm/toast brioche burger buns.

Slice onion into rings, put into a bag with flour and sugar. Shake and dust, fry off until golden and crispy. 

I had goats cheese, red onion chutney, burger pattie, onion rings & salad.

My other consisted of sour cream & chive dip with Brie, onion & chive cheese, pattie, rings & salad. 

Oozing, fresh, decadent goodness. 
The brioche buns are a must have! 

Quick eastern rice

Warm garlic cloves with skin on in a dry pan. 
Remove from pan and add oil.
Add minced chillies, chopped garlic and prawns. 
Salt, pepper, lemon juice, soy and sweet chilli sauce. 
Chuck in cooked rice ("Dine In" 2mins in the microwave), crack in an egg and fold everything together. 
Grate on frozen scotch bonnet peppers and season with soy to taste. 

Quick, cheap, yum.