Holy crap, this was good. Black bean quesadillas with sticky pork ribs. Both recipes from Economy Gastronomy.
12/16/2009
12/13/2009
From the book
From the oven
It was definitely gristle.
Thank God, because the lasagna I made from the leftovers was AMAZING.
I didn’t have any tallegio, so used the last of my gruyere. It worked a treat. Creamy, tomatoey, porky, deliciousness.
From Economy Gastronomy
12/05/2009
Gnocchi
I made my own gnocchi for the first time last night. I saw Angela Hartnett on last week’s Saturday Kitchen and was reminded that I had her book Cucina with an easy gnocchi recipe.
I made some on a whim quite late last night, so haven’t actually eaten any yet, but tonight I’ll be cooking them up with a mushroom ragu, also from Cucina. They look pretty good and the rawish version I’ve had so far was tasty, so I’m pretty excited! The ragu sounds pretty delicious too.
Update: Angela says that if you have to chew, you’ve made the gnocchi wrong. I guess I did it right then! Melt in the mouth gnocchi with salty mushroom ragu. I had some gruyere in the fridge, so had that on top. Yum. I probably shouldn’t have had enough for two people though….
11/28/2009
An Obama Thanksgiving
Apparently the Obamas ate the following on Thursday night:
Obama Thanksgiving Day Menu / 2009
From The White House
Menu:
Turkey
Honey-Baked Ham
Cornbread Stuffing
Oyster Stuffing
Greens
Macaroni and Cheese
Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Green Bean Casserole
Banana Cream Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
Sweet Potato Pie
Huckleberry Pie
Cherry Pie
Right, so where was my invite? That sounds tasty. If I had my choice, this is the menu I would have at Christmas this year, minus the turkey and oyster stuffing. F*ck Christmas pudding, I want 6 kinds of pie!
I also really really want to make these. Candied sweet potato marshmallows? Hello, there!
11/06/2009
Easy moussaka
This was really easy and easily the best meal I have had all week. It’s kind of like a DIY moussaka. I put a massive pot of cinammon spiced lamb and aubergine on the table, along with crumbled feta, chopped up mint, coriander and then some pitta bread and salad on the side. It was AMAZING. Really, really, very tasty. It was given a 10/10 by both me and the friends I had over for dinner. Definitely one to try again.
Well, my week of one-pot cooking is over and overall, it was really successful. The dishes are easy and very adaptable. Some of the timings and liquid quantities were a bit off, but I’ve also been using the pots I own which are big enough to take this much food, which aren’t many. Next time I do these dishes, I will halve the quantity and use my smaller, but much better, dishes to cook them in. Or just cook it all in my le creuset, which is what I did tonight…
11/03/2009
Sausage, broccoli and potato hash
I decided not to post my photo of this meal because, to be frank, it is not an appetizing looking meal. Sausage meat doesn’t look good at the best of times, let alone when it is covered in little green flecks of broccoli. But this was really very tasty. I modded the recipe a little bit - instead of horseradish, which I am not a fan of, I used mustard and used up the white wine from yesterday’s chicken dish.
For someone who stopped eating pork for over two years after seeing Babe in the cinemas (true story), I do like a good sausage dish. Delicious. 4/5.
