Our local Vietnamese butcher has great pork. Slowcooked pork and lemongrass curry Definitately worth doing. In this first time I went heavy on the pumpkin and also added a sweet potato, and it worked well with more vegetables. I tried pork spare ribs as well, they could have been better, but perhaps this offers …
One simple thing for Church; using the local Saigon Village’s truss tomatoes discounted for quick sale…. as they were absolutely ready to eat. Fresh tomato with basil pasta. This worked well, I backed off the amount of basalmic (Aldi’s top quality Casa Barelli basalmic turned out to be great). While making a 5x batch for …
Adam Liaw’s chicken marylands with modification for H. Replace honey and sriracha chilli sauce simply with sweet chilli sauce. I used soy sauce. The result was excellent when combined with the local butcher marylands. To improve next time, mix less marinade and do not let pools develop when basting. D suggests 5 minutes of grill …
Both of these worked well, but there was a fair bit of effort in top & tailing the cheap beans, and the quinoa salad was a little fiddly. Green bean, pancetta and chickpea salad – serves 40 with the below From Taste, but with modifications approx. 2.5kg green beans 625g dry chickpeas soaked overnight then …
Back to some old “cook agains” Beef gulyas with sweet potato mash Chicken fricassee with drumsticks and extra mushrooms. Finally a chance to use the new tarragon that’s growing.
Fennel and potato gratin. After noting the reviewers changes I think some butter and paprika need adding, and perhaps thyme as well depending on Stephanie Alexander’s opinion of herbs suited to fennel. Chicken, broccoli and cashew stir fry.
baked zucchini with tomatoes and onion From The Age Sunday Life 6 May 2018 Pork with green beans 2 tbsp oyster sauce 2 tbsp fish sauce 1/2 tsp caster sugar 500g pork mince 3 tbsp vegetable oil 3 cloves garlic, peeled, chopped 2 kaffir lime leaves, central vein removed and very finely sliced 400g green …
Spaghetti Marinara with white wine and capers Bocconcini, tomato and basil salad
Basic banana bread with variations – one extra banana for three total, double cinnamon, and add some nutmeg or dessicated coconut. Cupcakes at Hildegard’s request – Honey and Vanilla cupcakes Turkish zucchini and haloumi bake as when Todd & Laura visited they brought eggs and zucchini from Mum Harissa, pumpkin, haloumi and spiced chickpea salad …
Both were great Miso chicken – I used chicken thighs, basically marinade (/500g chicken) pan fried to internal temperature 70deg C 2 Tbps Miso paste 1 1/2 tsp sesame oil 1 1/2 tsp chopped ginger 1 1/2 tsp chopped garlic 1/4 tsp chilli flakes (I added just a merest pinch of our dried chilli) Tuna …