Tonight I cooked..........

[Humble Tiller]

Haunch of venison, potatoes, courgettes and gravy tonight.

 

[Karamoja]

Tonight's fare : a fish cake with a cheese, parsley & coriander sauce:-

 

[Aphra]

Kedgeree. Not the prettiest but it tasted great and there's plenty left for Ron.

 

[Rab_C]

Chicken molè with all the usuals:

 

[Humble Tiller]

Chicken molè with all the usuals:

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That looks very good indeed. On seeing your post I had a look at various recipes, both for chicken and beef. Many of them asked for some fairly esoteric ingredients, such as Chipotle peppers in Adobe sauce, and Mexican chocolate. Are these, or substitutes, easily available ? Please forgive my ignorance, but my knowledge of Mexican cooking starts, and abruptly stops, with Old El Paso tortilla kits.

 

[Kirkz]

That looks very good indeed. On seeing your post I had a look at various recipes, both for chicken and beef. Many of them asked for some fairly esoteric ingredients, such as Chipotle peppers in Adobe sauce, and Mexican chocolate. Are these, or substitutes, easily available ? Please forgive my ignorance, but my knowledge of Mexican cooking starts, and abruptly stops, with Old El Paso tortilla kits.

Most are available in good supermarkets.

 

[Humble Tiller]

Most are available in good supermarkets.

Thank you, I'll have a look in Waitrose. Spicy food doesn't play much of a part with us as the children, whilst open to trying new things, don't go a bundle on it.

 

[Rab_C]

That looks very good indeed. On seeing your post I had a look at various recipes, both for chicken and beef. Many of them asked for some fairly esoteric ingredients, such as Chipotle peppers in Adobe sauce, and Mexican chocolate. Are these, or substitutes, easily available ? Please forgive my ignorance, but my knowledge of Mexican cooking starts, and abruptly stops, with Old El Paso tortilla kits.

The ancho chillies and chipotle paste in my recipe are from Sainsburys and I use an Aldi 85% cocoa solid chocolate .
The sides are re-fried beans, sour cream, guacamole and tomatillo salsa, again all available from Sainsburys.
Here’s my recipe: Chicken mole with coriander rice recipe | BBC Good Food
sometimes we do the rice, last night we wanted tortillas.

 

[Rab_C]

Thank you, I'll have a look in Waitrose. Spicy food doesn't play much of a part with us as the children, whilst open to trying new things, don't go a bundle on it.

HT, it’s not spicy, it’s Smokey and rich, the reduction of the sauce is a major point.

 

[Humble Tiller]

HT, it’s not spicy, it’s Smokey and rich, the reduction of the sauce is a major point.

Thankyou very much for that. I will give it a go over the weekend.

 

[colinmc400]

So chaps and chapess's, as we approach the weekend and whatever culinary delights we might rustle up, the one thought i would leave you with in your efforts, "COLOUR". Get plenty of colour in your offerings, as poached fish/chicken and steamed veg etc just doesn't cut it. Its BBQ season, so flame grilled or roasted is so much more appealing to the eye.

To your cooking duties, carry on!

 

[Kirkz]

So chaps and chapess's, as we approach the weekend and whatever culinary delights we might rustle up, the one thought i would leave you with in your efforts, "COLOUR". Get plenty of colour in your offerings, as poached fish/chicken and steamed veg etc just doesn't cut it. Its BBQ season, so flame grilled or roasted is so much more appealing to the eye.

To your cooking duties, carry on!

I'll leave you with one word...
Brown.

 

[Rab_C]

Thankyou very much for that. I will give it a go over the weekend.

I hope that you enjoy it.

 

[colinmc400]

I'll leave you with one word...
Brown.

Roasted meat with brown will suffice. However roasted meat with brown and brown is better,

 

[ExREME.TECH]

Google ‘rumtopf’.
You will need, above all, patience.

I'm after some advice. First time making rumtopf. What do people use to wieght the fruit down? All of my plates are too big.
TIA

 

[Grownup_Rafbrat]

I'm after some advice. First time making rumtopf. What do people use to wieght the fruit down? All of my plates are too big.
TIA

Saucer?

 

[ExREME.TECH]

Saucer?

I don't have any. I was thing of a zip lock bag with water in it but I'm not sure it won't leak

 

[s_n_l_r]

1/2 pounder in cheesy ciabatta.

 

[ehwhat]

Made cherry strudel for tea today. Meant to get a photo of them after icing them but the tots descended when I was in the cupboard...
Never turn your back on grandchildren.

 

[Kirkz]

Chinese style chicken curry and rice.