What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[Looby]

Already had my spag bol

but there lurks in the fridge a chocolate pudding made by my old dear which has scotch bonnet peppers in it. Not the actual peppers. She done some vile witchery using milk and sieves.

It is absolutely fucking banging hot. I haven't been able to manage more than a spoonful. Rich choclatey taste then OMFG WHATS HAPPENING IN MY MOUTH


It's a trap. A choclatey trap. She was half cut when making it so decided to go FULL HEAT with the hotness. Even the dog won't eat it. Ma herself yammed down a bowl of it before throwing it back up. It's like food, but weaponised

You can't feed bloody chocolate to a dog anyway!

 

[UrbaneFox]

Leftovers, comprising: Smoked mackerel fillet, bit of potato salad, baba ganoush.

Which reminds me.

 

[DotCommunist]

tell that to Tank, aged 5 and an eater of tin foil, chocolate, shoelaces and plastic.

 

[geminisnake]

Phwoar. Yes please. Minus the tomato...

They were cherry tomatoes. I don't like the big ones

 

[sojourner]

Well that risotto was bang on - deffo doing that again. Recipe below if anyone's interested. I wasn't sure about the salt/sugar combo for the veg, but yeh, worked!

Tonight's tea is mozzarella cheeseburgers, chips, and salad

Oven-baked Saffron Risotto with Spring Veg

· about 25 saffron filaments ground
· 1.2 litre vegetable stock
· 25g unsalted butter
· 1 onion peeled and finely chopped
· 350g risotto rice
· black pepper
·
TO FINISH
· 6 baby leeks or thick asparagus spears
· or a mixture
· 150g mangetouts
· 40g unsalted butter
· 1/2 tsp caster sugar
· 150g fresh or frozen shelled peas
· 100g freshly grated parmesan

Preheat the oven to 190C/170C fan/375F/gas 5. Combine the saffron with 1 tbsp boiling water and leave to infuse for 10 minutes.

For the risotto, bring the stock to the boil in a small pan. Melt the 25g butter in a medium ovenproof casserole over a medium heat and fry the onion for a few minutes until translucent. Pour in the rice and cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the saffron liquid, the stock and plenty of seasoning. Bring to the boil, cover,transfer to the preheated oven and cook for 25 minutes.

For the vegetables, trim the leeks and/or asparagus and slice diagonally into 1cm pieces. Trim the tops of the mangetouts. About 10 minutes before the risotto is ready, bring 150ml water to the boil in a small pan over a medium heat, with 15g butter, the sugar and 1/2 tsp salt. Add the leeks and/or asparagus, cover and cook for 2 minutes, then stir in the mangetouts and peas, cover and cook foranother 2-4 minutes until the vegetables are just tender, then drain into a sieve.

Stir the parmesan into the risotto. Serve the risotto with the vegetables spooned on top, and a little extra parmesan scattered over.

 

[Callum91]

They were cherry tomatoes. I don't like the big ones

If they were cooked first I'd love them. Raw though? No thanks. Tiny drizzle of oil and baked, that'll do me.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Chicken and prawn paella (made by Sainsbury's not me )

 

[Thimble Queen]

Smoked mackerel and pea risotto

 

[ringo]

Pasta with tomato sauce and mozzarella.

 

[Callum91]

An 8'' Pizza Express Margherita pizza. They were on offer at Sainsbury's and it's been an age since my last pizza. Bet it's shit.

 

[TruXta]

Aiming to do a whole roast chicken. Dunno if I'll have the time though.

 

[Badgers]

Aiming to do a whole roast chicken. Dunno if I'll have the time though.

Do half instead of the whole chicken if you are pressed for time?

 

[TruXta]

Do half instead of the whole chicken if you are pressed for time?

Is the difference in cooking time all that much?

 

[kittyP]

Ooh we are having roast chicken too.
Hopefully with very garlicy potato dauphinoise , broccoli and peas.

 

[ringo]

Is the difference in cooking time all that much?

Back half takes longer

 

[Biddlybee]

bit of tuna mayo and ryvitas, I want roast chicken now though

 

[Yetman]

Tuna salad and pittas and new pots

 

[avu9lives]

Have got sum finney haddock defrostin also a bag ef frozen sweetcorn, so i might try nigel slaters chowder recipe. Just need ta get sum leeks an a few new potatoes on me way home.

 

[Greebo]

Jacket spuds, pollock in batter, and whatever else occurs to me.

 

[Voley]

Steak, new potatoes in garlic butter, carrots and green beans.

 

[Shirl]

Left over beef with baked potatoes and pickles

 

[kittyP]

Ooh we are having roast chicken too.
Hopefully with very garlicy potato dauphinoise , broccoli and peas.

Ok. I've spent ages slicing, layering, seasoning my potatoes, gone to make the mix of cream and milk and the cream is solid.
It's not off. Smells and tastes fine but it'd solid not creamy.
I've scraped it out, mixed it with the milk and put it on top of the oven (where the chicken is cooking) to warm up. But I don't think the cream was frozen

 

[kittyP]

An 8'' Pizza Express Margherita pizza. They were on offer at Sainsbury's and it's been an age since my last pizza. Bet it's shit.

Add extra cheese and whatever you want on top. That's what we do.

 

[May Kasahara]

Delicious chilli made with leftover roast pork and the end of the chorizo.

 

[moonsi til]

An 8'' Pizza Express Margherita pizza. They were on offer at Sainsbury's and it's been an age since my last pizza. Bet it's shit.

They are nice on their own and a good buy when they are bogof but not at £4.50!

 

[sheothebudworths]

We had slow-cooked chinese pork/spring onion/mushroom with some noodles, tenderstem broc and asparagus.
The kids had banoffee pots for pudding and I had some more of the chocolate fudge brownie cake I made for my daughter's birthday, with some extra thick cream

 

[nagapie]

I asked mr nags to look in the fridge and suggest something I would cook. So he ordered a take-away. Cooking mojo is at a serious low at chez nags. I have a load of rotting vegetables in my fridge. If anyone can suggest a way to use up a lot of veg quickly and tastily, I'd appreciate it. I have: red cabbage, beetroot, flat beans, carrots, red pepper, celery and loads of broccoli. The courgettes have turned already.

 

[May Kasahara]

Make slaw with the cabbage, beetroot and carrots (add red onion too and a splash of orange juice in the dressing). Cut up red pepper and celery for dips. Broccoli and Stilton soup?

 

[Lo Siento.]

chicken, leek and potato pie. Had roast chicken yesterday, fried a leek and some onions (and a bay leaf), added the rest of the gravy as stock, a bit of mustard, the chicken, a boiled potato, load of salt and pepper, dash of cream - shortcrust on the top. Cracking leftovers

 

[kittyP]

The potato dauphinoise was delicious.
The roast chicken was mega garlicy and moist as fuck