What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[MrsArcanum]

Son is currently making a mint chocolate tart to have after Sunday Dinner (lamb this week).

Includes

Blue Curacao Syrup (Orange)
Mojito Mint (spearmint)
Menthe Vert (peppermint)​

Will be interesting to see how the flavours work together.

The agar-agar bit went wrong (too solid) and the ganache was not thick enough. Pastry was good.

 

[Epona]

The agar-agar bit went wrong (too solid) and the ganache was not thick enough. Pastry was good.View attachment 448689

It looks strangely medical, but did it taste good?

 

[tony.c]

Roast lamb, roast potatoes, sweetcorn, carrots, green beans, gravy. Lemon tart.

 

[MrsArcanum]

It looks strangely medical, but did it taste good?

It tasted okay, but the blue bit was somewhat too solid to eat much. Apparently it is a Japanese recipe, but had too much agar-agar (suspect 6g would be enough, the recipe said 25g).

 

[UrbaneFox]

Poached salmon, wholemeal pasta, red pepper, scrapings from a Deliveroo mezze from some time last week.
3 tangerines

 

[Maggot]

Made an experimental spicy pasta stew thing to use up various veg. Was pretty unsure about it, but it turned out well.

 

[Epona]

Morrisons badly let me down today (they're usually really reliable) so I am without the leeks, broccoli, and savoy cabbage that I wanted as the steamed veg section (plus a few other meals in the days to come ofc) of a mini-roast tonight.
How can they have run out of so many veg? The service is declining a bit I reckon, never used to happen.

So I'm having a roast chicken leg with roast spuds, cauliflower and carrots. And gravy ofc. I might do some peas or spinach out of the freezer so I have some green veg in there.

 

[tonysingh]

One of them super posh Charlie Bigham ready meals, steak and red wine casserole with mashed potato. Courtesy of the reduced price section, £1.75.

 

[sojourner]

Thinking about it, I like to use more of the green bit of leeks than most people so I wonder if my better soups have been made with leeks that've had a good hard frost to improve the flavour.

Do most people NOT use the green bits then?! I only leave about 1mm at the ends. I paid for a leek, I'm using the whole fucking thing! Also, the flavour is more intense that end anyway, and it gives a lovely colour to the soup.

 

[iona]

Do most people NOT use the green bits then?! I only leave about 1mm at the ends. I paid for a leek, I'm using the whole fucking thing! Also, the flavour is more intense that end anyway, and it gives a lovely colour to the soup.

Ime no. It's one of those things like people cutting the tail ends off beans that annoys me far more than it should

 

[sojourner]

I really REALLY fancied saussies and mash, so have given in and got some of the Cauldron Lincolnshires, cos even though they are nowhere near as good as they used to be, they're still better than some of the shite I've tried.

So! Saussies, skin-on mashed spuds, a small hill of steamed Savoy cabbage and veggie gravy.

The fella was gonna make the cake I never got round to at the weekend, but he's feeling ill, so it's more chocolate. Hard life, innit?

 

[sojourner]

Ime no. It's one of those things like people cutting the tail ends off beans that annoys me far more than it should

Weirdos.

 

[Zorra]

Son and I prepared a duck to roast with Chinese hot pot marinade and many other delicious things then they whole day fell apart for pretty much the whole family so we had pasta or toast and good intentions for duck tomorrow when we've all had a good sleep.

 

[Numbers]

Simple ensemble for me tonight. 2 boiled eggs, hummus (homemade) + an avacadoe smothered in extra virgin olive oil and tarragon.

 

[UrbaneFox]

One of them super posh Charlie Bigham ready meals, steak and red wine casserole with mashed potato. Courtesy of the reduced price section, £1.75.

Totes amazeballs, I just had the same thing with carrots.

Paid the full price, though

 

[Monte]

Going a little gourmet tonight.

Breaded celeriac
Mushrooms in creamy garlic and horseradish sauce
Creamy mashed potato
Savoy cabbage

 

[cesare]

Same as last night (there was enough for two teas) but with the addition of some gram masala airfried aubergine

 

[sojourner]

Saag paneer, roast spiced cauli, aubergine pickle, garlic and coriander naans.

He's making the choccy sandwich cake today! Yay! I will fill it with a really thick layer of bramble jelly later, and we'll have it with fresh blackberries.

 

[BoatieBird]

Yesterday was egg & chips.
Tonight it's couscous with roasted veg (peppers, green beans, shallots), chickpeas and a little bit of hot smoked salmon I found in the freezer.
Might stick some lightly steamed broccoli in there too.

 

[mrsfran]

A kind of coconutty vegetable biryani. Chicken for the meat eaters.

 

[Zorra]

Quite fancy egg and chips now

Had the amazing duck planned for yesterday, long marinade and slow roast with Chinese hot pot sauce and chili, plus rice and bok choi. It was so delicious we ate half a duck in about 10 minutes Kids had cherry and almond ice cream for afters and I had a nice sit down.

 

[Epona]

Had a stressy couple of days with the cat being unwell (UTI) and trying to sort a vet appointment and ended up not having the wherewithal to cook or eat Monday night.
I am really tired but also hungry now so I'm just waiting for some butter to soften and I'm going to have a tin of leek & potato soup from the emergency "don't feel up to cooking" supplies and some bread and butter.

Am promising myself a nice cooked meal tomorrow however.

 

[May Kasahara]

After two full days of tapas neither of us could face anything fried, so went to a basic Italian place for some nice plain fare. I had spaghetti with cherry tomatoes, basil and garlic; Mr K had a pizza.