Spicy soup?
mmMMmm.... get the recipe on here pronto please!
Spicy soup?
mmMMmm.... get the recipe on here pronto please!
Shian7
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broken again - still it's there:
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I'm ChrisB.
When I was a kid & we lived in places abroad where you could only buy the most basic of ingredients, my Mother used to keep a copy of 'The Pauper's Cookbook' close at hand.
My favourite meal of all time is from this book & I still make it for myself when I'm in my weekday pad. It's great, cheap & only one pot to wash!!
I love the way some of the most simple & basic food can be the most fulfilling.
Onion, Bacon and Potato Hotpot
4 onions
4 large potatoes
1/2 lb bacon rashers or bacon offcuts (often need a good soak to remove the saltiness)
1 pint milk
2 oz flour
2 oz butter
Peel and slice onions and potatoes, slicing the onions extra thin. Cut the bacon into small strips & fry it off.
Use the liquid from the bacon to help make the sauce with the flour, milk and butter. Add cheese if you like.
Grease a casserole with a lid. Fill the casserole with alternating layers of potato, onion and bacon, ending with a layer of potato. Loads of fresh ground black pepper on top of every layer.
Pour the white sauce over it and give it a shake to distribute the sauce.
Cook on Gas Mark 6 or 200 degrees for an hour. Take the lid off, turn oven down to Gas Mark 4 or 180 degrees & leave it till it goes brown on top. You can sprinkle some cheese over it at this point.
Serve it with peas & loads more of that pepper!!
Ok, guys, I have a little secret to confess : I'm the cook at home (not my lady), so cooking is more than a hobby for me...
So, a starter: Hazelnut soup
1 small-med lettyce
1 onion
125g of hazelnuts
1 egg
50g of double cream
butter
Clean then chop the lettyce. Cook it a few minutes with 30g of butter and the chopped onion.
Add the hazelnuts and 1lt of warm water. Boil gently for 30 minutes.
Mix well the egg yolk with the cream.
Put the soup and the cream into a blender, salt, pepper, (whatever secret aroma you like: nutmeg for instance) blend as needed.
Serve immediately.
Dimitri.
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
Sounds interesting, Dimitri - might give that a go.
Here's what my good lady is cooking for dinner this evening:
http://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/2004-05:duckolives
Looking forward to it - yum yum!
I've selected a rather nice 1995 Médoc to wash it down with. Salut!
Marco.
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Last edited by Themis; 04-10-2009 at 17:18. Reason: Misspelling
Dimitri.
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
Merci, Dimitri. Ton compliment me touche beaucoup! J'aime bien les bordeaux mais je préfère tout de même les vins français
Anyway, back to English now, as it's not fair on our non multi-lingual members...
We're also having Crème de Mûre with some Pouilly Fumé, beforehand, as an aperitif. Yes we spoil ourselves on a Sunday!
Incidentally, the correct term is 'lasagne', not 'lasagna'. It's always in the plural form ('lasagne'), unless you're eating just one single sheet of pasta!
Sorry to be pedantic, but these things bother me... I'll let you know how the Médoc goes with the duck. I hope you enjoy your lasagne.
À bientôt!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
Dimitri.
In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell