Recipes

I found a couple of good recipes for chuck roast, so I combined them and made it myself. I never used a braising pan before or cooked a beef roast before.

Here's what I did:

1 pack of bacon, diced and cooked in olive oil on medium high until the edges were brown, then removed.

In the same pan, 2 diced carrots, 2 diced celery stalks, 2 diced Walla Walla sweet onions. Cooked on medium high until carmaelized, then removed.

3.37 pound (1.5 kg) boneless chuck roast. Patted dry, heavily salted and peppered, seared on one side for 5 minutes, flipped and then seared on the other side for 5 minutes and removed.

Added back 1/2 cup (118 ml) Grand Marnier and 2 cups (473 ml) of Malbec Wine. Deglazed the pan scraping up all the brown bits.

Put the bacon back in, put the veggies back in, stirred until well distributed. Added bay leaves, thyme and rosemary, several cloves of minced garlic, topped with the meat.

Brought to a boil then placed in a pre-heated 325° F (163° C) oven for 3 hours.

After 3 hours, beef was to temp and easily shreddable. (Finally! A reason to use the meat claws!) Resting on stove top while I cook some pasta to go with it.

Pasta was super simple. Boiled water and salt, cooked a bag of egg noodles for 8 or 9 minutes. Drained, removed, then melted a stick of butter in the pot, added a small container of heavy cream, added rosemary and thyme, brought it to a simmer then popped the pasta back in and cooked a couple of minutes.

About twenty-five chicken wings, marinaded overnight in yoghurt, lemon juice and a Tandoori spice mix.

I put these on a Kamado Joe barbecue at 120'C for about half an hour.

Then raised the temperature to 180'C for another, maybe half an hour, flipping the wings every five to ten minutes to make sure they got some char but didn't burn.

Meanwhile, I washed, soaked, and drained some basmati rice. Then I toasted some cumin and coriander seeds, then crushed them in a pestle and mortar. I added some turmeric and a pinch of kashmiri chilli powder, a couple of bruised cardamom pods, and gently fried the spices to let them bloom. I added half a chopped onion, a couple of cloves of garlic, and a little grated ginger. I continued to fry that gently for about five minutes then turned up the heat and added the rice, frying it in with the oil and spices for a couple of minutes.

Then I added 1.5 times as much vegetable stock, added a good pinch of salt, brought it to a boil, covered the pan, and turned the heat down as low as possible. I left it for just over 10 minutes until all the liquid had been absorbed, then put a piece of kitchen towel over the rice, lid back on, and let it rest for 10 minutes.

I also made some Cucumber Raita (grated cucumber, yoghurt, mint, and coriander), but the only photo I took of that makes it look horrid, so you'll just have to imagine it!

Nice.

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Jamaican Curry Chicken

Feeds 6 or so, I reckon.

• A dozen boneless chicken thighs, each cut into about 3 pieces
• 2 large carrots, sliced
• 1 large potato, diced
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 cup coconut milk

Marinade

• A hefty glug of oil
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger, grated
• 1 bunch spring onions / scallions, chopped
• 1 scotch bonnet, chopped
• 1 tbsp Jamaican curry powder
• 1 tbsp Jamaican all purpose seasoning
• 1 heaped tsp ground allspice
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• A few decent grinds of black pepper

1. Mix all the marinade ingredients in a bowl, combine with the chicken, leave to marinate ideally overnight.
2. In a large skillet or dutch oven, heat some oil then fry the chicken in batches so as not to crowd the pan.
3. Return the chicken to the pan with the carrots, potato, and stock, stirring to deglaze. Mostly cover and simmer for 30-40 minutes or until the potatoes are cooked and the liquid reduced to a gravy.
4. Reduce the heat, add the coconut milk, stir and warm through for 5 more minutes.
5. Serve with rice and peas.

In the interests of it being an akshul recipe, tho':

INGREDIENTS
Bread, two slices, your choice of white, brown, granary, artisinal ancient-grain loaf, etc
2 good pork sausages
1 large egg
A sploosh of Reggae Reggae sauce

METHOD

• Fry the sossies, then cut them in half so they don't fall out of your sarnie while you're eating it.
• Fry the egg - you want the yolk to be gooey rather than runny so it doesn't drip down your arm while you're eating it.
• Spludge the Reggae Reggae sauce on one of the slices of bread, take the other slice and put it on top then waggle it about a bit to ensure even coverage on both top and bottom, then separate for construction. I like barely enough to go around but some people are sauce hogs, in which case, go wild.
• Construct the sarnie - put the sossies on the bottom slice, put the egg on top of the sossies, put the top slice on top of the egg (sauce side down).
• Eat.
• Grin.

It's a simple recipe that I have simplified.

• Fry the chicken
• Add garlic and let it dry for a bit
• Add stock
• Add a tin of Campbell's condensed mushroom soup
• Add the thyme and tarragon (I just used the dried stuff
• Tip in a bunch of frozen mushrooms
• For an added vegetable, I tip in some frozen sweetcorn
• Want more veg? Do green beans on the side

Serve with brown rice if you want some more carbs with that.

This is the current favourite 🙂

One of my go-to vegetarian (technically vegan) - very quick and easy to get together using very few ingredients and it is very tasty indeed.

So warm and comforting. Every mouthful a hug. It was cobbled together a bit from other recipes but approximately this:

1. Make a roux. I took it to a dark hazelnut level of colour.
2. Add finely chopped onion, celery, and green pepper to the roux and fry, stirring often for a few minutes..
3. Add chopped garlic and fry, stirring often. I was going to add some anchovies at this point, but couldn't find them, so I didn't.
4. After a couple more minutes, push the veggies to one side then add a decent squeeze of tomato puree to the clear half of the pot, stirring it to release the aroma, then mix it in with the rest of the veggies.
5. Add spices and aromatics. I went with a Cajun spice mix (called 'Slap Ya Mama'), salt, pepper, thyme, oregano, and a couple of bay leaves. But really you could do pretty much anything at this point depending on the spice profile you fancy - saffron or smoked paprika would both work really well here to give a more Spanish feel for example.
6. Add some dry white wine, or beer, slowly, stirring. The roux will glob up, but just keep gently stirring and adding liquid until it's started to loosen. I'd guess I used about 250-300ml. Keep on the heat, stirring, for about 5 minutes to let the alcohol cook off a bit.
7. Add chopped tomatoes - fresh or canned.
8. Add more liquid. I went with a bottle of beer and 500 ml of fish stock, but just fish stock would work fine.
9. Gently simmer for an hour, or so, stirring every 15-20 minutes, letting it approach the consistency you want because it'll thicken over time.
10. Adjust the seasoning.
11. Add chopped fish / prawns / other shellfish. Stir gently because you don't want the fish to break up. I gave it about five minutes and the fish was perfect, but adjust depending on what you're adding.
12. Garnish with finely chopped parsley and spring onion, and plenty of lemon for people to squeeze over.
13. Serve with fresh baked, crusty bread to mop up the juices.

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This is fantastically fresh and lively and goes great with slow-cooked barbecue, or smoked meats. The feta provides a contrasting texture and saltiness to the sweet fruit.

The recipe is the name of it really.

1. Cube some ripe watermelon and some cantaloupe or orange honey-dew
2. Likewise some mango
3. Peel, deseed, and chop a cucumber
4. Half some cherry tomatoes
5. Dice or crumble some feta (I know, I used one of those tubs of cubes... it's really not the best, but it was in the fridge. I'd like to blame my wife but I do all the grocery shopping so I must have been feeling exceptionally lazy)
6. Finely slice a small red onion
7. Finely chop a fistful of mint and an equal amount of basil
8. Drizzle over some olive oil, a restrained splash of fresh lemon juice, salt (not too much because of the feta) and freshly ground black pepper

You can prepare this up to a couple of hours in advance. Much longer than that and the mango, in particular, starts to lose its texture and is a lot less pleasant.

I'm not a massive fan of complex, sweet, fruity coleslaws. This is very simple and very good.

• 1 small red cabbage
• 1 large red onion
• Olive oil
• Lemon juice
• Mayonnaise
• Salt
• Pepper

1. Slice the cabbage and the onion as finely as you can. A sharp knife will really, really help here.
2. Mix the cabbage and onion in a bowl.
3. Add a good drizzle of olive oil, a fair splash of lemon juice, and a restrained squirt / dollop of mayonnaise (I use the Hellmann's squeeze bottle - homemade mayonnaise would obviously be better but this is the super quick and easy recipe).
4. Salt and pepper to taste.

You can serve it immediately for maximum crunchy texture, or up to 24 hours later for a creamier, softer, more luxurious texture (though you will want to drain some of the liquid that will naturally accumulate in the bottom of the bowl).

If you're serving it with something very rich and fatty, add a little more lemon juice to give it some extra zip to cut through.

This is what I will be cooking soon. It's always a winner.

The official recipe for ragù alla bolognese, known throughout the anglosphere as the bolognese in spaghetti bolognese - which was been held on record at the Bologna Chamber of Commerce since the 1980s - has just been updated to reflect changing tastes.