A randy grandad type thread - what are you cooking today?

spanishman

spanishman

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For our main meal today we are have a crispy baked omelette. To be served with green salad and tomato. Plus some home made Greek yogurt coleslaw.

Here is the recipe:

Crispy Baked Omelette

Taken from a Chef Club Video on Facebook

The ingredients and method were written from watching the video.

Ingredients

– 350g block of Emmental cheese (maybe a bit more)
- 240g pack of wide jamon serrano (maybe a bit more)
- 1 large or 2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced into small cubes
- 1 large onion, peeled and diced into small cubes
- Olive oil
- 8 large eggs
- Green salad & tomatoes for a garnish

Method

Preheat the over to 180 degrees Celsius (fan oven)

Line the edges and bottom of a 30cm loaf tin with the jamon serrano. Go all round the tin with enough to fold over the top afterwards.

Fry the potato and onion in olive oil until crispy on outside and soft inside. Then drain of oil.

Blend the eggs in a large bowl. Mix the potato/onion mixture with the eggs. (I add a bit of pepper as well.)

Stand the block of Emmental in the centre of the lined loaf tin. Then surround the Emmental with the potato, onion and egg mixture. Fold over the jamon serrano to cover the contents of the tin.

Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.

Serve slices hot with a garnish of green salad and tomatoes.
 
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Very nice! I'm making my first ever homemade tomato soup. I've been growing some herbs the last year or so and I adore basil, so used a few leaves of that and mixed with some chopped plum tomatoes, a tin of chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic and a teaspoon of sugar. Added some water and its now cooking away there, ready to be blended in 45 mins or so and add some cream, before returning to the pan for 15 mins or so.
 
WeeGord said:
Very nice! I'm making my first ever homemade tomato soup. I've been growing some herbs the last year or so and I adore basil, so used a few leaves of that and mixed with some chopped plum tomatoes, a tin of chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic and a teaspoon of sugar. Added some water and its now cooking away there, ready to be blended in 45 mins or so and add some cream, before returning to the pan for 15 mins or so.
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I’ve always wanted to my own herbs and own soup. Easy enough to get started with herbs?
 
GazC_MFC said:
I’ve always wanted to my own herbs and own soup. Easy enough to get started with herbs?
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Last year we were in B&M and there was a couple of little kits for growing herbs. There were seeds for basil, parsley, coriander and chives along with a little tray and a small portion of soil. It was about £2 I think. Anyway, followed the instructions and planted the seeds not really expecting much and after a few weeks they were all doing very well apart from the coriander for some reason. I then placed the other three plants in a herb pot which I leave on the windowsill and just pull a few leaves when needed. They're coming along great, just have to make sure they're well watered. For some reason the basil seems to need more water than the chives and parsley, probably the bigger surface of the leaves I would think. Looks and smells lovely though, and they taste great in home cooked meals.
 
I've failed to grow herbs on the windowsill a few times. Ideally I'd like to have a planter with a few of them in the garden.

Tonight I'm doing Chicken with a mushroom and peppercorn sauce with some pasta.
 
WeeGord said:
Last year we were in B&M and there was a couple of little kits for growing herbs. There were seeds for basil, parsley, coriander and chives along with a little tray and a small portion of soil. It was about £2 I think. Anyway, followed the instructions and planted the seeds not really expecting much and after a few weeks they were all doing very well apart from the coriander for some reason. I then placed the other three plants in a herb pot which I leave on the windowsill and just pull a few leaves when needed. They're coming along great, just have to make sure they're well watered. For some reason the basil seems to need more water than the chives and parsley, probably the bigger surface of the leaves I would think. Looks and smells lovely though, and they taste great in home cooked meals.
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I've always struggled with Coriander - needs a bit of looking after and fairly specific watering and positioning re sunlight until it's established according to my neighbour
 
WeeGord said:
Very nice! I'm making my first ever homemade tomato soup. I've been growing some herbs the last year or so and I adore basil, so used a few leaves of that and mixed with some chopped plum tomatoes, a tin of chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic and a teaspoon of sugar. Added some water and its now cooking away there, ready to be blended in 45 mins or so and add some cream, before returning to the pan for 15 mins or so.
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Next time you make it get some diced carrot and diced celery in there. Will make a massive difference.
 
spanishman said:
Go on then. What is it?
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That is a pea purée, black pudding and scallops

Pea purée - chop 1 shallot and 1 clove of garlic fry off until onions tender, 200g of peas cover with milk and simmer for 10 mins. Sieve off the milk, and blend the rest and add the milk( as much to your desired texture) the pass through sieve to make it velvet smooth. Add to ice bath as soon as you have finished to prevent discolouring

Scallops and black pudding pan fry
 
Clearly I'm some way behind most of you in the fine dining department, not withstanding Rob whacking a tin of soup in the microwave

I'm going to do a toad in the hole tonight with some veg (frozen)
 
Embarrassed to ask but where can I get meatloaf from these days? It used to be everywhere in the 90's. I remember Saturday teatimes as a kid was either meatloaf or chicken and mushroom pie. I'd love to be taken back to those times as an escape for an hour or so and food is a perfect way to relax the mind.
 
RandySavage said:
Embarrassed to ask but where can I get meatloaf from these days? It used to be everywhere in the 90's. I remember Saturday teatimes as a kid was either meatloaf or chicken and mushroom pie. I'd love to be taken back to those times as an escape for an hour or so and food is a perfect way to relax the mind.
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Tesco always seem to have meatloaf, at least I'm fairly certain they do
 
RandySavage said:
Where would you find it in the socially distant lacking superstore?
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I think it's normally in the sort of bread, cake, baked goods aisle. Unless I'm confusing this with something entirely and therefore I am to be ignored!

your question did remind me of a visit to Tesco some time ago whereby I couldn't find the coffee after a store switch around, it wasn't next to the tea, so I asked one of the assistants where the coffee was. She replied "it's in the coffee aisle" . Wonderfully helpful, as I may have been here!
 
Rosemary grows really well on the windowsill I've found, sage too and mint will grow anywhere. A bayleaf plant is a good thing to have. Fresh bayleaves are much better than dried. I don't usually bother with basil. It'll grow easily enough and comes back to life if you've forgotten to water it, but it always tastes a little anemic to me. Probably not enough sunshine. Thyme I don't bother with as you can get a few sprigs from the supermarket which will be good even when old and dry. I don't grow them from seeds I just buy a plant from a garden centre for a couple of quid.

I don't think you can get meatloaf anymore from the supermarket. It's easy to make out of sausage meat and mince beef. Add an egg, some breadcrumbs, Worcester sauce, a bit of tomatoe puree and bung it in the oven.
 
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