idahoblues
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On a Cerviche kick at the moment, nice and light in this hot weather
As we're playing Spain and not France tonight, I decided to share with the forum an Anglo-Spanish dish to celebrate this auspitious occasion with a meal beffiting a king.This is barely cooking.
Decent enough for a quick midweek tea but surely you can post better than this.
I made my own dauphinoise potatoes to accompany a couple of sirloin steaks for me and my wife last night.
Was gorgeous and really easy.
Maris piper potatoes
Garlic
Cream
Salt
Pepper
Nutmeg
(Didn't bother with gruyere cheese)
Slice the potatoes thinly and mince the garlic into a puree type consistency. Mix together adding salt and pepper.
Layer the potatoes and garlic in an oven proof dish and pour over enough cream so that the potatoes will basically boil in the cream. Pinch of nutmeg on the top.
Put in the oven at about 135/140 for at least an hour and a half. Check that the potatoes have softened. If not, put back the oven for another 20 minutes or until softened.
Easy, cheap and proper tasty. I reckon a bit of onion and pancetta running through it would make it a meal in itself.
No used the fresh egg pasta from the shops. Maybe one day I will try and make pasta.Sounds mint that. Did you do the pasta from scratch too? If so, impressive.
Well said Bob !As we're playing Spain and not France tonight, I decided to share with the forum an Anglo-Spanish dish to celebrate this auspitious occasion with a meal beffiting a king.
You could not have floored a food contributer more by suggesting that my dish was just a quick midweek tea.
Obviously I will get over this with the support of our forum and will probably return as a better chef for it. but for now lets get down to business with your own tate o tat offerings.
To omit the Gruyere cheese or parmesan or even a dollop of good o'l cheddar is not only slack work lad, but more a culinary attack et le massacre of a dish created in 18th century France, actually hailing from the Dauphine region.
Yes you can effectively press with eggs instead of cheese but in my esteemed optinion it's the cheese affording extra flavours as long as you dont overpower with garlic. Helful tip .. Your ovens too cool.
Your dish is similar to dauphinoise potatoes and potato au gratin, but imo attributable to neither as you left out the cheese, therefore you made nothing but "scalloped potatoes" that also provide for a quick and easy mid week tea : /
PaellaApologies if this is already a thing, I couldn’t see one.
What are you cooking and what are your favourite foods ?
I love cooking, so making something from scratch is like escapism for me.
Obviously I love cooking a roast, I also made a lamb masala the other night which the wife said was “very good”
But the thing I’d love to master/do is a Beef Wellington, that would be me climbing Mount Everest, I’m just not confident about doing the flaky puff pastry.
Had cerwiche duck last week, very niceOn a Cerviche kick at the moment, nice and light in this hot weather
Hmmmm, looks good and I have some duck in the freezerHad cerwiche duck last week, very nice