minced turkey with thai basil

Busy busy tonight. We're off to the Taylors country estate in Worcestershire for the weekend, which means tonight's culinary feast will have to be swifter than hell so we can pack and make a swift exit in the morning.

However things are even harder than predicted, mainly because I manage to lock Magda out, so there's no cleaning done this week - much to ana's chagrin - and I've got a small spot of bike maintenance to complete so Daviss can have his iron horse back in one piece.

Luckily we've got a super-quick thai minced turkey and lettuce leaf 'bowls'. Tonight they are presented ala buttercup:



Small eh? Sadly we've suffered a fatal-ish corruption of the memory card and no matter what recovery software I've used, it's still a bit wonky. Sorry

Takes about 10 minutes to make, which gives me plenty of time to finally make the custard for the rhubarb fool. It could've done with being a bit thicker, but for a first time (if you discount the time I tried making it with custard powder when I was about nine) it's ver-ry tasty. It's debatable whether ana will let me make a pudding consisting of double cream and full fat milk any time soon though...



Food of the Milos
Despite my original plan for ana to make a mini-portion of giovanni's sausages for tea, she decides to go off menu and he has sausage meatballs and pasta sauce. Given the B Granger takes 40 minutes, it's probably a good call.

sources
minced turkey with thai basil - Delicious, October 2009, p126

fish pies with leeks and prawns

Technically we should've had this last night, but I couldn't be cracked.

The theory behind this one was because on Friday, whilst I was out living it up at a Victorian Fancy Fair with Magnus, ana tried the milos on a Little Dish Fish Pie, which he wolfed down. So we decide to try a an experimental fish pie recipe, to see if he (and we) still play ball.

Featuring whiting, prawns and undyed smoked haddock (and as it turns out, not quite enough potatoes), it's a pretty impressive first attempt:



There's loads left for him, some for the freezer and probably enough for me to have for lunch tomorrow. Even madder, this is apparently, my first ever Ramsay recipe - that can't be right can it?

Brompton Watch - 11 today, No members of the International Fraternity of Friendly Brompton Owners Club, although one lady did look at me oddly as I was attempting to wave at her.

Food of the Milos
After spurning some waffle, he had apricots with porridge for breakfast, marmite sandwiches, avocado, tomato and MORE salmon for lunch, and tuna with spaghetti at Zoe's for dinner.

sources
fish pies with leeks and prawns - Gordon Ramsay, World Kitchen, p114