minced turkey with thai basil - Delicious, October 2009, p126
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Showing posts with label turkey. Show all posts
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Saturday, 4 May 2013
#GreatSummerOfBurgers Episode 2: turkey burgers
After last week's stunning debut (thanks Brenda!) we hit week two of the hep craze sweeping Mortlake at a smokey canter, with a BBQ-themed #GreatSummerOfBurger!
In attendance today at our smorgasbord of meat are: Green Do-Gooder Mrs Caroline Pitt and her evil husband JP, a man not only responsible for my recent 24 hangover after the Rosslyn Park Sevens, but also this. Also invited are Mr Milo Taliesin Barnes who is so desperate to light the coals he almost wets himself, and his mother Lady Barnes, who is glad he didn't.
On the menu today are two sorts of salad: A green salad, with avocado and cherry tomatoes and sprouts, and Ana's favourite Fino chorizo and tomato salad. We also have bratwursts with beery onions, which strangely enough, is my own recipe:
We all know why we're here though, BURGERS! I didn't mention it last time, but one of the 'rules' behind #GreatSummerOfBurger is it's an excuse to try as many different types of burger as possible. Slightly controversially we're not having beef tonight, but turkey - oh yes!
They seem crazy, and within the context of this blog they are experimental, but these are old, pre-Milo friends for Ana and myself, and they're genius.
There are some strong flavours in the mix, including sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce, but what really rocks is the fact turkey makes such a moist burger. Word to the wise though, make 'em small otherwise they take ages to cook, and you run the risk of raw centres. I personally guarantee JP ate 15 of them, because he's an athlete.
Wine Time
Erm, lots of everything, plus beer. It worked for us.
sources
turkey burgers - Delicious, around 2006-ish? It also appears in the January 2007 One Month Healthy Eating Plan supplement
In attendance today at our smorgasbord of meat are: Green Do-Gooder Mrs Caroline Pitt and her evil husband JP, a man not only responsible for my recent 24 hangover after the Rosslyn Park Sevens, but also this. Also invited are Mr Milo Taliesin Barnes who is so desperate to light the coals he almost wets himself, and his mother Lady Barnes, who is glad he didn't.
On the menu today are two sorts of salad: A green salad, with avocado and cherry tomatoes and sprouts, and Ana's favourite Fino chorizo and tomato salad. We also have bratwursts with beery onions, which strangely enough, is my own recipe:
We all know why we're here though, BURGERS! I didn't mention it last time, but one of the 'rules' behind #GreatSummerOfBurger is it's an excuse to try as many different types of burger as possible. Slightly controversially we're not having beef tonight, but turkey - oh yes!
They seem crazy, and within the context of this blog they are experimental, but these are old, pre-Milo friends for Ana and myself, and they're genius.
There are some strong flavours in the mix, including sweet chilli sauce and soy sauce, but what really rocks is the fact turkey makes such a moist burger. Word to the wise though, make 'em small otherwise they take ages to cook, and you run the risk of raw centres. I personally guarantee JP ate 15 of them, because he's an athlete.
Wine Time
Erm, lots of everything, plus beer. It worked for us.
sources
turkey burgers - Delicious, around 2006-ish? It also appears in the January 2007 One Month Healthy Eating Plan supplement
Thursday, 17 March 2011
book club: silvena rowe's slow-cooked lamb, spring onions, lemon and cherries
Once again we're faced with the classic book club dilemma of what to cook for a room full of women who probably won't drink much, and are all on some sort of diet or another. However, the clement weather proves inspirational and we revisit Silvena Rowe's spring-like lamb stew.
It has many things to recommend it: It looks amazing when you serve it up in a whacking great Le Creuset (my gran's in this case), cherries are incredibly du jour, and other than stirring through some parsley at the end, all you've got to do is lob it all in the casserole and leave it for about two hours. This gives plenty of time for Ana to finish the book, and me to surreptitiously eat crisps and drink a couple of brewskis in the kitchen whilst we wait for the ladies to arrive.
For the record, we read David Gaffney's Sawn-Off Tales which may not have been the most popular book we've read - only two stars from me. Sorry Kiki...
Food of the Milos
There's definitely a growth spurt in the air, and it's not Ana. We've suspected it with the amount of food going into him, but the ankle-swinging nature of most of his trousers have given us final proof. He'll be a teenager soon...
Breakfast: Chocolate Rice Krispies, toast and Phili;
Lunch: Ham, carrots, broccoli and mash, followed by custard;
Dinner: Big old bowl of rigatoni with chicken bolognese, apple and yoghurt.
sources
slow-cooked lamb with spring onions, cherries and lemon - Silvena Rowe, Purple Citrus & Sweet Perfume. Reviewed in Delicious, July 2010, p17
It has many things to recommend it: It looks amazing when you serve it up in a whacking great Le Creuset (my gran's in this case), cherries are incredibly du jour, and other than stirring through some parsley at the end, all you've got to do is lob it all in the casserole and leave it for about two hours. This gives plenty of time for Ana to finish the book, and me to surreptitiously eat crisps and drink a couple of brewskis in the kitchen whilst we wait for the ladies to arrive.
For the record, we read David Gaffney's Sawn-Off Tales which may not have been the most popular book we've read - only two stars from me. Sorry Kiki...
Food of the Milos
There's definitely a growth spurt in the air, and it's not Ana. We've suspected it with the amount of food going into him, but the ankle-swinging nature of most of his trousers have given us final proof. He'll be a teenager soon...
Breakfast: Chocolate Rice Krispies, toast and Phili;
Lunch: Ham, carrots, broccoli and mash, followed by custard;
Dinner: Big old bowl of rigatoni with chicken bolognese, apple and yoghurt.
sources
slow-cooked lamb with spring onions, cherries and lemon - Silvena Rowe, Purple Citrus & Sweet Perfume. Reviewed in Delicious, July 2010, p17
Thursday, 10 June 2010
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
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
Friday, 2 April 2010
minced turkey with thai basil
Hurrah for bank holidays! We've got nothing planned this weekend *other* than we're seeing Hanne Signy, Robert and their new friend Kornelius. Throw in some easter eggs, the boat race and a curry and I've got high hopes for a most felicitous weekend.
In the morning whilst ana buffs the flat up to her high OCD/hospital corners standards, me and the milo take a trip to the elephant slides at Putney pool, which has the added bonus of two trips on the bus and a Noddy ride.
Knackered out from his extensive splashing, one of our happy gang go to sleep, whilst the remaining core members have wine, salad and the rest of last night's tomato tart tatin for lunch, before heading off for a family trip to Sheen in the afternoon.
Now we've already got an Ocado delivery coming but I've decided you can't guarantee the sizes of meat or fish on t'internet, mince aside, so I'm going to get them direct(ish). Also, we've got Norwegians visiting so we go crazy on the booze, including some amazing alcoholic ginger beer.
Before all this however, there is dinner (and The Mentalist) to consider. Ana has decreed we need to up the salad intake, and decrease the lard so welcome to the world of salads 2010. This Thai salad proved popular aaages ago, so it gets a second outing whilst we wait for Sarah to supply the recipe for the cream of her young guy. Aren't we all?
Food of the Milos
Toast and marmelade for breakfast, post-swimming snacks (fruit yo-yo, quavers, etc), and a cheesey omlette for luncheon. Dinner provides an answer for my drunken fumblings in the kitchen last night as I discover where some of the previous nights double-sized rich beef ragu had gone. It seems somebody's wife hadn't noticed I'd already frozen half and portioned up the rest, and had proceeded to do some unauthorised freezing of her own.
sources
minced turkey with thai basil - Delicious, October 2009, p126
In the morning whilst ana buffs the flat up to her high OCD/hospital corners standards, me and the milo take a trip to the elephant slides at Putney pool, which has the added bonus of two trips on the bus and a Noddy ride.
Knackered out from his extensive splashing, one of our happy gang go to sleep, whilst the remaining core members have wine, salad and the rest of last night's tomato tart tatin for lunch, before heading off for a family trip to Sheen in the afternoon.
Now we've already got an Ocado delivery coming but I've decided you can't guarantee the sizes of meat or fish on t'internet, mince aside, so I'm going to get them direct(ish). Also, we've got Norwegians visiting so we go crazy on the booze, including some amazing alcoholic ginger beer.
Before all this however, there is dinner (and The Mentalist) to consider. Ana has decreed we need to up the salad intake, and decrease the lard so welcome to the world of salads 2010. This Thai salad proved popular aaages ago, so it gets a second outing whilst we wait for Sarah to supply the recipe for the cream of her young guy. Aren't we all?
Food of the Milos
Toast and marmelade for breakfast, post-swimming snacks (fruit yo-yo, quavers, etc), and a cheesey omlette for luncheon. Dinner provides an answer for my drunken fumblings in the kitchen last night as I discover where some of the previous nights double-sized rich beef ragu had gone. It seems somebody's wife hadn't noticed I'd already frozen half and portioned up the rest, and had proceeded to do some unauthorised freezing of her own.
sources
minced turkey with thai basil - Delicious, October 2009, p126
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
chicken bolognese
Can you see what's wrong with this picture? Can you? No? If you were ana likescheese mccharfee you would immediately spot not only were there two different sorts of pasta , but I'd also tipped in the dregs so there were actual 'bits' of pasta in there as well. The whole thing, ruined. I'm surprised she puts up with it to be honest.
Food of the Milos
It's a down-up-down sort of day today. He spurned breakfast at Julia's this morning, but wolfed cottage pie at lunchtime, before getting back on the shunning horse and turning his nose up at last night's macaroni cheese. Instead he had a mummy picnic special: marmite sandwich, apple, humous, carrot sticks and some crisps.
sources
chicken bolognese - Bill Granger, Every Day, p87
Sunday, 3 January 2010
chicken bolognese & leek and potato soup
Day two in the Big Diet house, and it hasn't started well. One member of team Barnes Cubed woke up at 03.30 requesting milky, and ana louise struggled to get up suffering the early stages of cold turkey from the demon booze. Lucky I had a couple of wee nips of sloe gin before leaving Davis, Brenda and Benjy's eh?
It's a cold day in hell, but we still go to the pond to look at the ducks sat on the ice, drink frothy-coffees and run around in the sun, before a cheese on toast based lunch.
Dinner is an old classic we first discovered in Nyu Zulund: Billy G's chicken bolognese. Although I could only get turkey mince in Waitrose. Still, two smallish portions for us, and three in the bank for the milos. Just in time for Wallander.
As it's back to work tomorrow, I also prepare some lunch for part of the week and as it's cold I fancy some soup. Leek and potato it is, although having made it I remembered I'd left my thermos at work before Christmas...
Food of the Milos
Back to reality for blond bombshells, but it's still all day playing for him, and other than having his old friends back (Big Bear, Jessie, Snakey, Dragon, etc etc), I doubt he noticed. In between trips to the pond, babyccinos, finger painting, lego and playdough, he eats: half a crumpet, porridge with dried apricots and cranberries, cheese on toast, loads of water, an apple, a tiny piece of chocolate and a portion of last night's pumpkin laksa. He didn't want to eat it, but we told him Julia made it for him, so he ate it. The bugger.
sources
chicken bolognese - Bill Granger, Every Day, p87
potato, leek and stilton soup - Delicious, January 2007, p104
It's a cold day in hell, but we still go to the pond to look at the ducks sat on the ice, drink frothy-coffees and run around in the sun, before a cheese on toast based lunch.
Dinner is an old classic we first discovered in Nyu Zulund: Billy G's chicken bolognese. Although I could only get turkey mince in Waitrose. Still, two smallish portions for us, and three in the bank for the milos. Just in time for Wallander.
As it's back to work tomorrow, I also prepare some lunch for part of the week and as it's cold I fancy some soup. Leek and potato it is, although having made it I remembered I'd left my thermos at work before Christmas...
Food of the Milos
Back to reality for blond bombshells, but it's still all day playing for him, and other than having his old friends back (Big Bear, Jessie, Snakey, Dragon, etc etc), I doubt he noticed. In between trips to the pond, babyccinos, finger painting, lego and playdough, he eats: half a crumpet, porridge with dried apricots and cranberries, cheese on toast, loads of water, an apple, a tiny piece of chocolate and a portion of last night's pumpkin laksa. He didn't want to eat it, but we told him Julia made it for him, so he ate it. The bugger.
sources
chicken bolognese - Bill Granger, Every Day, p87
potato, leek and stilton soup - Delicious, January 2007, p104
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