Posts Tagged ‘Carrot’
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Cheap cuts and slow cooking are very much de rigueur at the moment, so this recipe should be bang ‘on trend’. Or something.
Whilst making this yesterday, I was wondering if anyone has actually calculated the cost of energy used during slow cooking and whether that means cheap cuts are still worth it (Aga and Rayburn users aside). I don’t know what the answer is, but when you taste this slow cooked ox cheek ragu, you’ll soon forget about all that. It’s worth it.
Like the filling for my Ox Tail Sliders, you’re going to need a fair amount of time (4-5 hours) to cook the ragu, so this is weekend biznizz. Serve with a wider pasta, from Tagliatele up, to give the sauce plenty of surface area to cling to.
Ingredients (serves 2 hungry people)
500 g Ox Cheek
1 onion, finely chopped
1 carrot, finely chopped
1 large stick celery, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
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Tags: Bay, Beef Stock, Carrot, Celery, Cheap Cuts, Chianti, Garlic, Italian, Onion, Ox Cheek, Pasta, Ragu, Red Wine, Rosemary, Slow Cooking, Tagliatelle
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Last Sunday I was invited to take part in Big Apple Hot Dogs food blogger meet up / competition Blog Eat Blog. The brainchild of BAHDman Abiye, the idea is simple. Food bloggers create their own topping for his dogs, they bring them down to the Vibe Bar, eat dogs, drink beer and somehow a winner is chosen. Having played a small part in Abiye’s story, and a as a lover of dogs and bit of a challenge, I couldn’t resist.
Now, you’ll think I’m bragging when I say that I SMASHED it and won my heat, but I should probably mention that the other three competitors didn’t show up, which is a bit of a shame (lazy buggers whoever you are 
). This being the case, it was a bit of a hollow victory. But a wins a win, right? Right??
Anyway, it was a good afternoon of dogging and boozing, and my Turkish inspired slaw seemed to go down pretty well with the punters. There are three more heats over the next few Sundays, so why not get yourself down to Brick Lane and beat off the Sunday blues with a Pimp Steak.
I’m not 100% sure when the final is, but I’ll be there with my Turkish Slaw, and if you want to make some of your own, here’s how its done (NB. this makes a pretty large quantity, so scale back as required).
Ingredients
2 red onions
1.5 heads of spring cabbage
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Tags: #BlogEatBlog, Big Apple Hot Dogs, Blog Eat Blog, Cabbage, Carrot, Flat Leaf Parsley, Greek Yoghurt, Hot Dogs, Hummus, Maras Biberi, Mint, Pul Biber, Red Onion, Street Food, Turkish Slaw
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
We moved to South East London a few weeks ago, and last weekend finally made it down to Brockley Market.
It’s only been going for a few months, but the organisers have pulled together a really nice selection of stalls including organic fruit, veg, meat, as well as a few street food style vendors and some great coffee. Special mention should go out to Mike & Ollie for their delicious mackerel wrap, and the Mother Flipper burger I sampled. Brunch of champions.
In general I have a bit of a problem with the prices of farmers markets in and around London, particularly when it comes to meat, so I decided to set myself a challenge. Spend a tenner or less to put together some decent grub. After spying a nice slab of chuck steak at Jacob’s ladder, I hit on the idea of making pasties. I cheated a bit as the flour and butter I already had at home, but including the cost of store cupboard ingredients I probably still only spent £8 or £9, which is pretty decent for 4 chunky pasties.
Ingredients
For the filling
450g chuck steak
1 medium carrot
1 medium potato
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Tags: Bake, Brockley Market, Carrot, Chuck Steak, Cornish, Crimping, Onion, Pastry, Pasty, Potato, Salt, Swede, White Pepper
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been looking at new features to add to Hand To Mouth. My friend Dazzler suggested I try re-creating recipes from weird and wonderful books, which I thought was a great idea. This first ‘Tried & Tested’ post fits more into the latter category, as it comes from a rather lovely new cookery book called ‘Great British Food‘.
Put together by the guys behind the brilliant Canteen mini chain of restaurants, this Lancashire Hot Pot stays true to their ethos of cooking gutsy, tasty, good quality, British grub. The recipe calls for leg mutton, which I couldn’t get hold of at the time of cooking, so instead I used shoulder of lamb.
The recipe takes a bit of prep, but once you get going it’s pretty easy, and it tastes reet good.
Ingredients (serves 6)
50g butter
250g onions, sliced
1kg boned leg of mutton, 3-4cm dice
150g carrots, sliced
10g fresh thyme, leaves picked
3 bay leaves
700g floury potatoes (Maris Piper), peeled ad thinly sliced
500ml meat stock
100ml meat stock
Salt and black pepper
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Tags: Bay, Book, Canteen, Carrot, Lamb, Lancashire Hot Pot, Potatoes, Recipe, stock, thyme
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
There are few meals as satisfying as a roast chicken. Even if you’re having a REALLY shit day, a roastie can turn tings around. What’s more, there are always leftovers, which means there’s always another meal or two to be eeked out of the carcass.
We roasted a particularly big bird last weekend, so I decided to do the leftover chicken justice by making a few pies. It’s a pretty easy recipe, especially if you buy ready rolled puff pastry from the supermarket. The below will make 4 small pies or one biggun. Here’s how it’s done.
Ingredients
250g roast chicken – mixture of white and brown meat
1 large leek, finely chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
1 large clove garlic, chopped
2 rashers smoked bacon, chopped
70g chestnut mushrooms
300ml chicken stock
1ooml single cream
100ml white wine
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Tags: Bacon, Carrot, Chicken, Leek, Mushrooms, Pastry, Pie, Puff, Roast, Salad, Single Cream, stock, White Wine
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
My girlfriend and I visited Istanbul earlier this year. It’s a pretty crazy place. Chaotic and a bit ramshackle, but very interesting. One of the things we were blown away by was the food. We had a few memorable meals, but again it was the local places that specialised in certain dishes that came out on top. If you ever go, I can heartily recommend the Sultanahmet Koftecisi near the Blue Mosque. Amazing.
Another discovery that we made whilst there was a spice called Maras Biberi. It’s on the table of most restaurants and seems to be a kind of pepper substitute. It’s a blend of chili, olive oil, lemon juice and salt, ground up and dried. We bought some at the Egyptian Souk to bring back with us; it’s not that easy to get in London, but I have found it in local Turkish supermarkets.
We’re pretty much addicted to the stuff, and it goes into quite a lot of what we eat, including this recipe which is a remix of a healthy coleslaw.
Ingredients
Vegetables:
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 a head of spring / pointy cabbage, thinly sliced
2 medium carrots, grated
For the dressing:
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
3 tablespoons no fat Greek yogurt
1 tablespoon hummus
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon Maras Biberi
Juice of half a lemon
50 ml olive oil
Handful of chopped leafy green herbs (mint / basil / tarragon / coriander etc) (more…)
Tags: Biberi, Cabbage, Carrot, Colslaw, Garlic, Juice, Lemon, Maras, Mustard, Onion, Slaw, Turkey, Turkish, Yogurt
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