What to eat tonight?????

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ComedyPilot

Secret Lemonade Drinker
Right, there are 45 people viewing the Cafe, at least one of you can come up with a link to a good food recipe website.

I am looking for something with either chicken/beef/pork/fish, that is tasty but not too spicy (Mrs CP doesn't do exotic).

Go for it.









Please.
 

longers

Legendary Member
Smoked Haddock Risotto with some nice bread and a salad maybe.

Got a recipe here if needed.
 

Cubist

Still wavin'
Location
Ovver 'thill
Never mind recipe websites, here's a quick, simple, delicious suggestion.

You'll need a piece of pork loin (fillet) sliced into 1/2 inch meddallions
medium onion diced
2 cloves garlic (optional)
some cider (or apple juice for the baptists)
red peppers sliced or diced
mushrooms
salt and balck pepper to taste
a mixture of mustards (english, dijon, wholegrain, whatever's festering at the back of the cupboard)
a tub of creme fraiche (half fat if you ain't riding this weekend)

In a wok or big frying pan heat some oil and fry the diced onion, garlic and pepper until softened but without browning the garlic. Add the pork medallions and stir fry until they are opaque, a little browning at this stage won't hurt, but isn't necessary. Add the mustard. I generally use a generous heaped spoonful of English, and one of Dijon and wholegrain, and stir this into the mixture in the pan. Add about 200 to 300 ml of cider, and bring to the boil, stirring to make sure all the sticky mix in the pan is well incorporated. Turn down to simmer, add the sliced mushrooms, and cook for about 10 to 15 mins on low heat, stirring to keep it all from sticking to the pan. When the mushrooms are cooked, stir in the creme fraiche/sour cream, and serve on rice.

Don't overcook this dish, or the pork will go tough.

It works well with chicken or rabbit saddles, but the rabbit needs a bit longer cooking time in the cider
 

longers

Legendary Member
ComedyPilot said:
Yes please

1 litre of fish or light chicken stock.
300g smoked haddock
2 shallots
300g of risotto rice
25g of butter
1 tbsp Dijon mustard - doesn't make it too spicy
2 tbsp creme fraiche or thick cream
2 tbsp of finely chopped curly parsley
4 tbsp of fresh grated parmesan

Heat the stock in a suitable pan and poach the fish for five mins.
While this is going on peel, chop and gently fry the shallots in the butter.
Add the rice, stir for a couple of mins and then add the mustard.

Take the fish out the stock and allow to cool before skinning and breaking into chunks. Save the stock!

Treat like a normal risotto and add the stock in small quantities stirring all the while until it's all gone.

Add the rest of the ingredients, stir for a bit, turn off the heat and cover and leave for five mins before serving with plenty of black pepper, nice bread and a salad.


Note: This is supposed to serve four but that's probably four not very hungry people. Leftovers will keep till tomorrow in the fridge.

I found it a bit rich and would leave the cream out or use half as much next time I make it and add some lemon juice at some point and probably some mushrooms too.
 

Cubist

Still wavin'
Location
Ovver 'thill
Moules mariniere/a la creme? That'll impress her and is great fun as a sharing dish, and needs lots of white wine to wash it down?
 

solmisation

Active Member
Location
Paisley
You could try this, slice a chicken breast in half(but don't cut all the way through, so that it will open out like a book), now put some ready to eat prunes(stones out) inside the chicken, fold the chicken breast over and wrap with a few slices of parma or prosciutto ham, drizzle with a little olive oil and bake in the oven for about 20 mins. Instead of the prunes you could use either Black Pudding or Haggis, but as Mrs S doesn't either I use the prunes. Serve this on top of a good Risotto
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/peaandpecorinorisott_70243.shtml

If you try this let me know if you like it.;)
 

solmisation

Active Member
Location
Paisley
longers said:
Smoked Haddock Risotto with some nice bread and a salad maybe.

Got a recipe here if needed.

If you can get them try Arbroath smokies, still a Haddock but I think they are a much better flavour.
 
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