Paprika & Chilli Chicken Fried Rice

A huge bowl of spicy chicken, ready to dig into

Frying the chicken breast chunks with chilli, paprika and mushrooms....

adding plain boiled basmati rice...

.......and stir-frying with sweetcorn kernels

The Aftermath Of Christmas #2

Coronation Chicken, two ways.....

The Aftermath Of Christmas

Cold roast chicken & roast potatoes, with mixed leaves 

and a sour cream & chive dressing

Hannah's Big Birthday Christmas Lunch

The Full Hit: Turkey & all the trimmings ...... with a twist!

Preparing the turkey by glueing two breasts together with some blended off-cuts...

....and spreading with the cranberry filling....

before rolling up in clingfilm.

The tournedos,  secured with a bandage of foil and a cocktail stick, ready to roast.

The cranberry gravy

Preparing the mash cakes

The beetroot & horseradish dauphinoise, ready to bake

The cooked tournedos, cranberry gravy, mash cake

and the bacon &sausage, sage & onion fritter

Finishing off with Christmas Pud and Rustic Rum Sauce

Dirty Food

Posh Nosh likes keeping up with the trends: Street Food - yah!

Schh....... The perfect boiled egg

Simplicity!

Fusilli with King Prawns & Tomatoes

Cooked fusilli, with king prawns, Mediterranean vegetables and olives in a herbed tomato sauce.

The steaming bowl, ready to tuck into!

Not Pizza

Naan bread base with garlic, tomato and mozzarell shavings.

Shepherd's Mushroom Hotpot

Fry lamb mince (a good handful each) with chopped onion until brown. Mix in a little flour to make a roux, before stirring in meat stock or water & beef bouillon, Add mushrooms, mint and S+P and decant to a casserole dish. 

Cover with thinly-sliced potato.

Bake in a hot oven for about 45 minutes, or until the potatoes are coloured on the outside but soft and floury in the middle.

I served mine with sweet 'n' sour red cabbage, leeks, swede batons 

and wonderfully sweet chantenay carrots.

Winter Lunch

Chantenay carrots puréed with ginger and chives.

With scrambled egg on a toasted crust.

Posh Cheesy Beans On Toast

A heart-warming brunch.....

 

 

.... made from fresh tomatoes, softened in boiling water......

 

......and braised with pre-cooked haricot beans.....

......before seasoning with basil, tomato purée, S+P, and a touch of sugar, 

.......topping with shavings of Mozzarella and grated Cheddar, and wacking under a hot grill.

Chinese Kedgereee

If Britain had colonised China instead of India.....

Chicken, Bacon & Leek Crumble

Slices of chicken breast baked with bacon and leeks in a cheddar sauce

topped with a savoury crumble overcoat.

Served with beetroot mash and seasonal vegetables

Kipper & Balsamic Tomatoes

Manx Kipper (with the head on)

with cherry tomatoes sautéed with balsamic and Worcester sauce

with a fried - rather than the usual poached - egg

Pomegranate Chicken

Griddled chicken in a pomegranate juice reduction

with jewelled braised couscous

and a chickpea & tomato ragout

Ox Liver Goulash & Noodles

A variation of the traditional Hungarian dish

Seafood & Vegetable Chowder

Hannah is allergic to shellfish so I have to be careful  when she's around!

Thai Green Chicken Curry

Breast Of Chicken in Thai Green Curry

with a timbale of rice

and an Asian-style salad

Sausage, Egg & Beans (Spiced-Up)

My take on the Tex-Mex Classic, Huevos Rancheros

Spicy Italian-style sausages, 

with fried potatoes and mushrooms

Not quite "The Full English"

Stuffed Trout

Baked Rainbow Trout 

stuffed with rhubarb,

served with Lyonnaise potatoes and peas

Lamb Casserole

Lamb chops braised with mint and button onion

with fondant potatoes and carrots

Salmon and Asparagus with Cheat's Hollandaise

Grilled salmon, from the reduced counter at Morrisons,

served with potatoes and asparagus spears - also reduced.

The Cheat's Hollandaise was concocted from mayonnaise

blended with a little lemon juice and S+P, and warmed in a bain-marie.

Oh, and I added a touch of yellow colouring because it looked a bit insipid!

Broccoli & Extra Mature Cheddar

I love the marriage of broccoli and cheddar, though this time I didn't add any cheese to the soup - nor did I do what Hannah urged and dunk my butties in my broth! The broccoli was on its last legs, so soup was the only option; the pickled onions with the extra mature cheddar  made it almost a ploughman's!

Mediterranean Stuffed Flatbread

 I watched a bit of  the Great British Bake Off the other night on tv. I liked Paul Hollywood's filled flatbread which he cooked in a lightly oiled frying pan on the top of the stove. Rather than making my own dough I decided to experiment with some pizza dough balls I got from the Amazing Freezer Shop. For my filling I used some chopped green and black olives with some slices of brie.



 I've just realised - in a strange quirk of fate - that a few years ago I discussed buying fresh pizza dough balls from Paul's brother Lee, who is also a baker here in the Wallasey area! The venture didn't proceed, however. 

This experiment wasn't bad at all - I made the mistake of defrosting the dough in the microwave so it was slightly less moist than it would have been, so less easy to roll thinly.

Chicken & Prawn Paella

 

My take on the Valencian classic!

 

 

I start by frying arborio rice with onions and peppers.....

 

 

...before adding olives and a little tomato passata.....

....and the other ingredients.....

Minimum Price Per Unit - Maths for Civil Servants

One of my hobbyhorses is the will-o'-the-wisp case for the introduction of a minimum price per unit for alcohol.

In this cogent article Peter Coulson shows just how flimsy the "evidence" is: Dadds Licensing News, 15th October 2012