Twice-cooked beef & ginger chow mein

The beef is braised, shredded and then added 

to the stir-fried noodles and vegetables.

Breakfast deconstructed

Pan-roasted black pudding and mushrooms, soft-boiled egg,

with salad leaves and apple dressing

Curried Omelette & Celeriac Salad

Shredded curried omelette with grated celeriac, apple and carrot.

The best of British

It's been a very long winter, so treats like this are more than welcome!

Barbecue Weather

Sometimes only a juicy half-pounder hits the spot....

Chicken & Halloumi Kebabs

Summer simplicity!

Pork Haggis

Pork haggis on a bed of crushed potato, with mustard oil dressing

Spanish Ploughman's (sort of)

The simple things.......

Souper Sunday

A hearty winter soup to kick-off a late sunday lunch.

Reduced-price diced swede boiled up with split red lentils, blended to a smooth, rib-sticking heaven

Winter Sunshine

A little ray of brightness to end an early-dusk day.

Brie, continental bread and olives...

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!

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.

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!

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.