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