One for the foodies a Channa game ...lets see if it works a bit of fun.

[Clunegapyears]

Just practised my fried strawberries with Margaret and Shirley ... wasn't sure they'd be edible .... yummy.

 

[magbrin]

Just practised my fried strawberries with Margaret and Shirley ... wasn't sure they'd be edible .... yummy.

Haven't re-read the recipe but from memory (or knowledge of French coookery!):
Strawberries - good
Batter, sugar, alcohol - high carb - BAD! (Third or final stomach?!)
Looking forward to tasting them, soon!

 

[tony]

recipies

are you gonna try all thosr recipies for yourself or on others ?

tony

 

[magbrin]

are you gonna try all thosr recipies for yourself or on others ?

tony

We're having a themed evening at our Highland Gathering in a couple of weeks, for M. Escoffier. So we are all trying out our recipes before presenting to the gathering public to taste (or something!) I hope we will see you again at Brin, sometime before too long!

 

[Clunegapyears]

are you gonna try all thosr recipies for yourself or on others ?

tony

Might get through a few more that Channa has posted, but the strawbs are my Brim Meet recipe ...
do like cooking (most of the time) and get bored doing the same old. Some of the ingredients will be a challenge, but can be substituted. Fortunately James is always pleased to eat what put before him ... other than a heavy lentil bake!

 

[Clunegapyears]

Haven't re-read the recipe but from memory (or knowledge of French coookery!):
Strawberries - good
Batter, sugar, alcohol - high carb - BAD! (Third or final stomach?!)
Looking forward to tasting them, soon!

Isn't there a rule about relaxing on holiday? But our life is one long holiday ...

 

[fionawildcamper]

630 please

 

[Channa]

630 please

This is a vegetable dish, not I don't think a dish in its own right but goes well with meat especially Pork , Indeed with a white wine cream sauce and mushroom is classic French.

Haricots verts a la Provencale

Provencal style French Beans.

1 lb French Beans oil salt pepper 2 tbps chopped onion 4-5 tomatoes 1 small clove of garlic chopped parsley

Cook the beans drain sauter for a few minutes in a little oil and season.

Lightly brown the onion in oil add the tomatoes peeled chopped and de seeded, seasoning garlic and a little chopped parsley. Cook gently for 15 -20 mins then mix with the bean.

These are Escoffiers words not mine " Many people for some unknown reason dislike cooking in olive oil, If they were to taste French beans cooked a la provencale, I am sure that they would change their minds."


This dish lends itself to the addition of other vegetables too, I use courgette and sliced baby pots fried, Here is one of my versions



Channa

 

[Musketeer]

Page 298 please :scared:

 

[Channa]

Page 298 please :scared:

Fricadelle avec viande cuite

Fricadelles with cooked meat

2-2 1/2 lb cooked beef, 8oz mashed potatoes, 3 tbps of chopped onion, 1 tbsp.chopped parsley, 2 eggs. salt .pepper, nutmeg butter or lard.

Chop the meat and add with al the other ingredients.

Divide the mixture into about 12 pieces and form into round cakes ( burger style) on floured slab

Fry in Butter or lard, turning from time to time to brown nicely both sides.

Serve as they are or with tomato sauce, piquante sauce spinach chicory etc .

Channa tip if it were me and serving to a lot of people I would use a good quality steak mince . Alternatively for a smaller group use a local butcher with a chuck steak well marbled and get him to mince that. The benefit being you can cook from rare to Well done depending on the guests taste.

Channa

 

[Clunegapyears]

And the frikadelle is another I've done ... but I called it rissoles and served it with a curry sauce. Cooked a few days before this post ... using some of the beef topside I cooked in the pressure cooker ... instead of shoe leather which you get when you roast it ... beautiful soft flavoursome meat.

 

[Macandsarah]

399

399 for us (unless its been chosen - not had chance to view all the posts!)

looking forward to the gathering :camper:

 

[magbrin]

Delectable & delicious!

We were considered toffs by the riff-raff, but here are some of the delicious recipes that were cooked for the Highland Gathering at Brin last weekend! Can you guess which they are? Tonybvi (or to be honest, Sue as she did the cooking) cheated and found a non Channa recipe (but still Escoffier).