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Really quick recipe ideas.

started by speshalkay (08-04-2008, 21:04)

08-04-2008, 21:04

One of my favourites is to buy a nice piece of salmon from the fishmongers, take a large square of foil, place the salmon on the shiny side, bend up the sides slightly, and then a sprinkling of coriander, cumin, a dash of lemon juice, a splat of extra virgin olive oil, some sliced or crushed garlic and some salt and pepper. Next, bring the sides of the foil together keeping some space to allow steam to circulate, place on a baking tray and put in the oven for 15 mins at about 180 degrees (fan oven). It’ll be good with a fresh green salad and some crusty bread, or some steamed veg. Whatever floats your gastronomic boat! It will take the time the oven needs to heat up to prepare everything.

I would also have a glass of wine, but that’s my choice :-)

You can adapt this method for all sorts of things, and change the added flavours. I have done the same method with whole fish (trout do nicely with some slices of lemon placed in the cavity) and different meats!

Tasty, quick and depending on what you add, healthy!

Darryl Snow

10-04-2008, 21:31

Oh I have a tasty and healthy one too. If I want something quick, light, and simply then I do as follows:

slice some cow stomach into thin strips and boil it for just a few minutes in salted milk. then take it out and drain. put a splash of oil in the wok and fry off a few spring onions (cut into thick diagonal slices), a few cloves of garlic (roughly chopped), and lots of chopped red chillis. After a few seconds with everything has softened slightly, throw in the stomach and mix. Take off the heat and chuck in a load of chopped corriander and dress with a sauce made up of: 1/3 dark soy sauce, 1/3 shanxi vinegar, 1/3 sugar + a dash of cumin.. not so it’s swimming in it but just so there is enough sauce to cover everything, like a salad.

Serve with a bowl of steamed short/rounded rice. literally under 10 minutes to do. delicious!

speshalkay

11-04-2008, 10:38

I take it one could substitute something less offally? :-)

In case anyone wonders, cow’s stomach is also known as Tripe. I have only ever seen it pickled in a bowl on the bar in a local pub, along with a bowl of cubed black pudding, a bowl of winkles and one of pickled egg.

Darryl Snow

11-04-2008, 10:41

umm… also works with gizzard? the texture’s an integral part really.

guernican

11-04-2008, 12:25

My lightning tip: prawn, pea and mint risotto. I think it’s originally a Jamie recipe.

Standard risotto recipe but throw in a handful of peas and fresh prawns just before you leave it to stand right at the end. Can use cooked prawns but the texture’s not as good. And, as prawns and peas take about a minute to cook, the whole thing’s done in 20-odd minutes. Handful of basil, handful of mint, lump of butter, leave to stand for a minute, done.

Only trouble in paradise is the standard one with a risotto… you can’t really walk away from it.

guernican edited this post 11-04-2008, 12:25

BEV

19-04-2008, 10:37

Alternatively if you don’t want to wait for the fan over to pre-heat and then cook the salmon, you can do the same in the microwave simply subsituting the foil for microwave clingfilm or parchment - only takes literally minutes depending on the size of the salmon fillet.
ANDDDDD if we’re talking healthy a veg cous cous is well delightful and equally as fast.

bbd

20-04-2008, 23:19

I like making up recipes using unusual ingredients, and here is a very nice quick one using Triple Sec:

2 boned chicken legs - about 500 g (keep skin on if you like), cut into 4 cm pieces
2 tsp ginger juice (squeezed from about 2 cm of grated fresh ginger)
1 1/2 Tbsp Triple Sec (or 1 Tbsp Cointreau)
1 Tbsp Japanese soy sauce
1/3 tsp salt
Flour for coating
Olive oil for frying (use cheapest olive oil, just for the density in taste)

Marinade chicken with ginger juice, triple sec, soy sauce and salt. Set aside about 15 minutes, turning them around now and then.

Roll a few pieces at a time in the flour to coat completely and dust off any dry bits of flour. Fry in oil (about 1 cm in depth) over medium heat for about 3 minutes per side or until golden brown. Remove and drain briefly. Serve with rice and side salad of finely shredded cabbage and sliced Japanese cucumber drizzled with sesame dressing.

speshalkay

26-04-2008, 23:04

And another, and another!!!!

I love easy macaroni cheese and this ones a doozy!

Take 8oz of dried macaroni, half a green pepper chopped, and fry both in a good blob of butter for about 5 mins, add a good teaspoon of dried mustard powder, or wholegrain later in the cooking, and then add half a pint of water and turn to a simmer. Add more water if it looks a bit too dry, but not much, it’s supposed to absorb it all.

When the macaroni is cooked, add 4 ounces of grated red leicester or chedder, stir, and it’s done. You can use red pepper, onion, whatever, but it’s one of those comfort foods that sticks to your ribs, and the plate, and the pan :-)

Serves 4 normal people with a nice salad and mayb some bread to complete the carbs, or 2 exceptionally greedy people. Mmmmmm….

sacky_moo

03-07-2008, 12:02

Hey does ne1 have ne good soup recipe’s??? x

sacky_moo edited this post 03-07-2008, 12:02

speshalkay

03-07-2008, 12:27

I have a few. Chilli cabbage soup, made with Savoy Cabbage, and I do a mean pumpkin soup at Halloween every year! Usually spicy :-)

What kind of soups in particular Ms Moo?

sacky_moo

03-07-2008, 12:32

dunno had a thing for broccoli soup but what eva I make i test so im up for anythin!! :o)

speshalkay

03-07-2008, 16:56

Broccoli and Stilton. Now we’re talking.

I suddenly got a whiff of it when you mentioned Broccoli so I looked one up :-) Now I think I am going to have to cook some too!

Anthony Worrall Thompson did this one:-

Ingredients
2 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, chopped
onion, sliced
30g/1oz butter
1 handful grated potato
290ml/ pint vegetable stock
head broccoli, chopped
75g/3oz stilton, cubed
85ml/3fl oz double cream
1 tsp thyme, chopped

Method
1. Sauté the garlic and onion in the butter and oil for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add the potato and stock and simmer for 7-8 minutes until the potato is tender.
3. Add all the other ingredients and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
4. Blend the soup in a food processor.
5. Pour into a bowl and serve.

sacky_moo

03-07-2008, 17:02

oh thats great thanks! I went to a hotel who made the best soup in the world and was considering kidnaping the recipe’s!

Henna1

14-07-2008, 11:23

i love this group and love you peopleeeeeee! Addicted to new ways to make same old thing..thanks all…i will come thru with some wicked recipes soon (wicked as in nice ones..not evil like Dr evil in Bond movies..)
xxxxxx

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