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Continue reading →: Singapore-Style South-Indian Chicken Curry
2.5 tablespoons curry powder 4 chicken legs, skinned and divided into drumsticks and thighs (or a 1.35 kg/3 lb chicken skinned and cut into serving pieces) 2 tablespoons corn or peanut oil 6 medium shallots, finely chopped 5 cm/2 inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and very finely chopped 6 cloves…
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Continue reading →: Honey Beer
1 lemon 1.5 lb dark honey 1 gallon water 0.5 oz hops 1 teaspoon granulated yeast Method Peel the rind from the lemon, avoiding the white pith. Squeeze the juice from the lemon and strain to remove the pips. Dissolve the honey in 1.75 pints of the water in a…
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Continue reading →: Masroor Ahmed’s Hyderabadi Lamb with Tomatoes (Timatar Gosht)
560g/1.25 boneless lamb shoulder, cut into 2.5 cm/1 inch cubes 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated 6 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed to a pulp 1.5 teaspoons ground cumin 0.5 teaspoon ground turmeric 1.25 teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons corn or peanut oil 210g/7.5 oz onion, peeled and finely…
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Continue reading →: Stuffed Marrow
1 x 2kg marrow Stuffing 1.5 kg good beef shin on the bone, chopped into 3-4 pieces (by the butcher) olive oil 1 large onion, peeled 2 good garlic cloves, peeled third cinnamon stick 1 small teaspoon cumin seeds 2 heaped teaspoons hot smoked paprika fiely grated rind and juice…
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Continue reading →: Quick check in
Okay just a few pics to show that I (and the other members of the Wytch household *grin*) are still in the land of the living, one shows that I have been stitching (and I have nearly finished the blocks for the Medieval Sampler, you may just be able to…
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Continue reading →: Working on stitching again
Not only stitching but trying to crochet as well, Dr Tempewytch has started rehearsals so this gives me two nights a week to stitch – I am trying to only go to the pub once lunchtime a week BUT the last time I went I did take the stitching with…
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Continue reading →: A start and a catch up
Okay a quick picture of Toby, just because I can *grin* and a picture of my latest start in stitching, this is the companion piece to the Woodland Sampler and this is going to be my standard stitching pice, with Perfect Pets being my Wednesday project (and when that…
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Continue reading →: Fillet of Salmon with a basil, bacon and sourdough crust
Ingredients 4 x 175g salmon fillets 4 tbs fresh sourdough breadcrumbs 1 tbs chopped basil 1 tbs chopped flat-leaf parsley 2 rashers smoked bacon finely chopped 2 tbs olive oil salt and pepper Method Put the salmon onto a lightly greased tray. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a…
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Continue reading →: Oriental Pie
Ingredients 8 spring onions, left whole 250g Portobello mushrooms, halved 200g Shiitake mushrooms 1 garlic clove, crushed 2.5 cm piece of fresh ginger, sliced into matchsticks 1 cinnamon stick 2 Star Anise 100 ml light soy sauce 100 ml stock 200g cooked chick peas vegetable oil for frying 200g mashed…
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