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Continue reading →: Murgh makhani with pheasant
This may seem a long list of ingredients, but they're all quite readily available. This deliciously warming dish is well worth the small amount of trouble needed to make it. The pheasants' legs are roasted for longer than the breasts to ensure that the breasts don't overcook and dry out.…
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Continue reading →: Carrot Curry with Shallots and Chilli
Ingredients 2 tablespoons oil60g shallots, peeled and chopped1 fresh hot green chilli, finely chopped450g medium carrots, peeled and cut either into 2.5 cm x 5 mm x 5 mm sticks or 5 mm thick rounds1 teaspoon ground cumin1 teaspoon ground coriander0.5 teaspoon ground fennel0.125 teaspoon cayenne pepper0.25 teaspoon ground turmeric10-15…
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Continue reading →: Plans again
Okay plans for 2011 go as follows (these are to do with money, health and crafting) 1. Cut up the CC and start to clear it 2. Finish paying off the o/d (February 3rd this will be done) 3. Start eating according to Wartime rule aka The Ration Book diet…
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Continue reading →: Toby is not so keen on Winter this year :)
Nose up to the fire! A warm tum is always good! Take a beer break! He mugs Dr Tempewytch for the drips of beer! But I think most of the time he enjoys curling up and relaxing, okay he still has a mad 5 mins (hour!) but he is relaxing…
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Continue reading →: Monday and almost the first week of December gone
I spent an awful lot of last week NOT getting things done for one reason or another (seasonal depression and pain being the main reasons), I don't know how other people are finding the weather but I am finding it almost impossible to stitch as the lighting is just not…
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Continue reading →: Red-cooked beef with broccoli
Ingredients 0.5kg shin of beef, cubed0.75kg brisket of beef, cubed4-5 slices root ginger, chopped5 ml salt2.5 ml peppercorns45 ml soy sauce600 ml water300 ml white wine1 chicken stock cube0.5 kg broccoli, broken into florets Method Blanch the beef cubes in boiling water for 2 minutes and drain. Put the beef…
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Continue reading →: Weekly plans
A few things I want to get done in the coming week – some urgent and others not so much. The really urgent one is making sure that I get my repeat prescription sorted out, I have a weeks worth of tablets left and I will need some more. Middway…
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Continue reading →: Pumpkin risotto with crispy sage
Ingredients For the pumpkin risotto 570ml/1 pint vegetable or chicken stock 1 small onion, chopped 12 fresh sage leaves, chopped finely 2 tbsp olive oil 170g/6oz arborio (risotto) rice 250g/9oz pumpkin or butternut squash, diced small 50g/2oz butter salt and freshly ground black pepper For the crispy sage 12-16 fresh…
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Continue reading →: Wedding Anniversary
As you can tell from the title today is my (and naturally other half's!) wedding anniversary, 8 years and counting *grin*, granted we will not be able to celebrate until Sunday (or maybe even the 26th/27th!) but nonetheless a day worth counting. Other news, hmm let me think, well I…
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Continue reading →: Chicken with whole spices
Ingredients 1 medium chicken, cut in pieces5 medium onions, finely sliced50g ghee3 Kashmiri chillies4 by leaves10 cloves12 crushed peppercornsthumb-sized piece of root ginger, thinly sliced2 garlic cloves, finely sliced300ml yogurtsalt to tastepinch of saffron Method Mix all the ingredients in a flameproof casserole and marinate for 30 minutes, turning from…
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