Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Hare casserole part 1

Take one hare

Joint it
Sharpen knife, I forgot we have the boning knife and used the 5" Global,

and carefully remove as much of the membranes as your patience will allow
Now remove as many of the sinews  as your patience will allow
Take particular care with the loins which are on the top of the carcass. Also take out the fillets from inside. The loins and fillets can be pan fried but I don't

Use the bones for stock. I usually put the offal in as well but this time I steamed it then minced it.
Take the membranes off the kidneys, slice and soak in cold water for a while first



This lot is now going in the freezer with the minced offal wrapped separately

as it won't need searing when it's cooked

£8 well spent


Monday, 29 August 2016

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Sunday, 21 August 2016

Cheese and chives and rosemary biscuits

butter g 250
sr flour g 500
yolks 2
salt to taste
pepper to taste
milk ml 120
cheese g
250
rosemary g
10
chives g
7

First cut your herbs; I just picked what looked enough then weighed them out of interest
Because I was going to use a biscuit press I wanted everything to be fine enough to go through the holes
I used Mrs Doughnut's mini chopper which sits on the end of a stick blender
It worked very well on the rosemary but not so well on the chives which are soggy so they get whizzed around, stick to the chopper wall and the bits are not fine enough

So, I mixed the two and tried again, it looks ok but

it ain't enough, the wet stuff still sticks to the wall

so add flour and do it again, now it's like talc

Anyway, the final mix was too wet and the mighty biscuit gun struggled, the biscuits wouldn't stick to the tray and needed to be dug out with a spoon so I used fingers and forks

Changes for the next go

butter g 250 190
sr flour g 500 500
yolks 2 3
salt to taste to taste
pepper to taste to taste
milk ml 120 80
cheese g 250 150
rosemary g 10 10
chives g 7 10







Friday, 19 August 2016

29 Dossidges

600g belly pork
400g lean pork
100g breadcrumbs
2 red onions
1 apple

15g ground spices comprising
1tsp allspice
1tsp white pepper
1tsp black pepper
1tsp caraway seeds
1tsp coriander seeds
2 cloves
2 green cardammoms

Remove pork rind, cut into thin slices
Add to pan, cover with water, bring to boil, drain
Cover with water again and simmer for an hour, cool

Cube the pork and freeze, together with the cooled rind, for 30 minutes

Using 8mm screen
Mince the pork, onions and apple into big bowl
Mince the rind into small bowl

Using 3mm screen
Mince the rind twice and add to big bowl

Using 5mm screen
Mince the contents of the big bowl

Add spices and breadcrumbs and mix thoroughly

Stuff into skins. First make one long sausage

Then pinch and twist

Scrape out mincer and roll remains into foil tubes

Leave in fridge overnight to mature then freeze what you're not going to eat within a day or so

It may look dry but it's not and it is e x t r e m e l y spicy

Fresh bread and a stripe of Столичная Горчица - Stolichnaya mustard

Finally, the economics
600g belly pork £3.78 £3.78
400g lean pork £2.67 £2.67
100g breadcrumbs
2 red onions £0.50 £0.50
1 apple £0.30 £0.30
skins £1.50
£8.75 £7.25
£/kg 6.48 £/kg 5.37

decent sausages range from 7.50 to a tenner a kilo so......

Sunday, 24 July 2016

Mango pulp and an ice cream maker

Mango and yogurt ice cream

Rhubarb and mango sorbet

290g mango pulp
85g   yolks (5)
300g Greek yogurt
150g milk
40g fructose
2 tspn sorbet stabiliser
450g rhubarb
150g sugar
100 ml water


290g mango pulp
1 splash lemon juice
2 tspn sorbet stabiliser

Heat the yogurt & milk until just boiling
It'll split, don’t worry
Pour some into beaten eggs, wait 10 seconds, add the rest, stir
Return to the pan and heat until nearly boiling stirring continuously
Turn off heat
Add mango, fructose and stabiliser, stir
Place pan in sink of cold water
Blitz with stick blender to unsplit it

Churn
Cook rhubarb for10-15 minutes
Cool
Puree with Kenwood strainer
Stir in mango, lemon juice and stiliser







Churn





Friday, 22 July 2016

Mango ice cream

290g mango pulp
85g   yolks (5)
300g Greek yoghurt
150g milk
40g fructose
2 tspn sorbet stabiliser

Heat the yoghurt & milk until just boiling
It'll split
Pour some into beaten eggs, wait 10 seconds, add the rest, stir
Return to the pan and heat until nearly boiling stirring continuously
Turn off heat
Add mango, fructose and stabiliser, stir
Place pan in sink of cold water
Blitz with stick blender
Churn




Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Яoland's Яuislip Яough Puff Pastry

Яuislip Яough Puff Pastry

750 g flour
250 g butter
250 g lard
2 eggs
1 tspn salt
2 Tspn vinegar
Cold water
Makes 1600 g, takes 16 minutes

Make a puller outer, the grater thingy works ok with veggies and that but I thought it'd probably clog up with the fat - see below

Crack the eggs into a jug, whisk
Add salt, vinegar and top up with water to 375 ml, whisk
Put into ‘fridge

Weigh flour into mixer bowl.
Coarsely grate frozen butter and lard, folding occasionally with a palette knife
Stir briefly with the, err, stirring tool
Stir in cold liquid
Place in plastic bag and refrigerate


Details

 The puller outer™©® is made from the bottom of a yoghurt pot, a short dowel and a screw - all food safe


After grating and folding


After stirring


Finally after all the liquid has been stirred in