January 2009 Cook off!

[Northern Lass]

Di!!!
You're not supposed to give out the method yet!!

you are gonna be so good at this with that wooden spoon of yours ....aint ya!!

[Rob]

[dianel]

Love that expression on your face, Rob ... Who, me??

[linell]

Love the sound of Carol's Fish Crumble, not keen on foreign food, only Chinese, and Robbie you can keep your Trojan Horse to yourself Best Wishes from linell.

[Northern Lass]

hmmm think I am for Robbies exotic rice.....

Come on this is gonna happen....let's start to see who is entering it....names please!

So Taking part theres ..emm

Northern Lass
Rob

and more recipes please...move variety...after all it is the spice of life!

[Rob]

I'm kinda leaning towards Carol's Fish Crumble!!
But that Pork sounds good as well as does Di's Swedish Delight.
Difficult.

[Northern Lass]

Rite so you are in ok you are getting added to the Cookies list!

[Carol]

Hi NL, Do you need me to post my recipe and method just in case - because next week I am back to the real world

[Northern Lass]

Won't you be able to do it last week of January?...go on!

but yes Please that is a good idea

[Carol]

Recipe .
350g/12 oz White fish fillet
350g/12 oz smoked haddock fillet
600 ml/ 1 pint of milk plus extra for glazing
65g/ 2 1/2 oz butter (that's 2 and a half)
25 g/ 1 oz plain flour
salt
pepper
30 ml / 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
2 hard boiled eggs
75g /3 oz Cheddar cheese- (but I expect more is even better )
175g/6 oz self raising flour
10 ml/2 teaspoons dry mustard

Oven 220 C, 425 F, Gas Mark 7
Cooking time 25-30 minutes
Fillet pieces of fish and remove skin
Put fish in frying pan and add 450 ml/1/4 pint of milk
Simmer and poach for 5 minutes until firm but not cooked though
Remove fish (but reserve the milk for later) and flake fish into bite size chunks
Melt 25g/1 oz of butter in saucepan, stir in flour and milk used from cooking fish. Bring sauce to the boil and season with salt and pepper.
Remove from heat and add fish and parsley to sauce. Chop eggs and add to sauce.
Place mixture in ovenproof dish
Grate the cheese
Place self raising flour in bowl and rub in butter. Add grated cheese and mustard, salt and pepper. Mix in remaining milk to make soft dough and roll out. Cut circle into 8 wedges and use to decorate top of oven dish in a sort of spreading out circle
(No doubt variations are acceptable here) on the decorating theme
Glaze with milk and at this stage I recommend more grated cheese over the top but this is not in the original recipe-but you can't have too much cheese.
Bake in oven

[Northern Lass]

Ok Whose in on this....?

Come on you lot!... you just need to Cook a dish 3rd week of Jan

So 19th Jan - 25th Jan is the week we will cook it the winning recipe... any time that week
then report back with what we think the following week....

So get voting...Poll now open!

[gardener]

I've voted
They all sound great recipes so I don't mind too much which one wins. I am about to boil some ham in coca cola so looking forward to seeing how that tastes!

[Northern Lass]

Ok so taking part in trying out the winning recipe ..are...

Northern Lass
Rob
Gardener

Come on you lot!

19- 25 Jan one night ... for a cullinary feast...who can resist... wine, music, washing up!...no! it will be fun!

Mally?
Peterd?
Linell?
Farside?
Di?
Jimmy?
Alec?
Mumbles?
Loaksey?
all of yer!


need more names!

Ham in Cola?...ok...sounds..different!

[Rob]

I've voted! Who for?
Well did Obama vote for John McCain?
Ham in Pepsi Cola is also delicous.
Simmer slowly for .............

[dianel]

I'm in.

Ham in Coke, eh? Sounds tasty. I also saw a mention of cooking corned beef in ginger beer in a slow cooker ... Tried it and it just tasted like ordinary old corned beef to me ... Big disappointment!