~ Menu ~
Sautéed
Smoked Haddock & New Potatoes sautéed in
Black
Pepper & Brandy Butter
Glass
of Chardonnay
Some
Ecuadorean Chocky
Coffee
I have done a strange thing, for me –
cooked from a recipe!
My real man is very keen on homemade Christmas cake, especially at Christmas, and I had intended to make one on Stir Up Sunday, the last Sunday in November (not, as my lovely neighbour thought, last Monday!!) My computer having committed suicide a couple of months ago, however, I was unable to find my normal recipe so I did what any self respecting Briton would do – turned to Delia. See here for details.
The only alteration I made was I used Clementine zest instead of orange because that’s what I had available. We bought 20 for 18p the other day!
My real man is very keen on homemade Christmas cake, especially at Christmas, and I had intended to make one on Stir Up Sunday, the last Sunday in November (not, as my lovely neighbour thought, last Monday!!) My computer having committed suicide a couple of months ago, however, I was unable to find my normal recipe so I did what any self respecting Briton would do – turned to Delia. See here for details.
The only alteration I made was I used Clementine zest instead of orange because that’s what I had available. We bought 20 for 18p the other day!
“Leftover Brandy”!
The cake recipe called for 5 tablespoons of brandy after which, in my old bottle (I have another, don't worry), was a wincy “leftover”. You will be proud of me – I didn’t swig in down! No, what I did was made Black Pepper & Brandy Butter (you know; coarsely ground black pepper and a little sea salt worked into soft butter with a little brandy ~ see here for lots of flavoured butter ideas and information). What a surprise! And then, even more surprising, I sautéed some leftover potatoes in it and added some smoked haddock! That was my yummy lunch – but I didn’t take a picture because it was too dark and I’m no good (yet) at photos in artificial light.
A few squares of the item to the left which has that almost alcoholic taste peculiar to good dark chocolate. I bought it in Lidl; they sell a whole gamut of plantation chocolates by J.D. Gross – see here for their site, which is in German but can be translated - and if this is the quality of their products I intend trying the lot. They range from
For what to do with leftover port see here and for lots of ideas for leftover wine see here!
I am very keen on using up leftover food and drink - see lots more of my ideas on my Pinterest board ...
1 comment:
i am so pleased you like Lidls chocolate!i have been liking it for years and no one beleived me when i said how good it is!
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