I still can't work out how he got here from Surrey to do this between 8am when Tom left and 830am when I left for work.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Rich is awesome.
I still can't work out how he got here from Surrey to do this between 8am when Tom left and 830am when I left for work.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
bacon and beans recipe
From Tom
Alex
http://blissfullyeccentric.blogspot.com
Recipe......
Err....
Warning: this is NOT a health food.
Bacon & beans;
Take a piece of good pork belly, this should have what seems to modern eye a large proportion of fat. Like 50%. Fit the size of the belly to the number of people you wish to feed, but people won't need a huge amount of the finished product, as its rich and filling, but then it will shrink. a peice the size of a sheet of A4 should do 4-6 depending on hunger.
Rub the skin with a LOT of salt, a mix of coarse and fine is best, to get great crackling. We don't put any other salt in any other parts of the dish. If you had to get a modern fat-less pig then you may first need a good glug of a neutral oil before the salt.
Put this in the oven, if you have all the time in the world go for 4 hours or more total time and put the oven on at 150c and if your a bit tighter for time you can go for 3 hours at ~170c. You could do 2 hours at 180c, but it just won't be as good. put the oven up to 200c for the last hour to crackle the crackling.
When you have 2 - 1.5 hours tilll the pig is done make the beans. these quantities will do 6-ish.
chop 1 shallot or a very small onion very finely & 2-3 cloves of garlic. Dice 150g of Chorizo, and drain 2x 400g cans of different beans (pinto & berlotti is my favourite combo, but any beans work, or a couple of cans of mixed beans).??
Fry the onion in a largeish sauce pan in the smallest amount of oil you can, and soften on a low heat, the add the chorizo, turn up the heat, and fry to release the chorizo oil and get a little colour. then chuck in the beans and garlic. add a glass of white wine, blakc pepper and some stock. (or a stock cube and some water). Turn down to stew.
Stew this till the pork is ready, adding a splash of water as necessary, thicken with whatever you like just a touch (cornflour, chicken bisto, Beurre mani??).??
Serve a square of the pork on a couple of spoons of the stewed beans, and crackling on top. Serve with something light and fresh veg-wise to cut through the fattiness. The beans make this a very filling dish.
http://blissfullyeccentric.blogspot.com
bacon and beans recipe
From Tom
Alex
http://blissfullyeccentric.blogspot.com
Recipe......
Err....
Warning: this is NOT a health food.
Bacon & beans;
Take a piece of good pork belly, this should have what seems to modern eye a large proportion of fat. Like 50%. Fit the size of the belly to the number of people you wish to feed, but people won't need a huge amount of the finished product, as its rich and filling, but then it will shrink. a peice the size of a sheet of A4 should do 4-6 depending on hunger.
Rub the skin with a LOT of salt, a mix of coarse and fine is best, to get great crackling. We don't put any other salt in any other parts of the dish. If you had to get a modern fat-less pig then you may first need a good glug of a neutral oil before the salt.
Put this in the oven, if you have all the time in the world go for 4 hours or more total time and put the oven on at 150c and if your a bit tighter for time you can go for 3 hours at ~170c. You could do 2 hours at 180c, but it just won't be as good. put the oven up to 200c for the last hour to crackle the crackling.
When you have 2 - 1.5 hours tilll the pig is done make the beans. these quantities will do 6-ish.
chop 1 shallot or a very small onion very finely & 2-3 cloves of garlic. Dice 150g of Chorizo, and drain 2x 400g cans of different beans (pinto & berlotti is my favourite combo, but any beans work, or a couple of cans of mixed beans).
Fry the onion in a largeish sauce pan in the smallest amount of oil you can, and soften on a low heat, the add the chorizo, turn up the heat, and fry to release the chorizo oil and get a little colour. then chuck in the beans and garlic. add a glass of white wine, blakc pepper and some stock. (or a stock cube and some water). Turn down to stew.
Stew this till the pork is ready, adding a splash of water as necessary, thicken with whatever you like just a touch (cornflour, chicken bisto, Beurre manié).
Serve a square of the pork on a couple of spoons of the stewed beans, and crackling on top. Serve with something light and fresh veg-wise to cut through the fattiness. The beans make this a very filling dish.
http://blissfullyeccentric.blogspot.com
Monday, October 17, 2011
A christening
Thank you to Ruth and James for inviting us to the christening of their newest child, Arthur Reginald John Snook. We had a lovely time, and especially enjoyed the food ;o)
A christening
Thank you to Ruth and James for inviting us to the christening of their newest child, Arthur Reginald John Snook. We had a lovely time, and especially enjoyed the food ;o)
A tea cosy
Made from stash scraps. Design laid out by Toddy. Note to self, keep lining bigger so its easier to turn through and hem. Looks good worn as a bishops mitre.
A tea cosy
Made from stash scraps. Design laid out by Toddy. Note to self, keep lining bigger so its easier to turn through and hem. Looks good worn as a bishops mitre.
A birthday do
Thank you to the lovely Giles of Oink for the delicious food. I loved creating the outdoor party space. Thanks to everyone who came.
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