Cooking Tonight #5

[Snoop Puss]

Padrón peppers for nibbles, Confit de canard, stir-fried veg and, at Mr Snoop's request, hasselback potatoes. Chocolate and cherry brownies for afters.

I ought to make some bread but can barely be bothered. Feels like the above is more than enough on a hot day.

[greenishfing]

Smoked haddock tonight. I think I'll poach it in milk. Potatoes dauphinois, carrots, french beans and a dollop of leftover aubergine parmigiano.

In theory banana splits for dessert. In reality if the Biscoff ice cream lollies waylay me on the way to the fruit bowl, I won't be too upset and I'll probably make the bananas into banana loaves in a couple of days when they are really ripe.

[Nicos]

I have absolutely no idea, but it should include our freshly dug new potatoes!

[Bren In Pots]

Baked Cod in a butter bean, potato and tomato sauce.

[Nicos]

Decision made…thanks for the prompt Bren!

Salmon with new potatoes and a side salad.

The rest of the diet trifle for pud and some fresh black cherries

[Nicos]

Eaten early as we were starving!

Fresh garden peas instead of salad. Yum

[Jungle Jane]

Today I'm going to have a go at making aubergine parmigiano. I saw Raymond Blanc make it on TV last Saturday and I've looked at a few online recipes since. Wish me luck. We'll have it with a salad and garlic bread.

Banana split type creation.

I saw another Raymond Blanc recipe on tv,I made it last year & am waiting for my pears to make again - pear & blue Stilton cheese puff pastry. Caramelise the pear slices in brown sugar in a pan then pile onto puff pastry squares,any size you want,bake till pastry browns,when cooked put on a plate & add some little chunks of Stilton all over the pear

[Snoop Puss]

^That sounds amazing, JJ.

[Jungle Jane]

Its delicious,I didn’t put enough pear on though,it needs layering on because of the puff pastry ratio,I did take a photo but you can see it’s lacking the pear,I was trying to make too many

[greenishfing]

Its delicious,I didn’t put enough pear on though,it needs layering on because of the puff pastry ratio,I did take a photo but you can see it’s lacking the pear,I was trying to make too many

Next time ... perfection.

[bramble]

Mixed salad, roast chicken breast and a baked potato.
Strawberries and icecream.

[Nicos]

JJ…that sort of reminds me of a variation of a tarte tatin but cooked fruit side up , then sprinkled with the cheese.
I bet it would be lovely cooked like small tatins inverted then served with the cheese. Yum!

[Snoop Puss]

Up the valley for curry, so no cooking for me tonight.

[Bren In Pots]

Pasta and Meatballs in a mushroom and tomato sauce.

[greenishfing]

I've just got some smoked mackerel out of the freezer to make smoked mackerel pate with the ricotta cheese that wants using up. I think we'll have pate, pork pie, cheese and chutney with a big salad and either crusty bread (if I go to the bread shop) or garlic bread (out of the freezer).

We'll probably have the other half of a pineapple we started yesterday. (All the Biscoff ice cream lollies are now eaten. However I 've just put two more boxes on the list for tomorrow's grory hop. Even better they are still half price.)