Saturday, 5 March 2011

Spring Cooking (March 2011)

Friday 4th March 2011:
20-Minute Seafood Pasta
(BBC Good Food Magazine March 2011) ★★★★☆
Definately follow the suggested tweak of adding Saffron, and White Wine - delicious !


Sunday 6th March 2011:  
Lentil & Bacon Stew - with Sausages, and Grilled Sourdough Bread
(Delicious Magazine March 2011) ★★☆☆☆
The Lentils took twice as long to cook as suggested, ending up with a very dry dish - was actually tastier the next day following the suggestion of serving it cold with Feta Cheese and Rocket stirred through it.

Friday 11th March 2011: 
Thai Chicken Curry
(The Big Book of Best-Kept Secrets of the Women's Institute 500 Seasonal Recipes) ★★★★★
I use this recipe book more than any other book by Jamie, Gordon etc.

Sunday 13th March 2011:
Slow-Cooked Beef & Tomato Ragu
(Based on an Alastair Hendy Recipe from Olive Magazine September 2005) ★★★★★ 
Already scribbled in my recipe book, makes the whole house smell good enough to eat ! 

Saturday 19th March 2011:
Fillet Steak with Mushrooms & Madeira Sauce
(Morrisons) 

Sunday 20th March 2011:
John Torode's Minced Beef Wellington
(BBC Good Food Magazine March 2011) ★★★☆
Best eaten fresh, tastes poor when reheated next day.

Saturday 26th March 2011:
Funghi al Funghetto - Mushrooms in Tomato Sauce
(Gennaro Contaldo's Passione Cookbook) ★★★★★

Aubergine Parmigiana
(Angela Hartnett, The Times Newspaper March 2011) ★★★★★
Cherry Tomato & Black Olive Foccacia
(Lindsey Bareham's The Big Red Book of Tomatoes - Recipe by Gennaro Contaldo) ★★★★★ 

Simply all a selection of my favourite Italian dishes - all Vegeterian too.