Iggy's Dinners
Sourcing and saucing
ok. Today I made another stock. As usual: cutting up some meat and bones, putting it in some water with some herbs and some vegetables, heating it up to boiling, skimming it and letting it boil for 5 hours. Then I boiled some bacon lardons. I fried them and put them on a side dish. …
Niiice. Today I made a good dish. I made casserole roasted shoulder of veal. I started by browning the veal on all sides in butter. Then I boiled some bacon. Whilst the bacon was boiling I browned some carrots and onions in the veal fat and some extra butter. Return the veal to the pan, …
Today wasn’t a particularly productive day, but I got a recipe done so all is good. I did another quiche *facepalms*. It’s official name is Flamiche (I love that name). I started by (again) making a shortcrust pastry. I did the recipe as normal, but to chill it – I was short on time – …
The roast pork Today was long. Very. Long. So I made a cassoulet with mutton and pork. I started the day off with some roast pork. The previous night I marinated it in herbs and garlic and spices. In the morning I fried it on all sides and put it in the onion for an …
I only made lunch today so… hi? I made some choux paste to commence. To do this I melted some butter in some water, then beat in some flour. I then returned it to the heat whilst stirring until it formed a film on the bottom of the pan. I beat in 4 eggs one …
Cool beans! Today I didn’t cook much, I had forest day (every thursday I go to the forest) so I didn’t do anything at school. It will be a short review because of this. I made a Cream of Mushroom Soup. I fried some onions and mushroom stems and prepared a vegetable stock (we didn’t …