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Saturday 1.11 |
Lunch. Spag with hazlenut sauce Dinner : Chorizo and broad beans with ful puree Rabbit saddle with stuffing of foreleg meat, pine kernels, parmesan, wrapped in Parma ham; Italian lentils, braised little gem, roast potato wedges (Duke of York) |
Sunday 2.11 |
Lunch: Soda bread, haricots with tomato sauce and saucisson we oven-dried some tomatoes and cooked down the seedy insides into a thick sauce Dinner:WR duck liver pate and walnut bread toast Fillet steak, red wine cream and mushroom sauce, watercress, gnocchi |
Monday 3.11 |
Avocado with tomato, chilli, cilantro Sauteed celeriac, green beans, Gorgonzola on walnut bread toast |
Tuesday 4.11 |
Baked figs in Parma ham with raspberry vinegar WR cassoulet with pork belly and chorizo, rocket and chard salad, bread |
Wednesday 5.11 |
Simon, Amelia, Dinah Kabocha squash, lentil, ginger soup This time I had roasted half the squash in chunks. Venison casserole with dried orange peel and some red date things, courgettes and linguine Apple and blackcurrant crumble and cream A soft Brebirousse, and Old Winchester |
Thursday 6.11 |
Fava bean soup with chilli, cilantro, pickled lemon Confit of rabbit legs, haricots, salad, bread |
Friday 7.11 |
Ate out |
Saturday 8.11 |
Lunch: spag with tomato, olives, chilli Dinner: Pheasant pot-roasted with garlic, caramelised braised chicory, rosti potatoes Iced lemon mousse with pine kernels and black pepper, lemon curd 1 lemon, zest and juice. 1 egg. 2.5 floz cream. Some pine kernels, fried. Dissolved some sugar in half the lemon juice, then reduced it a bit then added half the zest and some crushed black pepper and coriander. Soaked 1 small leaf of gelatine and added this (it then started to set..). Whipped the cream and added this to the juice; whisked the egg white and folded this in, didn't quite mix all that well because the gelatine was setting stuff. Added pinekernels and decanted into the small alu pudding tins. Put in the fridge for 3 hours then in the freezer for 40 mins. Made a lemon curd with the rest of the juice, zest, sugar, egg yolk, butter. To serve, dip the bowls in hot water for a few seconds, then knife them out. Curd on top. The texture is really good even if I hadn't got the things mixed that well and I suppose I could have used a teensy bit more sugar. |
Sunday 9.11 |
Lunch: socca (chickpea flour pancakes) with onions Dinner: At Diana and Martin's |
Monday 10.11 |
WR aubergine, sundried tomatoes, chevre Cod baked in Parma ham, green split peas, saute squash with cumin, new potatoes |
Tuesday 11.11 |
Duck breasts, sour cherry sauce, spinach, saute potatoes Raspberries with Framboise and amaretti |
Wednesday 12.11 |
WR Pate, apricot and apple chutney, toasted walnut bread Kabocha squash roasted in yoghurt, ginger, spices; spinach, tomatoes, mint; couscous; yoghurt, tomato, chilli sauce |
Thursday 13.11 |
Roasted peppers, eggs with saucisson and chilli, tomato salsa and a few tortilla chips, saute potatoes "Christmas fruits", cream and yoghurt yes, from last xmas.. |
Friday 14.11 |
Ate out |
Saturday 15.11 |
Lunch: spag with tomato and olive sauce Pork tenderloin, parma ham, roast garlic; porcini and mushrooms in cream with truffle oil, cabbage with juniper, gnocchi Persimmon marinated in Cointreau, pannacotta flavoured with cinnamon and dried orange peel The persimmon was nice and ripe. Sometimes I have been disappointed with them. This was a large longish sort, not the squat ones. It is worth it for the orange colour : it is a fabulous thing to brighten up a dull autumn day. |
Sunday 16.3 |
Lunch: red kidney beans in a quasi-Mexican sauce, roasted red peppers, flour tortillas Dinner: Salad of watercress, pear, fried walnuts, gorgonzola dressing Suma import walnuts from Kyrgyzstan! Saddle of hare in cream, cabbage leaves stuffed with the giblets, cabbage with walnuts, polenta |
Monday 17.3 |
WR scallop and cauli soup Gratin of potatoes, roasted peppers, taleggio, spinach |
Tuesday 18.11 |
Tagliatelle with chicken, mushrooms, cream, sherry, truffle oil; peas Then we went to the film soc and had the misfortune to be sat near the Perfume Ogress; I expect she groaned at having to sit near the Truffle Two WR lemon tarts |
Wednesday 19.11 |
Sausages, leeks in cream and mustard, mashed potatoes we had beer tonight for a change, I like beer. Plum cake, cream, vodka perhaps we need a plum eau-de-vie |
Thursday 20.11 |
Parsnip and lentil soup with Indian spices Oxtail, spiced red cabbage, barley more beer, this time stout |
Friday 21.11 |
Ate out |
Saturday 22.11 |
Lunch : Ate out Dinner : Lamb sausages, carrots, courgettes, Moroccan spices, couscous Dried fruit poached with cinnamon and chilli, pistacios, cream and yoghurt |
Sunday 23.11 |
Lunch: spag with Hare sauce; salad of red cabbage, carrot, walnuts, chilli, avocado oil Dinner: persimmon, walnuts, chicory, balsamic-avocado oil- lemon and orange zest Tartiflette (potatoes, cream, taleggio, parma ham) ; squash roasted with chilli, tomato, yoghurt, with fresh tomatoes |
Monday 24.11 |
WR tomato and onion tartes tatin Venison steak, sugar snaps, mashed potato |
Tuesday 25.11 |
Chilli sardines, tomatoes, toast Roast parsnips with honey and sesame, onion-stout-cream sauce, watercress and citrus dressing I'm trying to find good veggie winter dishes in a sort of N.European style. This is good, but it has a sweet bias. The salad and sauce counter the sweetness to some extent. We had winter ale with it, which works - wine wouldn't work. |
Wednesday 26.11 |
Avocado, prawns, tomato, chilli, pickled lime, cilantro Bighams persian lamb parcels, courgettes, bulghar |
Thursday 27.11 |
Smoked trout fishcakes, caper, lemon, cream sauce, spinach Persimmon curd, shortbread This did not work. |
Friday 28.11 |
Bacon, lambs kidneys, chickpeas, chorizo, ovendried tomatoes, red pepper sauce, spinach; bread Figs poached in balsamic and lapsang souchong, fried almonds, cream this did work |
Saturday 29.11 | Lunch: spag with bacon and red pepper sauce Dinner: Ate out |
Sunday 30.11 |
Lunch: Persian leftover special: chickpeas, red cabbage, Persian spices, cream and yoghurt, fried squash; bulghar Dinner: at Mike and Philippa's |
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