april 2013

Lunch: gnocchi, gorgonzola

Dinner: fennel, orange, feta

Roast squash, quinoa with girolles, ps-broc

venison steaks, orange and wine sauce, fried potatoes

poached figs, ginger, biscuit

butter beans, ham, cream

savoy cabbage, mushrooms, chorizo, fried potatoes

Ate out

Brasserie Blanc. Then we found some more steps in the park and tried out the skateboard ramps

grilled aubergine with pesto, baked tomatoes, ciabatta

pears in red wine and spices, gorgonzola, pine kernels

Lunch : Venison tortellini from WR

Dinner: John

pappardelle with wild garlic and cream

to source the wild garlic we had to ride to Snowshill and through Guiting to the top of Ham hill where the woods are full of it.

Roast rib of beef, red wine gravy, roast potatoes, peas and lettuce

We had the Jm Barry Belbournie which is an awesome wine; we had to have a suitably awesome chunk of meat.

grapefruit meringues

from Rachel Khoo recipe. I used the whole amount (6 serving) curd but with half the sugar; this seemed right to me. The meringue worked the first time I tried this; this time the sugar solidified into lumps as soon as it hit the bowl. Some of it got into the egg and it more or less worked (and not too sweet). Only I was assembling them after the main course and after most of the wine had been drunk , and browning them under the grill. Fortunately they started smoking before they actually burnt much. Fortunately John had had as much to drink as us two, and John is a nice tolerant guy anyway

Ardrahan, Swaledale Ewe, WR Kintyre cheddar, Gorgonzola

Lunch: Spag, pesto

Dinner:

Veracruz fish, nice bread, green beans

caldo verde

passion fruit tarts from WR

watercress, gorgonzola, walnut salad

linguine with sauce made from beef leftovers; spinach with lemon and oil

parsnip soup

mum had given us 2 massive parsnips from the garden. I made soup with 1/3 can of coconut milk and a dash of vanilla extract.

roast red peppers, mung dhal with salted lemon, red onions, coriander; fried potato

Ate out

Marinades

hummmus and pitta

courgette and feta fritters, bulghar with spinach and coriander, salsa of red onion, chilli, barberries

the salsa is nice, and very colourful

Lunch: Ate out

3 gables, bradford, with all the Champions

Dinner: roast beetroot, roast carrots, ginger yog tahini sauce

Lunch: spag (colin) noodles (tracey)

Colin didnt want to come for a 3+ hour ride with me, he turned back at Miserden. I did some nice hills

Dinner: gratin of chicory with gorgonzola, walnuts, port

celeriac cubes baked in ham, risotto with peas and mushrooms

pate, toast

rocket, sweet potato, red pepper, sesame, ciabatta

Chris and Maria

squid ink spag, brown shrimps, tomato-saffron-chilli

Cassoulet, confit of duck, bread, spinach and wild garlic

choc cake with 5-spice, prunes, creme fraiche

recipe from Felicity Cloake but i did 2/3 her amount in one tin. it seemed to get too crusty before the middle was cooked so maybe i needed slower cooking. i am not great at cake. used about 1tsp 5-spice, nice

yarg, cheddar, cornish brie, swaledale ewe

sardines, toast, remains of the spinach

cauli fritters, red onion salsa, quinoa

saucisson sec, celeri remoulade

guineau fowl, leek, mushrooms, tagliatelle

at Simon's

at Simon's

Dinner : soba noodles, cabbage, red pepper

beetroot, feta, rocket, tuscan toast

raspberries and usual stuff

roast jerusalems, lemon, garlic, potato; chard and lentils

cake at Janet's

aubergine, pomegrante, yoghurt

roast squash in ras yoghurt, pistachios, red onion in sherry vinegar, quinoa, chard with lemon and garlic from yesterday

WR sweetcorn fritters, watercress

Tuna, red pepper-chilli-orange sauce, sugar snaps, potatoes

Ate out

Shezan

Lunch: at caff at cwmcarn.

we did the red route twice.

Dinner: jerusalem and potato soup, truffle oil

leftover jerusalems

pig cheek, mushrooms pappardelle, salad

from freezer

Lunch: spag, prawns, garlic

Dinner: cabbage, chorizo, tomatoes, sherry, chestnuts; new potatoes

Prune ice cream

5floz cream, I eggs 1.5 tbs honey, about 4oz prunes cooked, 1.5 tbs brandy. It didn't freeze hard enough. Maybe next time use less honey or booze

prawns, tomato, chilli, rice

fish stew, olive bread, sugar snaps

Ate out

Jamies Italian, with Michael, Peter, Mark, Mary, Matthias