Paris Training
Spent last week in Paris for intense training session. Stressful experience as had exam at the end of the week which still don't know if I passed (ugh).
Good Food, Excellent wine. Many interesting people.
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Meat and Tattie Pie
500 grams Stewing Steak - cut into cubes
Plain Flour
Sunflower oil
1 onion, peeled & diced
380 mls of beef stock
Salt & black pepper
500 grams of potatoes, peeled, cut into cubes about 1cm & boiled for 10 minutes
Short crust pastry
Dust the meat with the flour (add salt and pepper).
Heat the oil in a pan & fry the meat & onion until lightly browned. Add the stock.
Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for an hour or until the meat is tender.
Mix in the drained potato cubes. Put into a deep pie dish and cover with a short crust pastry crust.
Make slits in the top of the pastry (for the steam to escape), brush with beaten egg and bake for about 40 minutes at gas mark 6 until the pastry is golden brown.
Based on a recipe from Grandma Grimshaw
Prawns Pulao
This is a very simple & tasty recipe.
20 medium to large sized prawns
1 cup basmati rice
2 cups water
1 green cardamoms
1 cloves
1 cm cinnamon stick
1 medium sized onions - chopped
1 medium sized tomatoes - chopped
1 tbsp cooking oil
salt, to taste
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp chilli powder
Serves 2
Heat the oil in a frying pan. Put in the cardamoms, cinnamon & cloves. Fry for 10 seconds till you get a nice aroma. Add onions & fry till nicely browned. Add the prawns & stir fry till just pink on the outside. Add tomatoes, salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder. Stir fry till tomatoes turn soft & mushy. Add rice & water. Cover & let cook on medium-high heat till the water has almost been absorbed by the rice.
Based this recipe on...
http://tinascooking.blogspot.com/2006/03/prawns-pulao.html
