Disaster Posted July 16, 2012 Author Posted July 16, 2012 Top work all round. I'm now ruddy starving!
Bromcom_John Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 Personally I find that you cannot beat a well cooked quality Rib-Eye steak. Accompanied with a selection of seasonal vegetables (new potatoes with mint, sugar snap peas etc) and with the sauce of her choice A fresh made peppercorn sauce is nice, but you would ned to fiddle around with making a roux, (butter n' flour) as the sauce base. BUt if you feel like a shortcut then most of the packet sauces are tolerable. Hell, anything is tolerable when it is accompanied by a quality cut of beef Plus this sort of meal really benefits with the restaurant style plating up.
AMLinington Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 Personally I find that you cannot beat a well cooked quality Rib-Eye steak. Accompanied with a selection of seasonal vegetables (new potatoes with mint, sugar snap peas etc) and with the sauce of her choice A fresh made peppercorn sauce is nice, but you would ned to fiddle around with making a roux, (butter n' flour) as the sauce base. BUt if you feel like a shortcut then most of the packet sauces are tolerable. Hell, anything is tolerable when it is accompanied by a quality cut of beef Plus this sort of meal really benefits with the restaurant style plating up. Funny you mention ribeye - that Flambe sauce I mentioned is LOVELY with Rib-eye. Essentially: Bunch of spring onions, chopped, 2 cloves of Garlic A whole box of mushrooms (supermarket sized box) Veg stock Brandy Cream Fry off the steak, leave to rest, fry onions and garlic in meat-juiced-pan until soft, add mushrooms, fry down, add generous splosh of brandy, set it on fire (FLAMBE), when flames go out naturally add 1/2 a pint to 1 pint of Veg stock (I use 2 veg oxo cubes and a pint of boiling water but then LeBoyfriend and I eat the sauce with a spoon! 1 Veg Oxo and half a pint will do). Boil vigorously until the stock has reduced to almost nothing (reduced by 3/4 at least), then take off the heat and pour in cream stirring constantly to stop it separating. Add enough cream that it looks like fairly milky tea but still has some colour. Serve steak with wedges or jacket spuds and some steamed veg of your choice. We like Baby carrots, steamed Savoy cabbage steamed with butter and salt, and crunchy beans.
Bromcom_John Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 Funny you mention ribeye - that Flambe sauce I mentioned is LOVELY with Rib-eye. While this does sound mouth wateryingly nice.. I suspect that the difficulty of flambe on an electric hob will discount the choice as an option But your mention of jacket potatoe.. Always a lovely addition if done just right.. generous knob of butter.. nice creamy spuds!!
AMLinington Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 While this does sound mouth wateryingly nice.. I suspect that the difficulty of flambe on an electric hob will discount the choice as an option But your mention of jacket potatoe.. Always a lovely addition if done just right.. generous knob of butter.. nice creamy spuds!! Not at all - enough of a splosh of Brandy and a humble lighter can set it on fire. I have one of those long-necked candle/BBQ lighters. You can get them in any supermarket usually near the matches. We have a leccy hob and it goes up a treat. Give it a moment or two to get hot as it doesn't burn cold, then hold the lighter near the rim of the pan and FWOOSH
twin--turbo Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 Chilli Con Carna. And put the leftovers in the freezer for another day.. 500G Mince Red Onion, Garlic ( two cloves ) tin Chopped Tomatoes Half mug of Cola Chilli Powder to taste. Kidney beans. Tomato Pure Fry finly chopped onions and garlic, add mince brown and drain any fatty juice.. Add chopped tomatoes, simmer down. Mix 1tspn of chilli powder in the cola and throw in. Add beans and a squirt of pure. Reduce down adding pure and chilli powder to taste. Rob
LosOjos Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 So, what did you cook and more importantly did it go down well?
Disaster Posted July 18, 2012 Author Posted July 18, 2012 Ha! Well after failing miserably at getting her a decent present - which took me almost 4 hours after work (why do I always leave it this late) - I opted for a Kashmiri take away (Masala Fish!!!! yum and more...). Which she'd never had before but really liked. I've booked mark this thread as the recipes are ace, and the amount of time I spend in the dog house, I'm hoping these will get me out! Top Stuff guys!
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