Cooking: A week with AH2

Stretch said:
erm, surly you put the dumplings in and the cook the whole thing in the over for at leased 30 mins or the flour will still be raw?
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yep stick it pan, stick lid on and simmer for at least 30 mins. Or untill they are cooked.

BloomerzUK said:
Wow, will try that Mousakka.. without the mince though.. as I'm a Vegetable lover at the moment.. what could I use an alternative AH?
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Obviusly vegeteraian mince. Although i would be tempted to use mushrroms instead. Probably about a kilo of mixed mushrooms diced would work well.

Ps what's up with the forum.Won't load in FF and only half loads in Ie missing most of the avatars and other buttons.
 
Interesting thread, might have to try a few of these out. I would however have thought red wine would make a lot more sense in a beef stew? I'd only ever use white wine in a chicken or fish dish normally.
 
a1ex2001 said:
would however have thought red wine would make a lot more sense in a beef stew? I'd only ever use white wine in a chicken or fish dish normally.
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It's more of a veg stew with a little meat. If you want a proper meat stew you would need to at least double the meat and red would work brilliantly with it.
 
Absolutley love Mousakkas. But without the aubergine. Our local takeaway does then and they are gorgeous.

Anyone know knows Middlesbrough will have heard of Europa Restaurant ;)
 
Something someone else posted. Rather interesting.
Will said:
The Greeks would never use cheddar anyway (that's a lie actually as they use a cheese close to cheddar which is basically cheddar but it's the greek version (called kafelotiri, and mix it 50/50 with parmesan). The cypriots put potato in theirs too just for your edification. Also you tend to add breadcrums to the top when browning it off with the cheese. In fact it's all rather magic, and to get a good moussaka is very hard to find and most restaurants unfortunately do very generic and bland versions
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If anyone wants a healthier mossaka
Make these changes

1 tablespoon low fat sunflower spread instead of 2 tablespoons of butter
greek feta cheese instead of cheddar
lean beef mince instead of lamb

wow that's made a huge difference
 
well tonight didn't turn out quite as well as I hoped. The pork was great, the hotpot a little less well.

So I'm going to post how I would make it next time. so the pics will look slightly different to the recipe.
Braised pork and apple
Ingredients
4 pork chops
1 cox apple
1 pint of stock
2 bay leafs
1 tablespoon grain mustard
1 tablespoon flour
1 table spoon olive oil
1 large onion

Vegetable hot pot
3 leeks
1/2 a savoy cabbage
3 medium potatoes
100grams Goat cheese
100ml milk
tablespoon of thyme

Suggested Servings: 4


Method:
1) Dust the pork chops in seasoned flour and fry in a little olive oil till brown, remove and place in a oven prove dish. Add the onions to the pan and fry till lightly coloured and ass to the pork chops. Add the stock and enough water to just cover. Add in the bay leafs and mustard.
2) place in the oven at 160 for 2 hours. Mean while core the apples and fry in a touch of butter till caramelised, add to eh pork and cook for a further 30mins with the lid off.

vegetable hot pot
1) finely slice the leeks, savoy cabbage and goats cheese and place in an oven proof dish. Pour over 150ml of milk and season.
2) finely slice 3 potatoes and layer over the leek and cabbage mix. Sprinkle some thyme on top.
3) place in the oven at 160 for about 45mins.



















 
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I'll be walking to work tonight then. But still better than 3000Kcals or what ever dominoes pizza is.
Makes 35cm pizza.
Dough:
160grams plain flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
100ml warm water
1 packet of fast acting yeast

Topping
1/2 mix of bbq sauce, from earlier in the week.
1 mozeralla bull (125g)
1 red pepper
1 red onion
125g chorizo

1) place your pizza stone in the oven at full whack for 1hr
2)Mix the dough together, need for 15mins until elastic. Allow to double in size for 1hr-1 1/2hr under a damp tea towel in a warm place.
3)Roll out to the right size and leave to rest for about 15mins
4) remove pizza stone and place. Add the toppings and place back in the oven for about 7mins
















The base was nice but not amazing, shall have to try some other base recipes, or maybe it's just the flour.
 
Arjun806 said:
Pizza looks nice, I love chorizo :D
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My friend's pizza > than AH2's :p

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