Recipe creation thread

Burnsy2023 · 16 May 2011 at 12:26

So, we tried this a good while ago with some success, so I thought this would be some fun.

The Rules:

You must use the 5 ingredients listed.
You can use reasonable 'larder' ingredients such as stock, garlic etc. What is reasonable will be judged by other members, but I would suggest that the 5 main ingredients must be the primary flavours.
The top 5 ingredients will change when we get bored.
Post the full list of ingredients and pics if possible for other people to try.
Be creative as possible.
Anyone who cooks your recipe must rate it out of 10 on the following criteria: Creativity, ease of making, flavour and time to make (so 40 is the highest score achievable)
The 5 ingredients cannot cost more than £10 combined.
It must be one dish.

The first set of 5 ingredients:

White Potatoes
Pork Belly
Portabello Mushrooms
Pine Nuts
Courgette

I'm going to give this a go sometime this week and see what I come up with.

Edit: To give people an idea of what to expect, this is what I'm going to do:
Roasted Pork Belly stuffed with mushrooms and pine nuts, potato gratin and courgette crisps. (Recipe and pics to follow)

mangobreeder · 16 May 2011 at 12:44

Roast Belly of Pork with Boulangere Potatoes

Score the Skin of the pork belly with a Stanley knife, rub in salt pepper and rosemary, and stick in the oven

Cut the Potatoes into rounds, and fry gently for 5 in in butter and garlic.
Slice the courgettes into rounds, and set aside.
Chop the mushrooms into large slices and fry
Chop 2 Onions into rounds.

Layer the potatoes, courgettes, onions and mushrooms, in a large rectangle oven dish
Cover in Hot vegetable stock, a stick in the over for 30 mins.

eat the pine nuts as a quick snack, while waiting for it to all cook.

Glaucus · 16 May 2011 at 12:46

That cries out for gnocchi with slow roasted pork belly in a White wine/cream/mushroom sauce and just some toasted pine nuts for texture.

randomshenans · 16 May 2011 at 13:08

I think the toasted pine nuts would be lost with the crackling from the pork belly, assuming that you'd crisp the skin. Sings rolled pork belly to me with that stuffing.

Burnsy2023 · 16 May 2011 at 13:10

mangobreeder said:
eat the pine nuts as a quick snack, while waiting for it to all cook.

You gotta use all the ingredients somehow.

randomshenans · 16 May 2011 at 13:18

Has to be rolled pork belly stuffed with sage, mushrooms, garlic and crushed pine nuts.

Courgettes are a bit meh mind. Thinking on that one. Be crap for a pureé as they are all water really. I'd do a potato gratin though, if you class cream as a larder ingredient.

I may do courgettes with a hint of lemon, just to cut through the fattiness of the belly.

Burnsy2023 · 16 May 2011 at 14:24

I'd consider cream as a larder ingredient.

mangobreeder · 16 May 2011 at 16:07

Burnsy2023 said:
You gotta use all the ingredients somehow.

even when adding the ingredient would ruin the dish

Burnsy2023 · 16 May 2011 at 16:10

mangobreeder said:
even when adding the ingredient would ruin the dish

The point of the thread is to be creative. If it ruins the dish, you need to think up another dish.

randal · 16 May 2011 at 16:22

Chunky black pepper mash potato and deep fried courgette in there somewhere, mushroom sauce for the pork...

God I'm hungry now!