Your pièce de résistance

[Russinating]

What's your pièce de résistance, both as a day-to-day meal and a special?

My day-to-day would be a linguine with pancetta, courgettes and a white sauce with parmesan.

My special occasion/guest meal would probably be a pulled pork bap with coleslaw and wedges, or a paella for a more cutlery-friendly dish.

Oh and by day-to-day I mean something that you cook a couple of times a week, doesn't cost a lot, and you just do it for you and your other half as a normal meal.

 

[JoeF1]

Special i make Risotto or a Gordan Ramsey recipe. Its Duck with red wine sauce and garlic pak choi. Its delish!

On a day to dayish, has to be sausage and creamed mash with onion gravy or spag ball. Hmm Mmm..

 

[pingwing]

I make a mean mac and cheese...

 

[BigT]

Day-to-day is my Parpadelle con ragu. Make the pasta from scratch and then a pork/veal ragu. I tend to make both the pasta and sauce up in big batches and then freeze both in portions. I was amazed how well pasta dough takes to freezing actually.

My special I would probably make every day if it weren't for the calories so it only comes out once in a while. Tiramisu - its not that hard to make but a bit of a faff with the recipie I use because I have to go through a lot of bowls.

Both recipies are passed down through family rather than cookbooks.

 

[Maccapacca]

Ragu from Gary Rhodes, takes 3 hrs just to be edible and awesome the next day and day after, beef pancetta red wine celery carrots milk etc etc

 

[Pestilence]

My Chilli con Carne. Only time I get to hear the wife say that something "hurts so good".

 

[booyaka]

Regular - a good carbonara/home made chilli

Special - Sirlon/Fillet Steak with Gratin Dauphinois and honey glazed roasted veg.

 

[PapaLazaru]

Daily - Fish Pie (Jamie Oliver recipe). It is quite complex as there are a number of elements to be done at the same time but it is extra special. I try and do it once a week, but it is quite fattening.

Special - Pakistani Goat Curry with potatoes (Madhur Jaffrey Recipe). Takes around 5 hours from start to finish and stinks out the house but really is sublime.

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Rack of Lamb coated with Ras El Hanout, with a honey shiraz reduction. Usually served with rosemary potatoes and root vegetables.

My regular meal would probably be chilli or lamb dansak.

 

[oulton]

All sound very tasty.

I tend to try and expand my reportoire constantly so I dont often repeat dishes more than once a month.

But for weekdays though, well I cooked a chicken korma last night which the misses lapped up! I like my kormas to be quite spicy but offset by the creamyness so there is always a good kick. All made from scratch using fresh produce, with toasted almonds on top and served with home made garlic bread

For weekends me and the misses like to do something special. It could be anything from a lamb shanks with red wine and rosemary reduction, confit potatoes and roast seasonal veg, to halibut on a butterbean, chorisio and scotch stew, to lobster thermidore.

We love food

 

[PapaLazaru]

My regular meal would probably be chilli or lamb dansak.

Have you got a recipe for our dhansak Bennie? Love eating it but never tried cooking it.

 

[DirtyJester]

Daily - Fish Pie (Jamie Oliver recipe). It is quite complex as there are a number of elements to be done at the same time but it is extra special. I try and do it once a week, but it is quite fattening.

Special - Pakistani Goat Curry with potatoes (Madhur Jaffrey Recipe). Takes around 5 hours from start to finish and stinks out the house but really is sublime.

Huh... what about the beans on toast?

 

[tom_nieto]

I try to keep my "signature dishes" as simple as possible so I can make them in the week too. Chilli con carne, spag bol, jerk chicken and a couple of curry recipes are easily made in large quantities at the start of the week and can be eaten either as awesome tasty lunches to make your co-workers jealous or as dinner for a few nights.

Food in a real hurry has to be either spaghetti carbonara or chicken kadhai (Madhur Jaffrey).

Easy entertaining could be either jerk chicken, rice and pea, fajitas with freshly made guacamole or a lamb rogan josh.

Tried my first boeuf en croute tonight which was a spectacular success, so tasty! I will definitely make a larger version in the near future for a dinner party.

 

[Russinating]

Special - Pakistani Goat Curry with potatoes (Madhur Jaffrey Recipe). Takes around 5 hours from start to finish and stinks out the house but really is sublime.

Have a recipe and any tips as to where to buy goat?

 

[Belmit]

Day-to-day: Chicken, chorizo and mushroom risotto. Loads of white wine, parmesan and parsley. Delish.

Special: Thai green curry from scratch.

 

[PapaLazaru]

Huh... what about the beans on toast?

**** off.

Have a recipe and any tips as to where to buy goat?

I found the exact recipe online - http://whattocooktoday.com/pakistani-goat-curry.html

As for the Goat, I only managed to get it twice when a local butcher had it in. Tastes just as good with lamb and I would imagine beef as well. You can reduce the cooking time a bit as well as Goat is tougher meat.

It does not look like much, but I can assure you the flavour is divine. I just serve it as it is sometimes with a chapati or naan.

 

[tom_nieto]

Special: Thai green curry from scratch.

I've not done a Thai curry in ages, must make an effort! I have made the paste from scratch before but find the ready made stuff combined with a bit of extra ginger and lemongrass easier for most situations, and usually stands up to the taste test!