Hollandaise Sauce.
OK, I haven't been around lately, too busy on the ambulance corps! So I decided I hadn't had eggs benedict lately and thought I would give it a go. Not an English muffin anywhere though! Even tried a bakery. Ended up with toasted 'Slimbos' a Pat the Baker concoction. they were already cut across, so toaster friendly. Bought some ready made Hollandaise sauce. First mistake. My excuse was that it was Schwartz brand - suppliers of herbs and spices to the world. All of them excellent. So, thought I, surely their hollandaise would be as beautiful, succulent, thick and enjoyable. Wrong! Watery and flavourless. Awful. Had to use a spoon, but could have used a straw to eat it. Always disappointed by sauces. Lidl had, I don't know if they still have, some small cartons of sauces. Their hollandaise was as hollandaise in cartons ought to be. Pretty darn good. Not as good as fresh but hey, who wants to slave making a sauce in the mornings. Not me, I'm a morning hater! Ah well. Tomorrow? Haven't an idea until I wake up - shakshuka? Falafels? Curry? Ideas?
Friday 19 June 2015
Tuesday 19 May 2015
Australian Breakfast!
Meat pie!! With a gravy to die for! I have heard of reductions in gravy and sauces but this one was intense!!
Saturday 16 May 2015
Israeli Breakfast!
Home made falafels with a tomato salad with an Irish twist - add salad cream!!!
Chop an onion and fry til tender with a teaspoonful of chopped garlic.
Tin of chickpeas, washed and crushed in a bowl - I used the potato masher.
! teaspoon each of mixed herbs, coriander and cumin flakes. Mix.
add in cooked onion and garlic. Mix.
Add an egg and mix.
Using your hands roll six balls of the mix, flatten them and fry them for about three minutes each side until golden - y on the outside.
Serve with salad and salad cream!!
Chop an onion and fry til tender with a teaspoonful of chopped garlic.
Tin of chickpeas, washed and crushed in a bowl - I used the potato masher.
! teaspoon each of mixed herbs, coriander and cumin flakes. Mix.
add in cooked onion and garlic. Mix.
Add an egg and mix.
Using your hands roll six balls of the mix, flatten them and fry them for about three minutes each side until golden - y on the outside.
Serve with salad and salad cream!!
Friday 15 May 2015
Carluccios - Review
I was in Carluccio's last evening and had a
CHICKEN LIVER PATE Starter!
Homemade smooth chicken liver pate, toasted ciabatta bread and onion relish.
This was followed by a
LOBSTER SPAGHETTI
Lobster tossed in spaghetti with crab, fresh tomato, basil and chilli. Listed as a new menu item.
The starter was delicious and the lobster spaghetti was disappointing - little portion and short on flavour sadly.
Disappointed overall. Service excellent, Italian Beer cold and hit the spot. Expensive for what it turned out to be.
I was particularly sad because I was at a banquet in Wembley after the Three Tenors concert some years ago that was catered by Antonio Carluccio and I expected the same standard. It wasn't.
I was particularly sad because I was at a banquet in Wembley after the Three Tenors concert some years ago that was catered by Antonio Carluccio and I expected the same standard. It wasn't.
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