Long Weekends Are For Cooking

[trashpony]

I made a baked cheesecake yesterday with a hobnob and toasted hazelnut base and strawberries piled on top with strawberry coulis.

People were impressed. Not least me

 

[pembrokestephen]

I love having the extra day, it gives me license to spend a whole day pottering around in the kitchen. I've already made sage and onion focaccia (recipe available on request):

And now I have a quiche lorraine in the oven. I even made the shortcrust pastry myself! *proud*

Tonight I'm doing an Irish Stew with mutton.

How about you?

I made a spinach and puy lentil lasagne yesterday, but with far too much sauce left over.

So, tonight, my sous-chef and I put together some wholemeal shortcrust pastry, and caramelised some leeks. The leeks went into the bottom of the pie, covered with a thin layer of Cheddar cheese, onto which the spinach-and-lentil filling went. The whole lot was covered with small bits of mild farmhouse goat's cheese, and a layer of mozzarella.

Mmmmmm!

 

[Orangesanlemons]

That foccacia looks good, but I will say that fresh yeast makes all the difference if you can get hold of it.

I used a fairly similar recipe but folded the foccacia over so it's kind of like a filled bread. Walnuts and blue cheese went well, as did brie, rocket and sun-dried tomatoes. The most popular filling was pan-fried garlic mushrooms with cheddar (a really good one like Montgomerys). Slice or cube it, serve warm and bob's yer uncle. Fresh, warm bread impresses like nothing else.
I'd be about 3 stone heavier if I still made it on a daily basis.

 

[Badger Kitten]

What manner of cheese? Such things are important.

A crumbly Lancashire, a sharp cheddar and fat black grapes, with rose wine.

 

[winterinmoscow]

I made some Jerk Lamb on Friday with Rice N'beans. Then today I made some aubergine curry.

 

[zenie]

no no no

Long weekends are for sleeping and having sex.*

*Having sex with someone else that is

 

[mrsfran]

I made a baked cheesecake yesterday with a hobnob and toasted hazelnut base and strawberries piled on top with strawberry coulis.

People were impressed. Not least me

As would I be, that sounds lovely.