Spatchcock poussain with Sambal Oelek

Administrator — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:49:46 +0000

Tonight I am experimenting

I got a nice poussain, that had already been spatchcocked. Although thats dead simple to do yourself.

For the marinade, one or two garlic cloves bashed with some sea salt spread on the chicken. Then some generous spoons of Sambal Oelek spread over the skin. You could use harissa, piri piri anything spicey I want this quite fiery.

I am roasting the bird on top of some roughly chopped green and red peppers and spainish onion. Then just serve it with cold beer and hot french fries, maybe some salad if I can be bothered with healty stuff tonight

Fresh horseradish

Administrator — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:01:47 +0000

I can’t find fresh horseradish in Cheltenham at all.

Pretty stupid really, our national dish is roast beef and we can’t even buy fresh horseradish in a supermarket. Annoying.

If anyone knows where to buy it let me know

Parsley

Administrator — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:27:37 +0000

I love using parsley as a salad leaf.

Just made a small salad / salsa with lots of chopped fresh tomato and a big bunch of parsely. Olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Parsley and lemon work so well together.

Sea Bass for dinner :)

Administrator — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:20:16 +0000

M & S sea bass fillets. Always good.

With some form of risotto I think, better check what we have in

Cheese Olympics in Cheltenham

Administrator — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:17:34 +0000

Ok I must admit to being a bit thick. My previous cheese week post was very under researched.

The main focs of this cheese week is bloody Cheltenham, about 2 mins from where I live.

See BBC link here.

Good luck to the local cheese makers up for awards.

Good Italian deli in Cheltenham

Administrator — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:26:03 +0000

Someone should open one, because although there are a few ok places. No one is quite doing it right yet.

Hmm maybe I should do it myself, but I am not Italian

Britsh Cheese Week

Administrator — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:48:41 +0000

Apparently its Bristish cheese week. Good time to try out some of the great local cheeses.

Some Cerney goats cheese with some nice crusty bread and some nice tomoato or chilli pickle.

Queens hotel lunch offer

Administrator — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:17:33 +0000

The queens hotel. Is having a lunch offer at the moment in their new(ish) Napier room.

2 courses for Â£10. I think I might check it out in the next day or so. I will report back with either a full review or mini review

Jamie Olivers polenta recipe.

Administrator — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:06:04 +0000

This was the recipe he did for polenta on Richard and Judy.

I am not a big fan of polenta. And to be honest I was a bit disappointed again. It was ok but I think I over salted it a little.

We had it as a base then a piece of grilled salmon and tomatoes grilled with olive oil and basil. All nice but in the end I would prefer nice mash instead

Sultana and vanilla muffins

Administrator — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:32:10 +0000

Made them this morning. Very tasty.

I am not a great baker at all! But muffins aren’t too hard. Not good for you though