
2013年3月25日 星期一
white pottery have done to Steph
Take, for instance, their Pea and Bacon Barley risotto, which they insist is practical for students on a budget. They are aware that risotto by its lexical content is a rice dish, this is however an ancient idea which is most similar to its Italian counterpart.
Slice an onion finely into cubes, this can be done very easily in a food processor, then slice into lardons a few good rashers of streaky bacon. Put a medium sized saucepan onto a brisk heat, then put in a little butter, and when it begins to foam, put in the bacon. When you have rendered some of the fat out, subject the onions to the heat of the pan. They should melt down relatively quickly. In home display When they have, add a splash of cider (Yorkshire as God’s own country has magnificent apples and therefore cider, make use of it) and scrape off all the baked on sediment wherein resides the flavour. Then put in two good handfuls of washed pearl barley. Which is dirt cheap.
Cover with stock, or water, and leave on a low heat covered until it’s done in about ten to twenty minutes. Stir occasionally to make sure it doesn't stick. When it’s done, which you will know by tasting the grains and if they are at a point where you would like to eat them, they're done, add a cup of pea puree and serve. This would produce a bright green and delicious dish, which is gorgeous.
The pea puree could be last night’s soup rather happily. See here for that recipe or do without and just add a large amount of frozen peas when you add the stock.
The news that some students would find the making of pea puree too arduous, shocked and appalled the entire kitchen brigade, needless to say, leading to the divulging of this advice. He says to simply “clean as you go”, which isn’t hard and will make you look as if you know what you’re doing, which eventually with practice will become truth. However, it is rather easier to say that when you have a pot washer to do the washing for you! It is sensible advice nonetheless.
On the topic of presentation, I observe that it is obscene how edible their food looks. Hodkins just, with effortless nonchalance, says, it's “utilising the plate well.” Which is easier said than done, but if you do pay attention to height, colour and size (which sounds like the three things that could be a common theme found in the diary of many students) then you should end up with a plate or bowl of food which should look somehow edible.
It is at this point that his sous-chef, now in his absence steady hand at the wheel, Steph Walker states, Home energy monitor “And don’t use Old Willow.” I have cleaned that statement up, a lot. I do not know what the manufacturers of that style of blue and white pottery have done to Steph, but evidently it is a great wrong. She does have a point, that clean, white plates best show off the brilliance of producer, chef and pot-washer. Pity the pot-washer.
She along with some spirited opinions on crockery also gives a recipe for macaroni cauliflower cheese and bacon; boil salted water, put in four handfuls of macaroni, turn down to a simmer. When five minutes have elapsed add small florets of cauliflower. You can buy them already segmented if you are that lazy, otherwise you can very simply take a small cauliflower and cut it up into neat little flower heads.
Remove the leaves first then cut into the stalk diagonally removing the core of the head. From there on you can easily cut out little florets. Perhaps it is because it has so many heads that Mark Twain called it a cabbage with a college education, perhaps because it has a more refined flavour, either way it is suitably cheap for student use.
When the pasta and the cauliflower are cooked about seven minutes hence, but check with a fork yourself, drain. Dry the pan and put back on the hob, chop a little bacon into lardons, and fry in a little butter, when it's crisped to your desired brittleness or squididity, sprinkle over enough flour to absorb the fat- ideally you will cook the flour out carefully to pale beige- then add a little milk, stirring all the while to make a white sauce, about 250 ml will do but more or less is probable. When you have a viscous white fluid turn the heat down, add as much cheese as macaroni and stir until it is melted into the sauce. It goes without saying, use a good cheese.

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