Cooking Thread!

[Solowka]

Anybody got any good recipes they wouldnt mind posting?

Im just bored with my usual curry, chili, lasagne diet lol.

Any contribution would be gratefully appreciated

[RLJ]

2 slices of bread lightly toasted, lavish butter over them, meanwile in a pan heat up one can of baked beans until piping hot and pour lovingly over toast sprinkle with a little worcester sauce. ENJOY.

[Solowka]

lol, excellent, but that one is my pièce de résistance of my culinary skills

[iancognito]

That's strange, I expected you to eat them straight out of the tin!

[Solowka]

That's strange, I expected you to eat them straight out of the tin!

I do when i`ve no bread in or to drunk to toast

[Celestine]

Really amazing cheap dish

1 tin tuna
Pasta (any shape)
1 medium hot green chili
Cherry tomatoes
salt n ground black pepper
Olive oil

Cook pasta in salted water. Whilst cooking, de-seed and finely chop up chili, rough chop cherry toms.
when pasta is cooked, drain, return to low heat.

Chuck in olive oil, tuna, toms and chili, salt n pepper. Stir about for a couple of mins.

Can also have crushed fresh garlic and lemon juice if your feeling flash.

Cheap, quick, unusual ...........delicious.

[Solowka]

Nice one, cheers cet, might try that tomorrow as ive got the ingredients in already despite payday being 3 days away lol

[RLJ]

110g/4oz peas frozen will do
½ pint vegetable stock
large splash of double cream
salt and freshly ground black pepper
handful of basil leaves
1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
double cream, to serve
cracked black pepper, to serve

Method
1. Place the peas in a saucepan and pour over the hot stock. Add the cream, seasoning, basil leaves and garlic to the pan and bring to the boil.
2. Reduce the heat and simmer gently for 10-12 minutes.
3. Transfer the soup to a liquidiser and blend together until smooth.
4. Return to the heat to warm through.
5. Ladle the soup into a serving bowl and swirl the cream. Sprinkle with cracked black pepper to serve.

Yummy i love this

[Solowka]

excellent, i`ll post my lasagne recipe

Bolognaise Sauce

500g minced beef
150g mushrooms
2 large green peppers
1 large red pepper
2 medium onions
1 tin of tomatoes (400g)
100g tomato puree
1 beef stock cube
150ml red wine
150ml water
½ tsp mixed herbs
½ tsp parsley
½ tsp chives
2 cloves garlic

Cheese Sauce

75g butter
75g flour
700mls milk
200g grated cheese


And pre-cooked Lasagne pasta


METHOD -

Bolognaise Sauce

1) Fry beef for 3-4 mins, breaking up and stirring all the time. Drain and place in saucepan
2) Dice red and green peppers, slice mushrooms and chop onions, fry in olive oil until soft, drain and add to saucepan.
3) Crush/chop garlic and add to saucepan
4) Make up stock with water and beef cube. Add wine and stir in tomato puree, pour into saucepan with tinned tomatoes and herbs, cover and simmer for an hour.

Cheese Sauce

1) Melt butter over a low heat
2) Very slowly add the flour, stirring continuosly until a smooth paste is achieved. Cook gently for 2 mins
3) Gradually add milk ensuring that the sauce does not go lumpy. Allow to boil, stirring in the cheese.

To make up

1) Starting with a layer of bolognaise sauce followed by pasta and then cheese sauce, build up layers in the dish finishing with a layer of cheese sauce, spinkle grated cheese over the top.
2) Place in the centre of oven 180c/350f or gas mark 4 for 45 mins

[Delta]

2 slices of bread lightly toasted, lavish butter over them, meanwile in a pan heat up one can of baked beans until piping hot and pour lovingly over toast sprinkle with a little worcester sauce. ENJOY.

Forget the Worcester sauce and throw a fried egg on top, lovely :slayer:

That's the only meal I make that doesn't go ping

[RLJ]

What about grated cheese on top and whack it under the grill for a couple of mins then fried egg then Worcester sauce

[Solowka]

and bacon MMMMMMM......Im getting hungry now

[RLJ]

couple of sausages and some black pudding,

[Delta]

What about grated cheese on top and whack it under the grill for a couple of mins then fried egg then Worcester sauce

Blimey, that's a bit posh!

[RLJ]

lets just have a big fry up!