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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Kake L Pugh wrote: > On Thu 16 Feb 2006, Rev Simon Rumble <simon@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >> My valentine only got one course, but I did something interesting. > > I got steak and home-made chips and brussels tops. Then trifle. > steak: Take a filet steak. season. put on hot grill pan cook briefly. serve on a warm plate brussel tops: take 4 brussel tops. tak eof crap leaves. chop good leaves and centre bit roughly. removing the stalk. pick of a couple of the underdeveloped sprouts if you want. heat some olive oil and butter in a pan to a high heat. chuck in chopped tops. cook for 10 minutes then turn down to low/medium heat leave for about 15 minutes. stir occassionaly. chips: take several potatoes. peel. halve. chop each half into 4 slices lenghtwise. chuck in a roasting tin. liberaly sprinkle over salt, pepper then spices of your choice. last night i did chipotle powder. i have used other spices at other times. then drizzle with copious amounts of olive oil. put in a preheated oven at 200C. after 30 minutes give them a shake around and a prod. in another 30 minutes they should be ready. serve with vinegar and ketchup and mayonaise if your feeling in the mood. > Gin trifle. With jelly. > get some trifle sponges. i made my own by taking a sponge recipe and just doing them in muffin tray instead of in a 7inch cake tray thing. i also added slighty more egg which made them less moist i think. which is what you want form a trifle sponge i think. cut them into pieces spread with lime marmalade. place in a glass. apply gin and freshly squeezed lime. i probably didnt add enough gin. pour over most of a can of ambrosia devon custard. (i would normally make my own but i had used all that for the sherry trifle i was making.) put in the fridge for a bit. make some jelly. following the instructions on the packet. let it set slighlty. put over the custard. put it back inthe fridge to finish setting. this should all be done at least the night before you want to serve it. on the night get some double cream whip it. when its turned into whipped cream fold in a combination of lime juice, sherry and sugar. making sure the sugar is fully dissolved in the liquid before adding. put in a piping back and pipe out into pretty shapes. serve. -- Bob Walker http://www.randomness.org.uk/ watch out for the attack armadillos!There's stuff above here
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