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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C632D5.E8EA9B70 Content-Type: text/plain Will you marry me? -----Original Message----- From: Simon Wistow [mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx] Sent: 15 February 2006 18:09 To: london.food@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: [london.food] 3 recipes for valentine's day I cooked a 3 course meal for valentine's day because I'm just that special kinda guy. Here I recount you with my tails of chivarous do. The nice thing about this is that most of the stuff, except the risotto, can be made in advance and then just cooked on the night. Starter - Greg's Prawn and Mushroom Risotto ----------------------------------------------- Just like this http://drinkbroken.typepad.com/drink_broken/2005/10/prawn_and_chest.html and it was awesome. Main - Feta stuff chicken breast ----------------------------------------------- Fairly simple - I mixed together some crumbled feta, some chopped rocket (any peppery salad leaves will work) and some toasted pine nuts and then stuffed them into a chicken breast which I had cut a pocket into. A note - this is definitely one occasion to go for good quality, organic, free range, bi-weekly massaged chicken breasts - the taste makes all the the difference. To go with this I had a simple peppery leaf salad with a balsamic dressing and bundles of 5 or so pre-blanched thin green beans wrapped in a rasher of smoked streaky bacon. The chicken went in the oven at 200 degress Celcius for about 20-25 minutes in a pan with a ladle full of chicken stock. Then beans went in for 15-20 minutes depending on how crispy you want your bacon. Oddly both girlyfriend and I agreed that the beans could have done being cooked with a sprinkling of maldon sea salt flakes on them. Dessert - Raspberry wacky cake ----------------------------------------------- I used this recipe here http://www.axis-of-aevil.net/archives/2005/10/wacky_cake.html but I'm a bit of a spaz when it comes to baking as I don't get much practice. As a variation I added When I was making the batter I don't think I put in enough cocoa (I sort of ran out at 2.75 table spoons) and I put too much water in (not to mention the raspberrys would have had even more moisture). Also, the oven was at slightly too low a temperature for a while (I knocked it by accident) and so instead of taking 35 minutes to cook it was still a tiny bit too moist when I took it out of the oven over an hour later and went to bed. A brief taste this morning confirmed that it was still a little bit too gooey in the middle and there was a slight taste of flour which is, I presume because it wasn't cooked at a high enough temperature. I don't know if it was because of this or the slight lack of cocoa but it wasn't really chocolatey enough for me either. Didn't taste any raspberrys. Still, it definitely looks like something I'll want to try again soon in order to perfect. ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify TfL IM Service Desk on 08452 340 017. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Surface Transport Transport for London ********************************************************************** ------_=_NextPart_001_01C632D5.E8EA9B70 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2658.24"> <TITLE>RE: [london.food] 3 recipes for valentine's day</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Will you marry me?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Simon Wistow [<A HREF=3D"mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxx.x= rg">mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx</A>] </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: 15 February 2006 18:09</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: london.food@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: [london.food] 3 recipes for valentine's day</FO= NT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I cooked a 3 course meal for valentine's day because I'm = just that </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>special kinda guy.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Here I recount you with my tails of chivarous do. The nic= e thing about </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>this is that most of the stuff, except the risotto, can = be made in </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>advance and then just cooked on the night.</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Starter - Greg's Prawn and Mushroom Risotto</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----------------------------------------------</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Just like this</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2><A HREF=3D"http://drinkbroken.typepad.com/drink_broken/20= 05/10/prawn_and_chest.html" TARGET=3D"_blank">http://drinkbroken.typepad.co= m/drink_broken/2005/10/prawn_and_chest.html</A></FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>and it was awesome.</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Main - Feta stuff chicken breast</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----------------------------------------------</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Fairly simple - I mixed together some crumbled feta, some= chopped rocket </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>(any peppery salad leaves will work) and some toasted pi= ne nuts and then </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>stuffed them into a chicken breast which I had cut a poc= ket into. A note </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>- this is definitely one occasion to go for good quality= , organic, free </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>range, bi-weekly massaged chicken breasts - the taste ma= kes all the the </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>difference.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>To go with this I had a simple peppery leaf salad with a = balsamic </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>dressing and bundles of 5 or so pre-blanched thin green = beans wrapped in </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>a rasher of smoked streaky bacon.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>The chicken went in the oven at 200 degress Celcius for a= bout 20-25 </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>minutes in a pan with a ladle full of chicken stock. The= n beans went in </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>for 15-20 minutes depending on how crispy you want your = bacon.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Oddly both girlyfriend and I agreed that the beans could = have done being </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>cooked with a sprinkling of maldon sea salt flakes on th= em.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Dessert - Raspberry wacky cake</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----------------------------------------------</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I used this recipe here </FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2><A HREF=3D"http://www.axis-of-aevil.net/archives/2005/10/= wacky_cake.html" TARGET=3D"_blank">http://www.axis-of-aevil.net/archives/20= 05/10/wacky_cake.html</A></FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>but I'm a bit of a spaz when it comes to baking as I don'= t get much </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>practice. As a variation I added </FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>When I was making the batter I don't think I put in enoug= h cocoa (I sort of ran out at 2.75 table spoons) and I put too much water i= n (not to mention the raspberrys would have had even more moisture). Also, = the oven was at slightly too low a temperature for a while (I knocked it by= </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>accident) and so instead of taking 35 minutes to cook it = was still a tiny bit too moist when I took it out of the oven over an hour = later and went to bed.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>A brief taste this morning confirmed that it was still a = little bit too gooey in the middle and there was a slight taste of flour wh= ich is, I presume because it wasn't cooked at a high enough temperature. I = don't </FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>know if it was because of this or the slight lack of coco= a but it wasn't </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>really chocolatey enough for me either. Didn't taste any= raspberrys.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Still, it definitely looks like something I'll want to tr= y again soon in </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>order to perfect.</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <CODE><FONT SIZE=3D3><BR> <BR> **********************************************************************<BR> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and<BR> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they<BR> are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify<BR> TfL IM Service Desk on 08452 340 017.<BR> <BR> This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by<BR> MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.<BR> <BR> Surface Transport<BR> Transport for London<BR> **********************************************************************<BR> </FONT></CODE></BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C632D5.E8EA9B70--
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