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[Ken L]

Chesters, you are a culinary Philistine.
Good thread.
Will post some recipes up when I'm back in the UK.

[chesters1]

Chesters, you are a culinary Philistine.
Good thread.
Will post some recipes up when I'm back in the UK.

am i ,remove the meat and veg and drink what's left that's what the taste is overall ,you can make the same taste by not putting the meat or veg in at all ,its all a ploy to disguise the fact a "cook" needs to cover up the fact he cannot cook at all
if you want to taste beef just cook beef its obvious

the best beef i know of is salt beef its not cooked at all! as soon as you start adding ingredients with flavour you taste them not the beef
am i a philistine or is it your palette is so jaded you need a pile of spice in everything to taste what you call food?

Edited by chesters1, 21 February 2012 - 11:18 AM.

[azrael]

AH so posh gravy is a sign of a good cook and wasting money on ingredients

posh gravy is nice and so i will give you the recipe, this is the one i often put with a basic roasted bird sometimes chicken or duck but goose or turkey is good

ingrediansts for azraels posh gravy

300 ml chicken stock
200g Cranberries
large lump of unsalted butter
1 large red onion, sliced and diced
1 tiny piece of garlic (if chesters leave garlic out)
1 large table spoon of plain flour
200 ml cider or apple juice
fresh herbs thyme and rosemary are good


method to the gravy cooking

start by melting your butter in a pan over a low to medium heat

sauté the onions and garlic for around 5 minutes or until translucent in color

next slowly mix in the in the flour and simmer for another 5 minutes

next add the cider or apple juice and gently bring to the boil

then add the chicken stock and mix in well

when the sotck mixture starts to boil add th cranberries and return pot to the hob and bring to the boil again.

reduce heat to low to medium and simmer for a aditional 20 minutes or until the sauce begins to thicken to you liking

pour gravy in to serving boat and sprinkle some choped herbs on top

and the best bit pour azraels posh gravy over your plain roasted chicken or duck

[corydoras]

Chesters, you are a culinary Philistine.

You are a master of the understatement Ken.

[corydoras]

posh gravy is nice and so i will give you the recipe, this is the one i often put with a basic roasted bird sometimes chicken or duck but goose or turkey is good

ingrediansts for azraels posh gravy

300 ml chicken stock
200g Cranberries
large lump of unsalted butter
1 large red onion, sliced and diced
1 tiny piece of garlic (if chesters leave garlic out)
1 large table spoon of plain flour
200 ml cider or apple juice
fresh herbs thyme and rosemary are good


method to the gravy cooking

start by melting your butter in a pan over a low to medium heat

sauté the onions and garlic for around 5 minutes or until translucent in color

next slowly mix in the in the flour and simmer for another 5 minutes

next add the cider or apple juice and gently bring to the boil

then add the chicken stock and mix in well

when the sotck mixture starts to boil add th cranberries and return pot to the hob and bring to the boil again.

reduce heat to low to medium and simmer for a aditional 20 minutes or until the sauce begins to thicken to you liking

pour gravy in to serving boat and sprinkle some choped herbs on top

and the best bit pour azraels posh gravy over your plain roasted chicken or duck

That's not gravy, that's a sauce. Proper gravy is made by deglazing the bottom of the roasting pan.

[azrael]

That's not gravy, that's a sauce. Proper gravy is made by deglazing the bottom of the roasting pan.

roux, gravy, sauce to me are like the same but thank you for the correction and it would be good thing to glaze your roasting tin and get all those juices and its a good to saute your onions in it

not wanting to cause trouble would you be describing the instant gravy grannels just mixed with boiling water as gravy or is that called something else?

[corydoras]

glaze your roasting tin and get all those juices and its a good to saute your onions in it

I'll take your word for that

glaze your roasting tin and get all those juices and its a good to saute your onions in it

not wanting to cause trouble would you be describing the instant gravy grannels just mixed with boiling water as gravy or is that called something else?

Something else; but I couldn't possibly post it on a family friendly forum.

[azrael]

never let the juices go to waste

[grumpybum]

pan fried rabbit

1 rabbit dressed and disjointed
Salt and Pepper, to taste
3 cloves of garlic
1/3 c. flour
2 cans beef bouillon
2 chopped onion
1/4 tsp. seasoned salt
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. paprika
1/8 tsp. cayenned pepper
2 tsp of red current jelly
1 tsp. brown sugar
bacon drippings
2 tsp tomatoe paste
half a glass of port wine
half a glass of red wine

tsp = table spoon

Hold up there tsp is a teaspoon tbs is a table spoon. A biggggggggg difference.

[azrael]

Hold up there tsp is a teaspoon tbs is a table spoon. A biggggggggg difference.

that is good as you will have a much stronger taste but not good for wimps