Late lunch at The Fox & Hounds, Christmas Common (yes, really)…
Rare Liver and Mash (Pomme Purée really)
Monkfish and Sweet Potato chips
Followed by…
Lemon Meringue Pie
Sticky Toffee Pudding, ice-cream and custard.
Lush !
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Aberdeen Angus chilli cheeseburger.
Six oz Aberdeen Angus steak burger done on me Le Crueset cast iron griddle, toasted jumbo white bread roll, bed of chilli ketchup, finely sliced raw red onion ‘n sliced pickled jalapenos. Grilled cheese & English mustard on t’ bun top.
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Variation on last night’s Aberdeen Angus chilli cheeseburger. 
Jumbo toasted white bun, bed of chilli ketchup, finely sliced raw red onions & sliced pickled jalapenos. Two rashers of grilled smoked back bacon 
topped with rocket. Six oz Aberdeen Angus burger done on my Le Crueset cast iron griddle with grilled vintage cheddar 
cheese & English mustard on the bun top.
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I’ve been dicking about with a Pak choi, chili and ginger soup recipe for over twenty years after it was a Covent Garden soup of the month in 2003. On a hunch, I tried making it in dashi broth and I think I’ve finally nailed it.
And yes, 20 years, really. Not like week in week out but at least thirty attempts in that time. I thank the hundreds of pak choi for their sacrifice.
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Recipe?
On the understanding, I am only able to cook in bulk, it contains;
8 Pak Choi
300g spinach (you can use more pak choi but spinach is cheaper and you get a deeper green colour when you blitz it)
4 small/ 2 large onions chopped
1 large potato chopped
Half a bulb of garlic, fresh coriander, finger chilis, a big bit of stem ginger
Sesame oil
Dashi broth (I use concentrate)
Miso paste
Veg stock cube.
Salt and pepper to taste
Blend the coriander, chilli, ginger and garlic in a bit of water to create a loose paste. Chop the onions and potatoes, chop the base of each pak choi so it breaks down to leaves which can be rinsed (it’s a devil for grit) and bring a kettle of water to the boil.
Fry the onions in sesame oil and once they’re soft, add the potatoes and the paste. Once all hot, get the kettle of water in, add the miso, stock cube and dashi broth and shovel the pak choi in. Let the whole lot soften (ideally with a lid on). Add the spinach at the last minute, wilt it and blend the whole thing thoroughly. Result is vegan, low fat and- depending on how much chili and ginger you bunged in there, capable of waking the dead.
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French fries barm cakes on buttered white bread rolls. Cracked black pepper mayonnaise sea salt 'n Sarson’s vinegar ter season.
First Production Specification Mk 2 Pasta Bake in build; this is necessarily my version of a Microwave Meal as we don’t have a traditional Staff Canteen:
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Steak ragu with tagliatelle 'n salad of spring onions, baby plum tomatoes 'n rocket with a balsamic dressing & freshly shaved parmesan.
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You need to sort out your 'erb chopping !
Voted best trombone player - Jazz magazine July1967
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I have no issue with the herb status on the dish. Its fresh basil cut into thin strips… it’s doing what it does.
