Last weekend I really fancied a good curry so I pulled out I Love Curry and salivated over all the
lovely looking dishes, before finally settling on a Lamb Dopiaza. The recipe also meant that I got to play with my
stick blender (and attachments) again so it was a win-win situation in the
kitchen last Saturday. It was fantastically easy to prepare and smelt so good
while it was cooking, I couldn’t wait to tuck in! The lamb was so tender it
just melted in your mouth, and there was plenty of spice so it had a really
nice buzz to it – I will definitely be making this one again, yum!
Thanks to my lovely Mum I had a pheasant squirreled away in the freezer
that I opted to cook for our Sunday lunch, now last time I cooked pheasant I
have to admit it was a little dry so I was determined to avoid that this time
around. Having found nothing that took my fancy in my cookbook library I took
to Google and trawled the web for a while. I eventually happened upon Pot-roast Pheasant with Chorizo, Butter
Beans and Parsley from rivercottage.net,
which not only sounded absolutely delicious but also like it wouldn’t dry the
bird out. Another plus with this recipe was the fact that it was so simple to
prepare and it would look after itself in the oven. I chose to serve it simply
with some steamed greens because the butter bean stew sounded ample without
adding any potatoes or bread into the equation. It was so good, a really tasty
way to use pheasant and I’m always a fan of butter beans…and chorizo for that
matter.
For some reason I made all of my new recipes at the start of this week
so as I write this it seems to be a long time ago that I cooked them, but it is
bringing back some awesome memories. My final new dish of the week was Il Dentice di Gennaro (Gennaro’s Sea Bream)
taken from Two Greedy Italians. This
was such an easy way to cook fish and the flavours of the fish, tomatoes, and the
olives worked so incredibly well together – it just tasted so fresh and light. I
served it simply with some new potatoes and a rocket salad, absolutely scrummy!
Recipe Count: 32
Target: 52
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