tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40951523681362972642024-03-05T14:36:43.547-08:00Wokmans Food BlogWokmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971996815545746827noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095152368136297264.post-30848587300329207412013-01-20T07:01:00.001-08:002013-01-20T07:01:12.545-08:00Curly Kale with Smoked Sausage.<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: center;">
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When living in Holland I would eat this simple peasants winter dish during the colder months. It is a real winter warmer and can certainly be classed as comfort food.</div>
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Curly Kale 500 gms</div>
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Bacon lardons 150 gms</div>
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Smoked sausage (I used Mattesons smoked pork sausage)</div>
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Start by peeling the potatoes and cutting them into even sized pieces ready for boiling, cut the stalks out of the kale leaves and then chop into pieces. Boil the potatoes and kale in salted water until cooked, you can either put them both in the same pan or cook them separately. I prefer to cook them separately to keep the potatoes nice and white. Fry the bacon lardons in a dry pan until crisp and golden, then drain onto a piece of kitchen paper.<br />
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When the kale is almost cooked place the smoked sausage on top to heat it through, the smoked sausage is already cooked but does need heating up for this recipe.<br />
When the sausage is hot drain the potatoes and mash them together with a little butter to taste. Drain the kale and add to the potatoes mashing again to get the potatoes and kale through each other. <br />
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Serve the mash on a warm plate and place slices of smoked sausage on top, then sprinkle with the bacon lardons. You could arrange the slices of sausage across the mash if you wanted to, but there is no real way to make this dish look pretty. It is after all a peasants meal, but very tasty nevertheless. Pour gravy onto the plate, and there you have it.....Dutch Boerenkool met Worst.</div>
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Wokmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971996815545746827noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095152368136297264.post-85661419617223550152012-11-17T07:57:00.000-08:002012-11-17T07:57:06.217-08:00Pork Tenderloin with sautéed potatoesThis is one of my favourite dishes and has been tried and tested by
people who have read my recipe on different food forums. This one also
comes with a delicious home-made pepper sauce.<br />
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Pork tenderloin fillet 1<br />
Potatoes 600 gms<br />
Onions 2<br />
Mushrooms 200 gms<br />
Peas 200gms fresh/frozen or a can <br />
Garlic 5 cloves<br />
Rosemary 1 tsp<br />
Olive oil & butter<br />
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Cut
slits into the tenderloin about 2 cm apart and about ¾ of the way
through. Crush 2 cloves of garlic and add 1 tsp of rosemary together
with a little olive oil.Rub the mixture all over the tenderloin and set
to one side.<br />
Next peel, wash and cut the potatoes into chunks, cut
the mushrooms into halves or quarters depending on the size and peel
and slice the onions.<br />
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fry the remaining garlic in a pan with olive oil and butter to add some
flavour and then remove it from the pan, then sauté the potatoes in the
garlic infused oil and butter. Fry the mushrooms and onions when the
potatoes are almost cooked.<br />
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To cook the tenderloin simply pan fry it in hot olive oil and butter until it is brown all over, then transfer it to a hot oven
150°c for 10 mins.
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10 minutes remove the tenderloin from the oven and place on a warm
plate and cover with foil to allow the meat to rest. Put the peas on to
cook whilst the meat is resting. Now it's time to make the sauce using
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Quickly
fry off a few finely chopped mushrooms in the meat juices, grind
a teaspoon of whole peppercorns in the pestle and mortar and add to the
juices of the pan, then cook the crushed peppercorns for about 1 min.
add a splash of water to slightly de-glaze the pan, followed by about 3
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Allow to reduce ever so slightly slightly, remove from the heat and then
add double cream to get the texture of pepper sauce. Whisk everything
together over a low heat and serve over the <span class="posthilit">tenderloin</span> or transfer the sauce to a warm gravy boat for self service.</div>
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There you have it, pork tenderloin with sautéed potatoes, mushrooms, onions and peas in a pepper sauce.</div>
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Everything used is seasonal which makes it a cost effective and hearty
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Potatoes 500 gms<br />
Parsnips 2<br />
carrots 2<br />
Swede ½<br />
Celeriac ½<br />
Onions 1 (large)<br />
Beef stock cubes 2<br />
Plain flour 2 tablespoons<br />
Braising steak 300 gms<br />
Red wine ½ a glass<br />
Gravy browning 1 tsp<br />
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Remove
excess fat from the beef and cut into chunks and roughly dice the
onion, then brown the beef in a little oil and add the onions until they
are soft.<br />
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Add
about ½ a glass of full bodied red wine and allow to reduce. Then add
the flour to make a roux followed by the beef stock and about ½ a litre
of boiling water and the gravy browning. If the gravy is too thick add
more water and then cover the pan and allow everything to cook on a low
heat for 2 - 2½ hours until the meat is tender.<br />
Meanwhile chop all
the vegetables into chunks and when the meat is tender add the carrots
and swede to the pan and cook for another 10 mins. before adding the
celeriac and parsnips. If you are using waxy potatoes you can add them
now as well, but if you are using floury potatoes allow evferything to
cook for a further 10 mins. before adding them.<br />
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mins. or until all the vegetables are cooked. Serve in a warm dish with
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One of the things we are frequently asked especially by visitors from abroad, is how to make a traditional British roast dinner, or as it is more affectionately known, the Sunday roast. This is always a favourite with our kids when they come to visit, so this one is for the four of them so that they can recreate it themselves at home.</div>
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Most important of course are the fresh ingredients. We used Maris Piper potatoes, cabbage, swede, carrots, parsnips, cauliflower, broccoli, onion, garlic, rosemary and thyme. The meat was half a leg of Welsh lamb which I studded by cutting slithers of garlic and sprigs of rosemary and then using a sharp knife cut slits into the lamb and inserted the rosemary and garlic. You can of course use your favourite meat for this recipe such as pork, beef, chicken which you don't need to stud.<br />
If you want to know how I prepare pork, beef or chicken for this meal please leave a comment and I will post the method there.<br />
Start by peeling the potatoes and then par boil them for about 5 mins. in salted water whilst you stud the lamb, then drain the potatoes keeping some of the water in a jug. Let the potatoes steam dry.<br />
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Place the lamb in a roasting tin and put into a pre-heated oven (180c) whilst you peel the onion and cut it into chunks.<br />
Take 4 or 5 cloves of garlic (no need to peel) to flavour the oil in the roasting tin.<br />
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Add the potatoes, onions and garlic to the roasting tin and toss everything together to coat in the oil and juices that have now started coming from the lamb.</div>
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Now it's time to start with the vegetables and because one of the hardest things is to get the timings right we are going to pre-cook the vegetables and finish them off in the microwave so that everything is ready for dishing up at the same time.<br />
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Peel the carrots and swede and cut into even sized chunks and boil in salted water for about 10 mins. or until soft enough to mash together. Meanwhile remove the stems from the cabbage leaves and wash the leaves under cold running water. Roll the leaves together into a cigar shape and cut the leaves into strips.<br />
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Cut the cauliflower and broccoli into florets and cook in salted water until they are slightly undercooked, then remove them from the water with a slotted spoon and place into a microwaveable dish. set the water in the pan to one side as this will be used later to make the gravy. Boil the cabbage in another pan of salted water for about 5 mins. so that it doesn't overcook and still has a bit of bite to it, then drain the water and put the cabbage in the dish with the cauliflower and broccoli. Drain the carrots and swede by pouring the water into the same pan as you cooked the cauliflower and broccoli, so now you have your vegetable water ready to make the gravy. Mash the swede and carrots together with a potato masher and add the to the microwavable dish together with the other vegetables.<br />
Now make the gravy by pouring off about 4 tablespoons of roasting juices from the roasting tin into a saucepan and add about 2 heaped tablespoons of plain flour. Stir on a low heat to make a roux and allow it to bubble to cook out the flour, then gradually add the vegetable water whilst stirring all the time to get the consistency of the gravy you want. Now add 2 (lamb) stock cubes to the gravy and a splash of gravy browning. Stir well and allow to simmer on a low heat.<br />
Next peel the parsnips and cut them lengthways into quarters, remove the lamb from the roasting dish and put on a chopping board, then cover it with tin-foil and allow to rest. Put the parsnips in the roasting tray together with the potatoes and return the tray to the oven.<br />
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Plate up everything from the roasting tray and the vegetables from the microwave, place your slices of lamb on the plate. Check the gravy for seasoning and add a little salt if required, although the vegetable water used to make the gravy should have enough salt in there already. Pour the gravy onto your finished dish and serve immediately.<br />
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As this is the first entry I thought by way of experiment to post our recipe for fish pie which we had yesterday. It's one of my favourites with a delicious crusty potato topping and the fish cooked to flaky perfection.<br />
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The first thing to do is boil some potatoes with a few carrots in salted water to make a creamy mash by adding a knob of butter to the potatoes just before mashing.</div>
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The bechemel sauce is made by melting a knob of butter and adding flour to make a roux. Then add milk as you stir to avoid lumps. Season with a little chicken stock or salt if preferred. A dash of white wine finishes it off beautifully. <br />
At this stage you can allow the bechemel sauce and the mashed potatoes to cool as they will be finished off in the oven once they are combined with the the fish.<br />
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Next select the type of fish you are going to use in your fish pie. We have chosen cod, salmon and haddock. You can used smoked fish for this recipe, but we used unsmoked.</div>
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Make sure that there are no bones in the fish, otherwise remove the bones using tweezers.<br />
Then remove the skin and cut your fish into bite size chunks<br />
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It's now time to assemble the pie. Start by adding your pieces of fish to an oven-proof dish and add a handful of petit pois (optional). Pour over the bechemel sauce and gently mix everything together.<br />
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Next pipe the mashed potato onto the filling making sure to fill all gaps. You can also do this by hand and then fluff the potato up with a fork if you don't have a piping bag.<br />
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Place the fish pie into a pre-heated oven (180c) and bake in the oven for 40 to 45 minutes until the fish is cooked and the potato has a golden crust.<br />
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We had ours with fine green beans and sugarsnap peas, but you can serve it with your favourite vegetable combination of course, or just have it on it's own.<br />
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