What've we got then people? Give me your joys of excessive calories to celebrate the end of the working week.
It was drawn to my attention that I've not done a Greggs festive bake yet, so I think I need to rectify that shortly. Probably with the traditional sausage roll chaser
What we having then?
I can recommend the Maccy D's festive double big mac which I had the other day and made me feel like I'd eaten a cow
Light lunch today - going to ride shortly.
Black pudding and fried tomatoes on toast, mince pie, chocolate. Athlete stuff, I know.
Pigs in blanket butty with brown sauce followed by a mince pie*
*the last thing I will likely taste for the day after microwaving it for 5 seconds too long and turning the centre of it hotter than the surface of the sun.
I have a sausage roll in front of me. From the outstanding Robinson's in Stockbridge.
Which is nice.
Not sure about tea but I shall be roasting my own pork scratchings this afternoon, which will largely suffice. 🙂
I've got a bowl of...
long grain & wild rice
lentils
quinoa
cous cous
chicken
olives
tomatoes
carrots
broccoli
spinach & rocket leaves
probably just enough nutrition in there to make Binners vomit!!
Not sure about tea but I shall be roasting my own pork scratchings this afternoon, which will largely suffice
Mate did that last week - somewhat against the spirit of this thread he used one of those air fryers, but damn they were good. And very fatty 🙂
Porridge with sliced bananas
Smoked salmon with scrambled eggs on toast
@pondo tell me more!
Super-easy to do! 🙂
1 - Off to your butchers and buy a kilo of pork rind
2 - Put a litre of water and 50g of salt in a bowl
3 - Cut your rind into larger-than-scratching-sized strips, as they shrink when you cook them
4 - Introduce strips to brine and leave in the fridge for 24 hours (I cover the bowl with cling film as they do not smell super-appetising...)
5 - Heat the oven to 200 degrees with a big old metal dish in it
6- While that's heating up, drain the brine and allow the strips to dry off a bit.
7 - Bang the strips in the hot pan for an hour or so, stirring every ten minutes or so. Be warned - they will pop and spit like buggery (today is my first try with a roasting dish with a lid on, to reduce the oven-cleaning overhead - keep you posted). An hour's a guideline, just use your judgement, but a bit underdone is better than a bit over.
8 - Take em out and whack them onto a mountain of kitchen towel to cool, then add salt to taste - they'll still be a bit softer and chewy until they cool. I like em like that. 🙂
If you have any to store, line some tuppaware with kitchen towel and keep em in the fridge. I understand they don't keep well, but mine don't last long enough for that to be an issue. 😉
Great minds Binners! I had a double big mac for lunch - delivered to my door inside 30 minutes, without physically speaking to another human. What a time to be alive!
Beef ramen from Wagamama via Deliveroo for me...
Oh, good luck - ours are nom-nom-nommy tonight! 🙂
@pondo thanks, sounds like an interesting project.
I spotted this in Aldi today...
https://www.aldi.co.uk/luxury-pulled-pork-pancetta-cracker/p/707203436384000
Looks awesome but clashes with my diet.
We had an all-in for two from my favourite chops house - Blacklock, but at at home...
https://shop.theblacklock.com/
I am most content 🙂
Aldi Sloe Gin Mince Tart.
That pulled pork cracker will need to be tried.
Might have to make my ultimate sausage rolls later, the OH is asking for them on a daily basis now!
Your favourite sausages - skins removed
a grated onion (much better finely grated then chopped)
Herbs of your choice
finely diced black pudding
salt and pepper and squidge it all together
chill to make it easier to handle
wrap it in parma or serrano ham then wrap it in puff pastry (I use Delia's quick puff pastry recipe for this)
Egg wash to seal and give a nice glaze then bake at 180/190 for 25 mins
Apparently they are very nice - I wouldn't know they don't last long enough for me to get one 🙁
@sprootlet that sounds like a great project for this week, coincidentally got a couple of morcillas (Spanish black pudding) in the fridge, too...
I've tried the Aldi pulled pork cracker, its like a giant spicy sausage roll. Couldn't manage a full one.