Monday 11 February 2013

A rather strange meal and some baking.

I cooked a strange curry last night. It was actually rather nice although it could have gone either way.
I started by wondering what I could do with the last portion of the Christmas beef and some yoghurt that was nearing it's end and curry seemed the obvious choice. So I set to, frying an onion because I like the onions to be very soft in a curry.
I suppose my mistake was that I didn't check the ingredients before I started cooking, because first I found that I had a lot less beef than I thought left. what should I do? I added 3 slices of gammon that were also in the freezer. Gammon and beef curry? odd for sure. So I duly defrosted them and added them to the onions and added my curry spices and a can of tomatoes. Now for the yoghurt. Mistake number 2 - the yoghurt had gone off! I was cross, firstly because I hate to waste any food and secondly, because I like a creamy curry best. So a hunt around the fridge and cupboard unearthed a tin of coconut milk. It will do,and so the curry evolved into something else. In it went with some chilli flakes and some green beans from the freezer that I wanted to use up.
Funny how very odd mixes can end up being delicious.

I know this looks like an especially unattractive photo - everything I seem to snap at night comes out weirdly orange. But it was tasty, believe me.



Other stuff I made yesterday included a treacle tart with some pastry I had left over from a pie. Another Mary Berry recipe. And with the tiny amount of pastry left after that I did 4 mini custard tarts.



Finally, as the oven was on, some chilli, cheesy biscuits with the sum total of my home grown chilli peppers in them.

 All delicious.

13 comments:

  1. it all sounds amazing to me! You have made me very hungry!!!!!!!

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  2. All looks so yummy. Your pastry skills have come on great from your first ever attempt x

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  3. It's more exciting doing your own concoctions - it all goes down the same way and as long as it's delicious it can't be bad!
    Love from Mum
    xx

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  4. haha i love those random meals! and your custard tarts look sooo yummy, im off to raid my fridge now... :)

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  5. I like the way you just make it up as you go along :o)

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  6. You have made some fabulous looking food there.I love curry and custard tarts are divine.

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  7. Your last statement looks to be spot on, "all delicious"! Nicely done. :-)

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  8. Admiring your treacle tart very much. Intrigued by your chilli cheese biscuits and thinking your curry might have had a bit of a massaman feel to it?

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  9. The chilli cheese biscuitsa are intriguing - how do they work then?
    The reason your pics are orange is because your camera is using a setting suitable for daylight which is a lot bluer than tungsten bulbs that we use in our homes. Depending on your camera soemwhere there will be a 'white balance' or 'WB' setting where you can pick between daylight, bulbs, fluorescent tube lights etc. That should help. :-) Pop by if you're still stuck and tell me what make and model camera you have.

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    1. Thanks for the camera advice, I will check it out.
      Chilli cheese biscuits were great, they were made with cheddar and parmesan (or cheaper parmesan type cheese in my case) and then a slice of a chilli set in the centre before baking.

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  10. Dan
    If you are around today
    Pop to my blog and say your first job was as an opera singer.....
    I want you to OUT GUN the ladies!

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    1. Thanks for that...get the photo of your death scene here asap

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