So I
thought my winter blog project this year would be is to take Jamie on with his 15 minute meals.
My friend
JT tried with her friends Rose and Frank and they reckoned took 30 minutes.
My
daughter in law Helen has given some of the recipes a go and mmmm she put out a
challenge. Can anybody do this?
I can do this... I thought.
I have both series on my ipad
So the plan was to get mis en place and then cook along with the video
I bought the stopwatch app for my phone
and off I started
By the way it was delicious. We both loved it
So for the
first one I made Mushroom Fafalle
I got my
mis en place, by the way this was getting together all of he ingredients not any actual cooking or chopping.
BUT I don't have a garlic crusher, as I don't like them and I did peel the garlic, Chopping it took quite a bit of time
BUT I don't have a garlic crusher, as I don't like them and I did peel the garlic, Chopping it took quite a bit of time
Getting all the stuff together took
about 7-8 minutes
So I didn't count that I only timed the actual cooking
He does that
Jamie doesn't really give you quantities so I guessed
That's not too hard though
I made a
couple of changes to the recipe.
I don't want this to be an expensive challenge
So if I haven't got an ingredient at the time I would substitute
I didn't have any baby spinach.
So I cut some
cabbage into small triangles and blanched it in salted water and drained it.
Set aside to cool
He used the spinach straight frpm the bag so he had a heads up on that.
Didn't feel that was cheating
He used the spinach straight frpm the bag so he had a heads up on that.
Didn't feel that was cheating
It was
delicious, so sweet... also Jamie had hazel nuts, I substituted cashews
I am going to make this salad again. It is delicious.
Blanching the cabbage, as Marco says, is 'Genius'
I had to
pause a couple of times as didn't have everything ready
Like I forgot to sort the mortar and pestle
and I hadn't got the food processor ready
Like I forgot to sort the mortar and pestle
and I hadn't got the food processor ready
Funnily
enough, I thought I had everything
Must be more diligent next time
So I set up
the iPad and my timer
Here are
the ingredients
This made enough for 4 people, I froze the leftovers for a dinner in the future
Good slurp Olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
250 gms Mushrooms
25 gms Dried
mushrooms
Boiling
water
3 cloves
garlic peeled and finely chopped
Salt and
pepper
Thyme
leaves
1 tsp Chili
flakes
About 100 gms Sour cream
Zest of 1 Lemon
Handful of chopped parsley
Fafalle Pasta 100 gms per person
Salad for 2 people cant keep that
Blanched
cabbage
Cashews
1/2 Grated
apple
50 gms Blue cheese
French
Dressing
You need all you pans on the stove over med heat and a jug of boiling water to hasten things up
First cover the dried mushrooms in boiling water to soften and get a stock
Place pasta into well salted boiling water
Cook about 8-9 minutes
Add olive oil to a frying pan to start off.
Add mushrooms
Just break them up no need to finely chop
It's a rustic dish
Add garlic, S & P and chili flakes and thyme leaves
Toss around and cook about 2 minutes
Meanwhile add nuts to a small pan just to toast lightly to get the maximum flavour
Add soaked dried mushrooms and their stock to the panCook them down
Start to prepare the salad
Take nuts out of pan and crush them not too small in a mortar and pestle
Put your greens (in my case blanched cabbage)
onto a platter
Grate apple over the top
Put little knobs of blue cheese on top and
sprinkle with crushed nuts
Set aside
Back to mushrooms
Place in food processor and give them a whiz till reasonably smooth
Back into pan
Thin down with a little of the pasta water
keep a bit more of the pasta water if needed, to thin down the sauce
Pasta should be ready
Drain and add to pan
Add sour cream
Toss to mix
Zest lemon
Chop parsley
Mix together
Put 1/2 of this into the pasta
Toss well
Pile onto platter
Garnish with remainder of parsley and lemon
Pour some french dressing over salad
Below Jamie's version
Serve
So I paused
a couple of times. as I said, I'd forgotten to set out some bits and pieces
So I think it took me about 20 minutes plus the mis en
place
5-6 minutes
So this was
an easy dish
Couldn't do it in 15 minutes though
Keen to see
whatt happens next time
2 comments:
Wandered on to your blog to see what you did with the FoodLovers meringues and got distracted! I've been reading backwards and really enjoying your takes on Jamie's 15 minute meals. Sounds as if you've really enjoyed both the meals and the experience of cooking them.
Hi Caroline
Just got your comment. Yes I have had fun with this project many more ahead
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