Sunday, January 28, 2007

Hard work

We had 4 friends for dinner last night (yes that is a lot to eat boom boom! as Basil Brush would say) which was very nice, they even drove a long way in the snow.
The Gordon f'ing Ramsey cook book is now officially very good as all 3 of the things I have made from it have been good: the garlic chips from a previous entry and last night a salad with fennel, rocket beetroot leaves (should have been watercress) and pears with a great dressing and the lemon possets were a hit (double cream, lemon and sugar - can't go wrong). However the slow cooked oxtail I had planned ended up as Osso Buko (no idea about the spelling) which is slices cut through the leg of a cow (well a calf as it is veal). It was pretty good, but the meat was a bit tough. Lesson learned, next time I'll order the oxtail in advance.
Off to Hamburg in the morning on the train...

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous11:34 pm

    Do you think that you may be becoming obsessed with food?
    Glad that Gordon is vg.
    I can't cope with all the calories involved.
    We did have haggis on Thursday, though.
    m

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