let's do another thread of favourite recipes

come on show me what you got!

You didn't make that.

1 big ol' piece of lavash (shepard's bread)
1 tbsp. olive oil
2 handfuls of cheese
1 tomato, quartered and sliced
2 garlic cloves
1 portabella mushroom, sliced thin
1 green onion, diced

Brush oil on lavash. Crush/chop garlic onto oiled lavash. Top with remaining goodies. Put in oven at 400 F, 10 minutes. No sweat.

Spinach and potato curry, serves two hungry people.

1 large onion
1 clove garlic
4 or 5 or 6 potatoes
450g spinach (fresh or frozen)
70g butter
1 tsp whole cumin seeds, plus 2 tbsp toasted and ground
2 tsp coriander seeds, toasted and ground
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp turmeric

Chop up potatoes into largish cubes and parboil for 5 or 10 mins. Drain then toss them around with 40g of the butter and the whole cumin seeds and roast in the oven for about an hour.

Meanwhile, sweat the onion and garlic on v. low heat in the rest of the butter until completely soft and gooey (about 40 mins). Then cook the spinach on a low heat in a splash of water for about 15 minutes with the lid on. Mix the onion and garlic into the spinach with the toasted cumin and coriander, chilli powder and turmeric. Cook on low heat for another 15 mins to mingle all the flavours. Add potatoes (should be golden and lovely by now) right at the end of cooking.

Rice: put the rice on at the same time as you mix up the spinach and onions. Put about 200ml of rice with a bit of oil, salt, and maybe a cardamon pod and some lemon zest in a shallow pan with a lid (using the same pan as for the onions and garlic is good as will still be nice and oniony). Add about 400ml of boiling water to the rice, stir once and bring back to boil. Then cover and turn to lowest heat. Leave for 15 mins WITHOUT removing lid until all water is absorbed.

Eat it all. Mmmm.

archel I love you.
I know there's another Matt.
I'll settle for curry.
*****
Indian Thai Tex-Mex Ricestravaganza, much alluded to but never published.

chop the hell out of
two garlic cloves and one small
onion/ oil/ simmer

add whatever else
you want to here: corn and peas,
maybe cashew nuts

add a splash of wine
if it's good, splash more on it
then drink from bottle

add basmati rice
I don't know how much to add,
that part's up to you

stir until coated
then pour in some water (or
vegetable stock)

then I would add in
tomatoes (chopped or from can)
keep stirring, moron!

on top of this add
at least one can of black beans
two is best I think

spices next: chili!
cumin, turmeric, pepper
big-ass-loads of salt

when rice looks thirsty,
add more water, stock, or wine
add some wine to self

when it's all absorbed,
sriracha hot sauce on top
add it till you SWEAT

eat with treasured friend
and some chunky bread, good wine.
best: eat without clothes

as i bought a ton of leeks for about 40p yesterday, i'm going to be doing something equally simple and damned good tonight.

4 leeks, trimmed and cut in half
8 slices of decent quality smoked streaky bacon
a good chunk of really decent strong cheddar cheese
flour
butter
milk
dijon mustard
1 good loaf

fry the bacon till done, but not crispy. lay in bottom of oven dish. grate some cheese.
put butter in pan bacon was in and melt, add enough flour to make a roux, then pour milk in gradually until it becomes sauce consistency. now stir in as much cheese and mustard as you fancy.
while doing this, you should also be steaming trimmed, halved leeks until they just start to go tender - shouldn't take long.
when leeks and sauce are done layer leeks on top of bacon, then cover in cheese sauce, top with more grated cheese and stick in preheated oven until bubbling and golden.
serve either with top quality granary bread or on to of very thick-sliced toast and butter and lots of fresh black pepper. as for drinking, goes with pretty much whatever you like, though good dry cider is perfect.

did you learn any Icelandic recipes dave? that last one rocks btw and i'm mad keen to try it sometime