Sunday food porn

[susie_flo]

Today has been a lazy Sunday in the kitchen.  My lovely houseboy (TM steer) excelled himself by making a gorgeous plaited loaf that just begged to be torn apart, and which was served with garlic-studded baked camembert. 
  
Meanwhile, we had a load of apples and pears to use up, so I rummaged online for recipes and decided on Roasted Spiced Fruit a la Gordon Ramsay for pudding.  This is served with madelines that also have a hint of Chinese 5-spice.   (Sadly I do not own a madeline tray so these had to be made in a mini bun tray.)
    
Maybe in a week or two our arteries will forgive us... (hopefully the red wine did something to counteract the lardathon?)
    
Anyway, should the urge take you, the Gordon Recipe is available here...   it's quick and makes your whole kitchen smell of 5-spicey loveliness  http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/gordon-ramsay/spice-roasted-apples-recipe_p_1.html
 



 










 

Hope you're all having good Sundays... 
 
And while I remember, kudos and congratulations to steer for running a ludicrous distance at a crazy speed with a busted leg!  I am impressed.
 
 

Comments

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Looks utterly delicious :-)

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Thank you... (though I have to confess your mention of fish and chips gave me a little yen earlier...)

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Just to make your yen worse - they were the nicest fish and chips I'd had in ages, (not that I eat them very often probably twice a year at each Whitby Goth Malarky) and they were really crisp and the batter Mr Pops described as british tempura - really light and crispy.

Still I've got a yen for home made bread now and can see soda bread (I'm too impatient to do the whole yeast and wait for it to rise business) on the horizon....

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I love soda bread, I used to make it as a child because we never had any yeast. Mmm, you could rustle some up and have it warm with butter.

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

That all looks gorgeous. I don't live far from Waterloo, you know.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Heh, you are welcome anytime! I'm sure I must owe you a nice Sunday lunch.

If I fail to issue invitations, it's only because I always assume that you zone 1 folk would rather die that schlep out to the wilds of zone 4...

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that all looks so good!

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - (that is v. flattering coming from the Madeline Queen!)

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

That looks wonderful - did you do the photography?

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I did.... I fear my current fad on blogging the minutiae of my life has a lot to do with still being in love with my new camera ;-)

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

Not that I'd really know, but I think you've done a nice job with the pics, they really make me hungry.

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

Mmm. I wonder if a new career in food photography beckons. You and G could do a joint food blog together -just from what you eat every day.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

That's not such a bad idea... (we occasionally talk about creating a food website just as a hobby, to see if it takes off... but so far have been too bone idle to do anything about it!)

[steer.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your sponsorship guys -- On which subject your houseboy went "Oh, did we sponsor you, that was nice of us" :-)

All that food looks amazing. When I have a place of my own I will be able to invite people over for food.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I shall look forward to dinner chez Steer :-)