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River Cottage Love Your Leftovers: Recipes for the Resourceful Cook
By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2015
Chilli beef noodles : page 94
I'm really enjoying this book and its collection of adaptable recipes. I changed a lot in this dish, but kept the aromatics and seasonings the same. I used rice noodles, leftover beef and changed the vegetables. I used Tuscan kale in place of the spinach and garlic scapes for the beans. I omitted the nuts entirely, but I'm sure they would be delicious. The result was easy to make and very tasty. Will definitely make again.
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Chinese style crispy beef : page 92
I made a combination of this recipe and the chili beef noodles on the following page. I made the sauce from this recipe, then toasted nuts and cooked noodles from the other recipe. Then combined leftover beef, shaved carrots, and chopped parsley. Sprinkled some dukkah on the finished dish. Very good.
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Home made butter : page 214
I used whipping cream and the jam jar method. It takes about 30 minutes of shaking the jar to make butter since you are basically whipping the cream and then taking it too far until the butter separates. A pretty fun project, and an interesting way to use up some extra cream.
Larger amounts of cream can be whipped in the food processor. The resulting butter tastes great.
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Mackerel with puy lentils and parsley : page 114
This recipe is a variation of a previous recipe in the river cottage fish book, and it"s a really nice combination of flavours and textures. I omitted the onion from mine, and added capers. This recipe is available on the river cottage website. Very simple to make and delicious.
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