Sovay's Profile

From: Northern England,

Joined: October 7th, 2012

About me: I've embarked on a mission to cook something new from every cookery book I own - currently 260 - and am planning to use my account here to keep track (thanks to rfb from Librarything for tipping me off to the existence of this site). I've made a couple of rules for myself: to cook the recipe as given, with no substitution or variation unless suggested by the author; and to try to pick a genuinely new dish from each book - in other words, as I've cooked many Leek and Potato Soups in my time, I don't get to count Leek and Potato Soup as a new dish just because I haven't used this specific recipe before (unless it has really significant differences from the usual versions).

Hodge Podge from Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book

Beef and vegetable soup with beer - turned out disappointingly bland. The recipe had no seasoning other than salt and pepper - having tried it, I added a stock cube and some Worcester sauce, which helped... read more >

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I [Symbol of a Heart] Curry: The Best Indian Curries You'll Ever Cook

By Anand, Anjum Anand
Quadrille Publishing - 2010

As per the title this is a recipe that emphasises aromatic spices rather than chilli, which is what I prefer. I used chicken thighs and added some spinach at the last minute.

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Divine - I'd cook this once a week for ever if free-range duck weren't so expensive.

I took the duck skin off at the outset as I planned to eat the dish straight away, but if I'd had time I'd have cooked it the day before, leaving the skin on, up to the stage before the tarka; removed the skin and bones; then chilled it overnight and removed the fat the next day before proceeding with the tarka and coconut milk.

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