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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Onions without Tears: Cooking with Onions, Leeks, Garlic and Chives

By Lindsey Bareham
Michael Joseph Ltd - 1995

Excellent - I've taken off one star only because the leeks lose a bit of flavour from being boiled. Leftover Smothered Leeks from Sophie Grigson's Vegetable Bible would be good in this dish. Next time I shall also break up the garlic cloves once they've caramelised, to distribute them better though the dish. I made the recommended sauce to accompany the dish (Roasted Garlic, Red Pepper and Onion) and it was a good partnership, but if it seems like a bit too much trouble a tomato salsa, or just a spoonful of Greek yoghurt, would also work.

eta: I tried steaming the leeks - this improved the flavour slightly but they stayed a bit al dente and didn't melt into the eggs as the boiled ones did. I still think smothering is the way to go.

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Healthy and delicious though a bit fiddly to make - peeling peppers that have been roasted to complete limpness is a bit faffy and I didn't want to do it under running water and wash away all the tasty roasted juices.

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