wester's Profile

From: Soesterberg, Utr Netherlands

Joined: September 24th, 2009

About me: I love cooking, I love eating, I love discovering new recipes. I have so many cookbooks I sometimes lose track of which recipe is where - though this site helps a bit. I have gone low-carb in 2010, so that's different recipes to explore again. This also means I may not agree with my own reviews anymore if they were written in 2009 or before. ------------------ I have a lovely husband and ten-year old twins who also love eating. ----------------- You can also find me on LibraryThing, BookMooch and EatYourBooks, using the same handle.

Favorite cookbook: The Complete Meze Table by Rosamond Man

Favorite recipe: Melissa Clark's Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp

Daond Pasha (Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Tomatoes) from The Complete Meze Table

The meatballs were very tasty, but I did not really like putting all the pine nuts together - it made for fussy cooking and I think I would prefer finding a pine nut here and there instead of finding them... read more >

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Real Food

By Nigel Slater
Fourth Estate Ltd - 2000

Chicken, wine, garlic and parsley. How can that go wrong? It doesn't, it's delicious.

The chicken could use a slightly longer cooking time, though.

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It didn't look like the photo at all, but it tasted fine, not too bitter but still like chicory, with crunchy cheese crumbs and a hint of garlic. I didn't mind that the children wouldn't eat it (well, it's still chicory) so I could eat it all on my own.

However, I think next time I would put a lot more garlic in, as it roasts to a very mild flavor. Two cloves to each head of chicory doesn't feel like too much.

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This is a lovely soup with a good balance of creamy, acidic and pungent.

That is, if you make sure you don't put too much water in. Nigel strangely enough never tells you how much to put in, and if you really add all the cooking water of the cauliflower it can easily end up quite watery, which would be a shame.

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Lovely home cooking. The chicken is brown and moist, the chicory is tender and the sauce is creamy but full of flavors.

It does take some time but it's not really complicated.

Things I've changed: I put in a bit more chicory and increased the sugar proportionally. I have taken the lid off after about half an hour to brown it a bit more.

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Nice & spicy.
Wrapping the chicken in lettuce is a nice touch.

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Creamy and very tasty fish pie variation. Easy to make.

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