Cookbook project

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

So, I made two meals that I didn't document yet. One from 'How to Entertain': I made sausage hotpot (which was actually quite nice, but not really special) and individual pineapple trifles (which had no custard! Very odd)

Then I made Bean dumplings with spicy shrimp sauce (liked the sauce, didn't like the dumplings) followed by beef and maize stew (very extremely delicious... Judith in particular loved it) from my South American cookbook, which I cannot now find, either my copy or online.

Lastly, a different kind of cookbook: The ABC of Healthy Eating for Babies and Toddlers.

I made Liver casserole and real fruit jlly, which is one of the meals from the meal planner included. The liver casserole was unusual in that the liver was poached instead of fried, and it contained apple. Fruit jelly was as you'd expect.



That's Colin's on the right, and Judith's (which has been blended a little) on the left.


Apple juice jelly with raspberries and pieces of mango and apricot.

Actually, my jelly didn't set properly, so we had yoghurts last night and will eat the jelly today. It set now.

Comments

[alison-lees.livejournal.com]

Did you soak the liver in milk before poaching it, to take any bitterness away? The apples is a good idea, liver needs a little acid (tomato, usually) or onion to make it nice. I suspect the jelly may have taken longer to set because of the mango, which doesn't it contain papain, that enzyme that prevents jelly from setting but makes a good meat tenderiser? I may be wrong.

(when you said 'Bean dumplings', I had to remind myself that no, you didn't cook Lucy Bond's baby!)