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Pomegranate and Rice salad

Well it is in out ‘Ingredients Alphabet’ anyway.

This rice creation was inspired by a North African Couscous dish. Couscous is Wheat based so we modified the recipe to use Rice. Oh and added a few bits and bobs. OK - OK we didn’t follow the recipe at all! Also while we at the confessions gig, the Kebabs were made with a £1.60 pack of Beef mince as the equivalent weight of Lamb was £3.95 and would have broken our budget….

Pomegranate and Rice salad ingredients:-

Rice
A Stock cube
2 small Mushrooms
1 Onion, chopped
Cucumber, chopped
1 medium Pomegranate
1 Spring Onion, chopped
1 clove of Garlic, minced
Cumin Seeds
Fresh Mint, chopped
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Dry fry the Rice.
(2) Add Oil and fry the Onions, Garlic and Cumin seeds.
(3) Mix the Stock in a pint of boiling water and add to the Rice.
(4) Add the chopped Mushroom.
(5) Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat and simmer until the Rice is tender and all the liquid has been absorbed.
(6) Mix in most of the Pomegranate, Mint, Spring Onion and Cucumber.
(7) Lay the Kebab over the top and garnish with a little more Pomegranate and a sprig of Mint.

Kebabs Ingredients:-

300g Minced Beef
1 tbsp Oil
Cumin powder
Garlic Salt

Method:-

(1) Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
(2) Form into Kebabs around a skewer.
(3) Fry to brown on all sides.
(4) Place in the oven at 160c for 20 minutes.

This was a really tasty and fresh meal. The mysterious bowl on the side is Tigger the cats’ Kebab!

 

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Using a dodgy translation service to make something sound appealing. That’s a very old restaurant trick. But read on folks…..

We had quite a few stir-fry ingredients in as we made a stir-fry with the remaining Yellow Sticker Chicken the other day. But also loitering in the darker recesses of the freezer was a large pack of diced Pigs Heart, which cost us £1.24. Yes Pigs Heart! Well that my Vegan and Vegetarian friends gone then. Sorry….

Ingredients:-

Diced Pigs Heart
Milk
Soda Water
Self raising Flour (Gluten free for us)
Turmeric
Freshly ground Black Pepper
Garlic Salt
Onion Salt

Method:-

(1) Soak the Pigs Heat in Milk in the fridge for a couple of hours.
(2) Drain and dry on kitchen paper.
(3) Pre-heat the fryer to 180c.
(4) Mix a very think batter with the flour, seasonings and Soda Water.
(5) Add the Heart to the batter and make sure it is all well coated.
(6) Using a large kitchen spoon scoop spoonfuls of the battered Heart and drop them into the Oil. It’s a good idea to remove the basted so they don’t stick.
(7) When they rise to the surface turn them over a couple of times until the batter is golden brown on all sides.
(8) Remove each batch and drain on kitchen paper.

For those who have a dislike of all things offal (I used to be in that camp myself) just stick with the fancy French name…. You will be pleasantly surprised! We served ours over stir-fry vegetables, Potato croutons, Smoked Lithuanian Sausage bites and dressed with home brewed Kimchi!

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