BBC Good Food

16 July 2009

Tested

"Yummy and warming on a rainy July day! I used shoulder of lamb fillet, browned the lamb (used nearer to 400g as that's all I had) with 1 red onion and 3 chopped cloves of garlic (both fried) and bunged this in a slow cooker with the tomatoes, chickpeas, harissa paste (only had 1tsp) and 1 chopped (v. hot!) red chilli. I cooked it all for 5-6 hours and the meat ended up meltingly tender. Oh, and I chucked a chopped red and green pepper in there near the end too. There was quite a lot of sauce (probably because I didn't have the full quote of lamb) so I threw a handful of bulghur wheat in (what I was going to serve it with) 1 hour before the end. That soaked up a lot of the juice and it worked well (but want to make it again without doing that!). A very tasty recipe that is highly adaptable, judging from myself and others."

16 July 2009

Tested

"I was a bit unsure of the capers and gherkins in this recipe (even though I like them in other things) but decided to give it a go and I''m glad I did - these burgers were a revelation! Amazing flavour and bite - this is the only beef burger I'll be making from now on. So much better than any of the 'finest'/'taste the difference' etc stuff you can buy. Give them a try! I didn't bother with the tomato sauce - I made a salsa instead from red onion, chopped tomato, chillis and coriander. The tomato sauce looks as if it would be good with this if you broke up the mixture and made it into meatballs. "

21 May 2009

Tested

"Followed the recipe up to step 2 and then after the seasoning cooked it in a slow cooker for about 5-6 hours. Delicious and melt in the mouth tasty as others have said. I doubled up on carrots and leeks and added a couple of shallots, also a splash of red wine. There was a lot of liquid but that wasn't a problem - as it is a fairly thick sauce I just ladled off a mugful and froze it to use in a gravy later. Will add more beef next time. Served with mash but good enough on its own with crusty bread. Very easy to make and great comfort food."

20 May 2009

Tested

"Sorry. meant to give this 5 stars!! "

20 May 2009

Tested

"Amazing, idiot-proof recipe - can't recommend it highly enough! Despite adding too much water (due to my impatience) and ending up with a rather sticky mixture initially it still turned out fine. I did the rolling/turning/chilling step another two times (after reading about puff pastry making on you-tube) and got a fantastically light and flaky result. While I consider myself to be a good cook I have never been brilliant at either pastry making or baking so am very chuffed at how this turned out. Used it to make the courgette and parmesan tart on this site: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10466/courgette-and-parmesan-tart and I can highly recommend that too :-D I will NEVER go back to ready roll after this - can't see why anyone would! I know it takes more time but better to make it in advance and freeze it."