BBC Good Food

26 August 2011

Tested

"Nice cake indeed, but don't expect it to be a crowd-pleaser. The complexity of the flavours in the syrup are a bit of an acquired taste. I like every single ingredient of the syrup, buts as some of my guests pointed out, the it tastes a bit "soapy", and I kind of agreed with them."

27 July 2010

Tested

"I tried this recipe a couple of times. It tastes ok but it is definitely not worth the effort. It takes an unbelievable amount of time to cook. Do not believe the recipe when it says it takes 20-30 min to cook the veg. I've extended this cooking time, plus the cooking time in the casserole, and my diced potato was still super damn crunchy. Save yourself time and frustration and effort and skip this recipe."

27 July 2010

Tested

"After reading other people's comments and after checking out the recipe's inconsistencies myself (What to do with the left over aubergine? What to do with the oregano? Why the hell cook the meat before the onions? Too little oil, because the aubergines sucked it all up, etc...), I decide it this recipe needed some serious fixing. Here's what I did : I used the oregano (more than one pinch) to season the aubergine shells before popping them in the oven. I used 1 tbsp garam massala, and 1 tbsp half paprika, half cumin. Just 1/2 tsp cinnamon. And dried chili flakes. Doubled the garlic. Replaced half the stock by some white wine. Placed slices of feta over the tomatoes to greek up the recipe a bit. I think mozzarella would work amazingly well too. The result was rather nice (I give myself 5 stars)."