Eastington @ Paddington

Cold soup of cauliflower with caviar

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February 20, 2025

from Tetsuya by Tetsuya Wakuda Very similar ingredients to the Thomas Kelly recipe in previous post, except no gelatine, no oyster “sauce,” and pure cream used rather than thickened cream, plus the addition of chicken stock and onion. Whilst very good, my clear preference is for the Thomas Keller version.

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*Favourites, Canapé/ Starter, Cauiflower, Caviar

*Cauliflower panna cotta with beluga caviar

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February 20, 2025

*Cauliflower panna cotta with beluga caviar

from The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller Delicious but presentation failed. I had to transport this and serve at a lunch. It was a hot day and the temperature melted the Panna Cotta, and attempts to reset it failed. The Panna Cotta is just cauliflower, heavy cream and gelatin. Delicious…

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Mussels, Pasta

Greenshell Mussels with Spaghetti

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February 20, 2025

Packet Recipe (Product from Woolworths) The pasta sauce was delicious.: EVOO, garlic, chilli, white wine, parsley & Lemon The mussels not so. They were very tough and difficult to prise open further. What made the sauce so good was the trapped juice of the fresh mussels.

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*Favourites, Salmon

*Crispy Skin Salmon

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February 20, 2025

This is the best and easiest method I have come across. Heat frypan (no oil). #6/9 on Induction. Place the salmon skin side down on a baking sheet in a frypan. Place lid over the frypan. Cook for 6 minutes. (The star will cook the salmon)

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*Favourites, Canapé/ Starter, Gruyere, Pig

*Ham and Cheese Pinwheels

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February 20, 2025

Recipe from: https://www.wellplated.com/ham-and-cheese-pinwheels/ The Puff Pastry was made using the Thermomix recipe (quite impressed by the ease of this). The Ham was Woolworths Double Smoked Shoulder Ham. Very good The Cheese was Gruyere. The recipe called for cooking at 190C for 18 minutes. After 30 minutes, I still had raw…

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Carrots, Turkey

Deep-Fried Sous Vide Turkey Porchetta

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February 20, 2025

from J. KENJI LÓPEZ-ALT at Serious Eats. Recipe from: https://www.seriouseats.com/sous-vide-deep-fried-turkey-porchetta-recipe Post Script: Whilst this was very good, the Sous-Vide Turkey with Crispy Skin is superior. Reduction Turkey Gravy (no flour) Crispy Kipler Potatoes (in Pepe’s Duck Fat): https://georgeats.com/recipes/crispy-kipfler-potatoes/ Sous Vide Glazed Heirloom Carrots, Parsnip & Radish: https://www.seriouseats.com/sous-vide-glazed-carrots-recipe

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Prawns, Zucchini

Prawn and Seaweed in Tomato Sauce with Spiralled Zucchini

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February 20, 2025

Prawn and Seaweed in Tomato Sauce with Spiralled Zucchini

from The Clever Guts Diet by Dr Michael Mosley. Ingredients: Prawns, EVOO, Onion, Garlic, Salted Anchovies, Thyme, Tomatoes, Prawns, Nori Sheets and Zucchini Next time I would use a smaller setting on the spiraliser, and not reduce the sauce as much. But still a simple and tasty meal.

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*Favourites

*Plain Yoghurt

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February 20, 2025

This is a combination of recipes. 800g of A2 milk heated to 85C in the Thermomix, and then cooled to 40C. (I could not understand why the Thermomix recipes added the starter with the milk and heated to 50C. I think this would kill the live probiotics). I added a…

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*Favourites, Kidney beans, MOROCCO

*Bean tagine

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February 20, 2025

from The Moroccan Collection: Traditional Flavours from Northern Africa by Hilaire Walden Ingredients: dried kidney beans (both red and white), garlic & onions, bay leaves, red peppers, celery, paprika, red chillies, canned tomatoes, mint parsley and coriander. Topped with Harissa. Highly recommended

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Pig, Soups, Split peas

Split pea and ham soup

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February 20, 2025

from River Cottage Every Day (page 196) by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Something to do with leftover ham bone from Christmas. Quite tasty, but better the the next day. Split peas (both green and yellow), onion, celery, carrot, butter, bay leaves and the ham bone. Plus Pepper.

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