I had the kitchen to myself this morning. And cooked....
Made a dish of Braised Red Cabbage to go alongside some pork chops and jacket potatoes. The red cabbage is something I always make this time of year even though the weather demands salads. WHAT is going on here? It's positively balmy, warm, sunny, quite glorious for October.
But salads have never been a huge favourite of mine and even though we're all rather warm I felt the need for some comfort food and nothing comforts like red cabbage with apple onions and lots of spices. And the beauty of today's menu is that it's all cooked in the oven.
Potatoes on skewers. Chops in a tin. The casseroled cabbage and on the floor of the oven; a creamy rice pudding made using evaporated milk and infused with lemon rind.
Perfect.... and easy too.
Mr Horsehound and I had Mr Hairy Suit and his wife for tea. I made Bean Goulash with spiced couscous and for pudding, my version of a Black Forest Cake served with Carte D'Or Mascarpone Ice Cream. If you haven't tried it. Then do. It's incredibly scrummy.
My cake was fantastic too, I made it up as I went along.
A chocolate cake made using oil instead of marg, milk and cocoa and the usual flour and baking powder and bicarb and eggs. All spooned into two 20cm tins and baked for 35 mins.
Cooled.
Then on one of the sponges I spread blackcurrant jam, topped it with mashed tinned black cherries and whipped double (heavy) cream, then the other sponge made the roof....
And as soon as my chocolate icing had thickened a little I spread it over the entire cake then decorated it with a precarious looking mound of well drained and dried cherries.
Everyone loved it. I don't think a cook can feel more pleased than when she hears the oohs and sighs of satisfied guests.
I'll post a pic later today.
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