The Food Thread

We just got an air fryer. Anyone else using them much?

Ive got two ...
Ones a double the other a conventional type.
I cook loads in it.

I could use a cheeseburger right now.

The ninja ones take a bit of extra skill and experience. Ive got one and its not my favourite. I prefer my simple single Inventum one. But keep at it, note things you will get there.

hi,
just coming on to post this. while searching my emails today I came across the official recipie king charles and camilla created personally for the coronation, so if anyone is interested in trying it, I've posted it below

Required: 1 x 20cm Flan Tin

Ingredients:

Pastry:

125g plain flour

Pinch of salt

25g cold butter, diced

25g lard

2 tablespoons milk

Or 1 x 250g block of readymade shortcrust pastry

Filling:

125ml milk

175ml double cream

2 medium eggs

1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon,

Salt and pepper

100g grated cheddar cheese,

180g cooked spinach, lightly chopped

60g cooked broad beans or soya beans

Method:

Sieve the flour and salt into a bowl; add the fats and rub the mixture together using your finger tips until you get a sandy, breadcrumb-like texture.
Add the milk a little at a time and bring the ingredients together into a dough. Cover and allow to rest in the fridge for 30-45 minutes.

Lightly flour the work surface and roll out the pastry to a circle a little larger than the top of the tin and approximately 5mm thick.

Line the tin with the pastry, taking care not to have any holes or the mixture could leak. Cover and rest for a further 30 minutes in the fridge.

Preheat the oven to 190°C.

Line the pastry case with greaseproof paper, add baking beans and bake blind for 15 minutes, before removing the greaseproof paper and baking beans.

Reduce the oven temperature to 160°C.

Beat together the milk, cream, eggs, herbs and seasoning.

Scatter 1/2 of the grated cheese in the blind-baked base, top with the chopped spinach and beans and herbs, then pour over the liquid mixture.

If required gently give the mixture a delicate stir to ensure the filling is evenly dispersed but be careful not to damage the pastry case.

Sprinkle over the remaining cheese. Place into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until set and lightly golden.

Thats way out of my league.

I'm wondering about the cooked spinach. From whatI remember making recipes, here and there, with frozen spinach. They always have you wring it out. I wonder if this would hold true for cooked fresh spinach...maybe use uncooked fresh spinach instead?

I love mushy peas! Admittedly it makes you want to be sick, but I like it.

Everyone to their own!

Spinich al la crème.. yuk like a big green cow pat.
Mushy peas much the same. Neither would ever be found at my house.

Apart from how horrid mushy peas are, the cooking process removes all their vitamin C.

Not all canned peas are mushy. We had processed peas in a can when I was little which are not. I like them even though I hate mushy ones. They are not as good as fresh or frozen ones though.

Just helping.

I'll agree with you Mary. Leave out the mayo...

I tried a new apple called CosmicCrisp.... IDK why but the smell reminded me of roses, and I even had a hint of that rose taste when taking bites at times. It is a sweet apple... not bad.