Chicken and prosciutto tortellini

Hey,

On Sunday the family were over for tea (dinner, depending on geography) and I made a roast chicken.

No picture sorry.

As my partner isn't a fan of soup or stews...but likes broth...go figure! And I didn't want the rest of the bird to be wasted I had to get a little creative.

So yesterday I cooked the what was left of the bird in a slow cooker on high for 4 hours.

I then strained the liquor into a clean pan and picked the meat off the bones.

I chopped up the meat, combined it with diced prosciutto and some creme fraiche to bind.

I used that to fill bitesize tortellini which I served with the reduced liquor and a few drops of truffle oil.

The pasta take a little while to put together but it was all pretty quick and easy....and cheap!

Would you do something with your roast carcass? Or does it all go in the bin?

Take care.

Pasta. Beautiful Pasta

Hey,

I was spending sometime falling through youtube this afternoon and I was pleasently surprised to find an amazing video on pasta, rather than...the dark side.

For any keen cook this video by Bon Appétit is a great watch!

It doesn't teach you how to make pasta dough. (This is really simple - I may do a video on a quick how to sometime in the future).

What this video does is show you how to roll, stretch, and shape your dough into one of the ridiculous number of pasta shapes which exist.

Seriously. If you like pasta, you need to check out the link below.

PASTA!

Prawn Linguine, with Garlic and chilli

Hey,

So my third video is finally complete - I have been so busy that finding the time to edit (a term used loosely to mean cut chunks of footage out involving me standing around aimlessley!) has meant that that the raw footage has been sat on a shelf since the 2nd of Feb.

I feel like I got a little more to grips with the filming side of things this time. Although my partner was away whilst a filmed - taking the good camera, so apologies for some of the lower res parts of the footage.

I really like this plate of food. We actually always have a bag of frozen prawns in the freezer for when we want a quick and easy dinner - not as nice as using fresh king prawns - but still tasty!

Well I hope you enjoy the video - and I really hope that you make this dish and get to enjoy it with friends - rather than on the kitchen top while clearing away equipment! ;p

Take Care.

Rob

It was all about the sprout...

Hey,

My second attempt was all about Brussels Sprouts. Those underloved and overhated little cabbages.

Having made so many errors in my first attempt I decided the only logical next step was to try and do 7 dishes at the same time.

Not my smartest move.

Again there were issues. Trying to balance filming and cooking - I guess at some point it will click and get easier....

....I cooked all the dishes at the same time. As ex-Chef me knows that putting 7 dishes together at once isn't a problem. The same me hadn't considered that I was not in a professional kitchen - or that I also had to negotiate the cameras...those pesky cameras!

You may notice a little char...

But I somehow managed to stumble through and patch something resembling a video together...

First Video!

Hey and Welcome.

This is a bit of an experiment and I will see where it leads me over the next 12 or so months.

This was my first attempt at creating a video.

It was chaotic!

I hadn't worked out how to use the camera - so the video would stop every 10 minutes. I had not thought about how I would shoot the video; balancing cooking times vs. camera set ups. I didn't take any pictures for a thumbnail. And I was nervous as f**k!

Oh. And I forgot the Garlic!

All in all I surprised I managed to produce anything.

So below is my first ever video. Moules Mariniere - sans garlic (shakes head).

Enjoy/Good luck!