Winter Warmers

[missjo]

Since you poor bastards are heading into the freeze your wee titties off part of the year I suppose I could share some of my favourite winter recipes

Chicken, Leek & potato soup

1 kg free range chicken thigh fillets
3 leeks
2 onions
5 litres water
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
2 sachets masterfoods bouquet garni
5 cloves garlic
2 stalks celery
1kg potatoes peeled cut into cubes
To make stock
In a large stockpot bring water
1 of the onions’ peeled, Garlic cloves peeled & cut in half, salt peppercorns , celery & bouquet garni to a rolling boil then put in untrimmed (leave the fat on) thigh fillets, put on lid turn off heat & leave to poach for about 25min, remove thigh fillets shred & put aside
Strain stock back into pot
(I had more stock than needed for the soup so I put excess in a container to freeze for later use)
Turn heat back on to med-high & ad peeled & cubed potatoes
Cook till the start to soften slightly & add sliced leeks & diced 2nd onion simmer till potatoes & leek are soft then add shredded chicken & salt & pepper to taste & it tastes delicious!

[missjo]

Vege Pasties
Ingredients
1.5kg potato
1.5kg golden sweet potato
1kg butternut pumpkin
2 large onions
2 leeks
50g butter
2 sprigs Fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon vegetable stock
1 tspn salt
Fresh cracked black pepper
10 sheets ready rolled puff pastry (I use Borgs)
2 eggs + tablespoon water for eggwash
Filling
Peel & chop potato, sweet potato, & pumpkin into large chunks of roughly the same size for each, then steam each separately till cooked through & set aside in an extra large bowl, I partially break them up at this time when I mix them together
Cut onions in half then into thin slices, & trim leeks cut lengthways then slice those as well In a large frypan melt butter & sauté onions till they start to soften, then add leeks & cook through till soft, add salt, pepper, vege stock & chopped rosemary & cook a min longer
Add to potato pumpkin mixture, combine thoroughly & set aside to cool
Pasties
Preheat oven to 150 deg fan forced bake
Separate pastry sheets to thaw & brush all the way around the edges with eggwash
In the centre of each pastry place an equal amount of the filling then I fold them into square parcels using opposite diagonal corners place on a tray lined with baking paper, brush with egg wash & bake for 45 min slide onto wire rack to cool delicious hot or cold

[missjo]

Chicken & mushroom pies
Ingredients
1.5 kg free range chicken thighs
10 large field mushrooms
5 cloves garlic
2 large onions
Bunch flat leaf parsley
2 ½ tablespoons cornflour
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/3 cup thickened cream
Salt & fresh cracked black pepper to taste
8 sheets ready rolled puff pastry
1egg + 1 tablespoon of water


Heat olive oil on a high heat & sauté onion till just going clear, add mushroom & garlic & cook through transfer to a plate
cook diced chicken thigh fillet, & add mushroom onionmix back to pan with cornflour & cook off for a couple of min add cream salt & pepper cook on low med till thickened & add chopped parsley remove from heat & allow to cool
defrost pastry sheets & brush edges with eggwash
divide mixture between sheets then wrap into a parcel like I described in the pastie recipe
cool at 180 deg fan forced for 25min

[Goober McTuber]

Since you poor bastards are heading into the freeze your wee titties off part of the year I suppose I could share some of my favourite winter recipes

Chicken, Leek & potato soup

1 kg free range chicken thigh fillets
3 leeks
2 onions
5 litres water
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
2 sachets masterfoods bouquet garni
5 cloves garlic
2 stalks celery

Where's the potatoes?

[missjo]

fixed it, you'll have to excuse my tired typing it's 1am here

[mvscal]

2 sachets masterfoods bouquet garni

If I might make a suggestion, buy a tea ball and use fresh herbs for your garni.



Here is some turkey stock on the stove for Thanksgiving. I just hook the ball over the handle of the pot.

[Dinsdale]

Winter warmer:

2oz Scotch
Ice cubes to taste, optional


Place ice cubes in bucket glass. Pour scotch over ice cubes.

[Mikey]

I hate SI units.

Can you tell me the imperial units equivalent of 2 stalks of celery?

[Dinsdale]

Since you poor bastards are heading into the freeze your wee titties off part of the year

I know you're a self-proclaimed expert on all things American, but...

who posts regularly in this forum?

Does anyone besides Goobs live in a place where it's particularly cold in winter? I'm sure I must be forgetting someone.

[missjo]

Dickdale I consider anything below 60 freeze your tit's off weather

[Goober McTuber]

Does anyone besides Goobs live in a place where it's particularly cold in winter?

You consider single digits "particularly cold"? Another weather pussy.

[Dinsdale]

Maybe Goobs and MissSlo can get together in single digit weather, and hopefully it's "freeze your bingo wings off" weather.

[Goober McTuber]

Bingo wings? About as real as your beer belly.

I believe Miss Jo does have a prodigious set of warmers, though. All sorts of stuff you could fit in there.

[Dinsdale]

I wasn't refering to you, Goobs.

I was just suggesting that your winter environs, and MissD'Oh's impliments of hanggliding without a hanglider would combine to...


Nevermind. I'll just pat my beer belly and stroke my double chin...

Because MissChoad ran fatsmack...


On ME.

That's a meltdown on a scale of her inner thighs on a Sydney street during a heat wave.

[missjo]

Poor frail fragile little Dinsypoo
Beerbloat smack is different to fatsmack
in saying that
I hope the Hurricane is nowhere near you & you don't get tossed about like a dried up leaf on the wind if you poke your wee scrawny ass outside
T&P's