Valentines Special : Beef Wellington

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Feeds 2/4

Shopping List :

750g Fillet Steak. Tail end is best.
100g Chestnut Mushroom
1 sprig Fresh Thyme
1 hefty Knob Butter
1 Large glass white Wine
Puff Pastry
6 slices Prosciutto
Asparagus
2 egg yolks.

Step By Step.

Preheat oven 200c

1. Finely Chop all your Mushrooms. We want this to be like breadcrumbs. Don't  food process as a slurry has no texture.
2. Heat a pan, Add large knob of butter and pour in your Mushroom. Cook off for a few minuets, Then add your Wine and Thyme and reduce down so it is thick. You can remove from heat to cool when your happy with it!
3. Heavily season your Beef, rub a little olive oil into the fillet. In a hot pan seal the beef. Takes seconds on each side. Re season and pop in the oven untill it is cooked rare. Around 15 mins.
4. On Cling film overlap 6 pieces prosciutto
5. Slap the beef on the middle.
6. Cover with mushroom
7. Using one side of the cling film, hold the top of the fillet and pull upwards around, tight. Then overlap the other side and turn so it is sitting on the join. Pop in the fridge untill you need it.
8. Roll two large squares of Puff Pastry.
9. Make an egg wash, 2 large egg yolks, 1 Tea spoon water
10. Remove clingfilm and pop beef in middle of bottom layer.
11. Paint egg wash on the bottom layer where the joins are going to occur. So around the beef.
12. As tight as you can in one confident motion drape over the top layer.
13. Fiddle around with it getting it tight. This is very important. Trim off any excess pastry. Use a fork and do indents around the join.
14. Finely score the top of the beef making a pattern, 3 will do if you don't want to risk it.
15. Eggwash the whole thing and Cook on the middle of the oven untill the pastry looks perfect.

Lamb Chop w Chorizo Mash and Red Wine Jus

Takes 35 mins

Serves 2/4

Shopping List

4 Pork Chops
4 King Edward potato
Glass Red wine
4 knobs Butter
Cooking chorizo

Step By Step

1. Peel Potato, i use a small knife and go top around, then take the sides off.

2. Quarter, pop in a pan and cover with boiling salted water. 

 3. Heavily season and rub into the steaks with a little olive oil.

4. Heat a pan, high heat, drizzle olive oil and fry your chops. Unlike beef steak we want to turn it every two mins. Cook to Medium.

5. Drain potato and add back to hot pan. Remove from heat. 

 

6. Pop your chorizo, diced into a pan. 

 7. Mash your potato a bit dry, Add 3 Large knobs Lurpak salted, heavily season and half a cup of milk.

 8. Taste, if dry add a little more milk! Mash is a personal thing i like to think, i love mine milky,buttery peppery!

 9. Add your Chorizo and oil to the mash. stir in, just want it rippled through.

 10. When your Chops are crisp and firm pour over a glass of wine. Cook for 5 seconds and remove chops. Add a Knob of butter and stir into a jus.

11. Using a chefs ring spoon in your mash. Add your pork chops and spoon over your jus. Enjoy!

Poulet aux Citrons

This is a very simple, big flavour dish. Its a modern take on the classic. A light zesty pasta. 

 Serves 4

Takes 50 mins 

Shopping List

Chicken Thigh (Works with Whole Chicken)
3 Large Lemon
2 Large White Onion
Fresh Pasta

Step By Step

1. Thinly slice your onion, Layer on the bottom of a baking tray, swig on a little olive oil. Season. Pop your Chicken on, then cover with thinly sliced Lemon. Rip over a sprig of fresh thyme. Season. Refridgerate for 30 mins. Pre heat oven 200c.

 2. Heat and oil a pan. Crisp the skin on your chicken.

 3. Pop on top of the lemon and onion and oven. During the cooking baste the juices over the chicken skin every 5/10 mins.

 4. When your chicken is crisp and cooked through, Remove from baking tray. Stir the onion and pop back in the oven. Boil pasta

 5. Add pasta to onion. Mix

 6. Either pop the chicken back in and serve from the tray or plate individually.

Pork w Apple Cider and Crispy Potatoes

Shopping List

Pork fillet
2 Large Potato
Sage
1 Large Cooking Apple
Redcurrant Jelly
200ml Creme Fraiche
Bottle Dry Cider 500ml

Step By Step

1. Thinly Slice potato, Heavily Season, Drizzle with olive oil, finely chop Sage and pop on middle shelf 200c till crisp and golden

 2. Core a large Apple, Chop into chunks and fry in Veg oil until golden.

 3. Put Apples in a bowl, Pop Pork fillet in the pan. Seal

 4. When your pork has tendered up a little and no raw flesh can be seen. Its sealed.

 5. Pour over your cider. Reduce by half.

 6.  Add your Apples back to the pan, Place your pork in the empty Apple bowl, ADD two table spoon Redcurrant Jelly, 200ml Creme and simmer.

 7. When your Potatoes are done just turn the oven off.

 8. When your Sauce is thickening a little, pop the pork back in. Cook till pink.

 9. Remove pork, Slice and rest.

 10. Yum

 11. Time to plate, make a ring with potato

 12. Put the pork on top, the spoon over your apple! Done

Risotto Blanco w Roasted Butternut Squash

You just can't buy good risotto in restaurants, so you have to cook it at home! Thats fine by me, you can put whatever topping on you want, it works with just about everything. Tweet me @jamiesrecipe for suggestions!

Shopping List :

Risotto Rice
1 Large Red Onion
3 Chicken Stock Cubes
1 Clove Garlic
1/3 Bottle of White Wine. Other is for you!
Butternut Squash
Fresh Thyme

Step By Step

1. Top and Tail your Butternut Squash, Half and peel, the skin is quite tough, i use a knife and cut down it as if sharpening a pencil with a pen knife. You'll get the hang of it, the reward is worth it! Oven at 180c until risotto is done.

 2. Chop your onion into chunks, uniform not important, risotto looks great with chunks.

 3. Large frying pan, high heat. Oil and add Onion. Saucepan, 3 chicken stock cubes, fill with water and put on a high heat.

 4. When your Onions are golden pop a ladle in your stock and start stirring it.

 5. Add about half the pack of rice.

 6. Stir it in, give it about 10 seconds

 7. Cover with Wine. 1 large glass

 8. And so it starts. Your Stock should be piping hot. Add it ladle full of a time every time it starts to look dry. Constantly move the rice around in the pan.

 9. After 20 mins your Risotto should be soft and in a creamy sauce.

 10. Remove butternut from the oven. Crisp and golden is the ticket!

 11. Turn pan off heat once your happy with the risotto. Pour in pack of parmesan, stir.

 11. Serve immediately. Either pour the whole oven tray into the risotto pan and mix it in, or use a chefs ring to plate. Its up to you!

Pan Fried Cod w Chorizo and Red Pepper

This is Uber Trendy cooking. Cod and Chorizo is all over the place, so here you go, my gift to you! Cook it at home for half the price. 

Take 20 mins 

Serves Two.

 Shopping List :

2 Cod Fillet
6 Cherry Tomatoes
1 Red Pepper
Cooking Chorizo

Step By Step

1. Dice and Fry your Chorizo. Dry pan High heat.

 2. When starting to crisp ADD Red Pepper finely chopped and Cherry Tomato halves.

 3. Cook it all off, turn to a medium heat and pop a lid on.

 4. Fish time, Heat a Non Stick pan, Oil. Heavily Season the skin of the Cod and pop it face down in the hot pan. Cook till Crisp and white flesh is moving up the cod.

 5. When you feel its time to flip. Season the top of the fish. Turn heat down slightly and add two knobs of butter. We need to baste, this means while its cooking use a tea spoon and keep pouring melted butter onto the flesh.

 6. Using a Chefs Ring Spoon and press Chorizo mix onto the plate.

7. The Cod is cooked when all the flesh is white and fluffy. Silver and shiny is no good! Pop on top and serve with Crushed new potatoes, salad and a glass of White wine. Enjoy x