Food

masterchef is back on.

the smart money is on a bearded white man with a fuckboi haircut winning this year.

Thinking about buying a bottle capper now and pretending I'm some kind of counterfeiter in the Fallout universe.

scotch whisky and marmalade, the king of ham glaze.

Consider me very interested.

Might do a few test runs with different spirits. Was thinking a gin and juniper ham would be tasty.

And maybe a really peaty/smokey scotch...

Ooohh!!

Well, ya missed the opportunity to hollow it out, fill it with gruyere and cream and bake it, sooo...

Roast it with garlic and chilli
Chutney it with curry spices
Soup
Risotto

anyone got any recipes/tips for cooking a ham, which isn't on the sweet side?
Got to do one for the family and my mum has type 2 diabetes, so the cook it in coke, use shit loads of honey and brown sugar approach isn't really going to work for her.

Can you use sugar-free maple syrup and whole grain/ English mustard for the glaze?

You could use coke zero..

It's a lot of artificial sweeteners though. I suppose the sugars are there to help the malliard reaction.

what's the forum-approved homemade pasta method?

i just received a pasta maker....

Tom Kerridge did one with membrillo which is slightly sweet but much less so than coke ham etc.

Doesn’t work with artificial sweeteners

I'll check the recipe book "best ever recipes" and see if it's in there..

Yeah thought so, I was more thinking out loud and waiting for someone more knowledgeable to come and correct me!

Even with crappy shoulder steaks this carnitas tekkers is great.

Leftovers with eggs in breakfast tacos + generous lashings of habanero sauce and smoulderingly hot cup of coffee is pretty much my ideal sunday morning.

Any recommendations for a meat thermometer? Wired/wireless/instant?

Too many choices. Just don’t want to fuck up cooking a really nice piece of beef on Christmas Day.

My oven has been repaired after 2 months out of action, looking forward to doing a roast again.
Also want to make red beans and rice, with the two smoked ham hocks I've got sitting in my freezer..

I have the heston Blumenthal one for (Salter?) with two probes, which I think is really useful.

But his range of stuff is always pretty good

I would usually agree, but that product has pretty variable reviews.

There’s a wireless one here that’s cheaper and has a lifetime guarantee on the probes (which apparently they are good at honouring). https://www.amazon.co.uk/ThermoPro-TP-08-Digital-Wireless-Thermometer/dp/B014DAVHSQ

Anybody know where I can buy whole farmed carp, ideally of 2-3kg live weight?

I would have thought any Polish supermarket could get one in for you.

That looks like a more robust version and gets great reviews.

Aye, will scout a few. I heard they mostly deal in frozen tho.

There are some massive fish that look like carp in the banglatown supermarket at the bottom of hanway st. My Hindi isn't great though, but they had some with carp like scales.

Frozen though...

Cheers for the tip. Now you mention it, I remember seeing some in Brixton market too. Am also investigating fisheries suppliers...