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8% is actually less than the ABV of this beer

Not too shabby. Sauce needs a touch more sugar

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Hoping to do a vague approximation of hawksmoor lobster in a bun.

Garlic butter with Lea and Perrins, lemon juice, parsley and crushed hazelnuts now firming up in fridge.
Lobster tails will be cut in half, shell side grilled first and then turned over to cook the flesh with a generous smear of the butter on top.
Brioche will be ripped open and toasted on a dry skillet.
Rest of the butter will be softly cooked to make the garlic more gentle. Lobster flesh to be scooped out, placed in brioche and doused with the cooked butter.

A warm salad of crisped pancetta, griddles pears tossed with Stilton, walnuts and spinach, dressed with the pancetta juices deglazed from the pan along with a little mustard.

Sounds like a posh New England Lobster Roll.

http://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/the-ultimate-lobster-roll-in-maine

James if I weren't on my phone I'd give you a suitable applause gif.

If someone else can, great.

Eating a selection of cheese and cracking open the second bottle of Gut Oggau 'Athasius' a really lovely Austrian wine. 'Loins seal of approval.

foxlow.

7 outa 10. short rib was a bit dry. nice enough place and was pleasantly quiet when we went in.

and now i will die from a massive coronary. bye everyone!

Oy. Where are your balsamic sphere photos Mashton Blumenthal?

Finally for the agar yesterday then had Christina's drinks bash. Might try them tonight.

asian hotpot with all the fixins' imminent at Chez Hell.

#mongdue

Sorry about the bad picture. Just taken this out of the oven.

Pork belly with a honey, fennel seed, salt and pepper marinade. Not as sweet as Id have hoped, but nice none the less

Just made the turkey stuffing/meatloaf mix...

Will I be OK leaving that in the fridge 'til Wednesday morning, or should I freeze it? The fresh turkey (wing meat) was minced for me at Dombey's this morning...

I'm leaving the pork in the fridge, I don't think a coupla days in there will do anything but improve the texture of the meat and let the marinade do its job...

Anyone have a good recipe for sausage rolls? wanna make some for this afternoon

http://www.lfgss.com/post3405987-13455.html

The booze part of my grandma's recipe for glögg is: 1 bottle aquavit, 1 bottle cabernet-type wine, 1 bottle port wine.

Can anyone confirm that this is also what they do. I feel a bit overserved. Tasty but.

In addition, Merry Christmas.

Seems way too strong - The aquavit part can go terrible wrong unless you are sure of the exact type. Google should be a better place than my cloudy guidance.

Got an old school manual mincer for some advanced burger action and the Heston/Salter dual temperature probe with alarm. Has really thin long silicone leads so you set the target temp and stick it in the meat and close the oven. Alarm goes off when meat hits target temp.

I got that as well!

Also got a new frying pan - Lakeland copper jobby, which I've been wanting to test run

My contribution to todays feast was some pretty special bacon.

Marinaded in a vicious concoction for 3 days containing:

Black Treacle
Maple Syrup
Sugar
Salt
Worcester Sauce
Cider Vinegar

And then drained and put on a baking sheet in the bottom of the oven for 20 mins or so.

In the marinade.

Pre oven.

Crisped up and ready for the table.

Scotland

..first read that as "in butter"

made two desserts for yesterday's dinner.

Trifle 'terrine' and the most chocolatey cake I've ever made.

was worried the trifle would collapse when I plated it up (you make it in a loaf tin) but it help up and aside from a little raspberry seepage seemed to come out as required

Got the Gyles & Posner Sous Vide and JML Vacuum Sealer for crimbo. Much experimentation ahead...

Is a £30 bottle of Tequila going to be waaaayyyy better that Jose Hellno? Or treat with same extreme caution?

It's on the border of diminishing returns, but you generally get what you pay for with spirits, so I'd say yes.

This is pretty good actually

Maybe I should report back in the morning

Just get some nice dark rum. Tequila is not worth the risk.