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Could always use Camp coffee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Coffee, strong liquid form, depends if you like Chicory or not...

Crab mac & cheese.

Pink pepper corns were a mistake, and the saffron probably added nothing, but otherwise, this is going on the list.

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Chicory

that stuff is gross, i tried it and I think i still have it in the back of the cupboard...ugh!

Admittedly an acquired taste! My mum used to make cakes with it when I was a young'un so think it may be the nostalgia talking...

incorporate the coffee

boil it down, concentrated coffee reduction?
and you could mix that into a choc and coat the bars

is that........ tomato??!

You could make a coffee gel relatively easily and add it to the top of the bars.

You could mix it with figs, let it soak/absorb. chop figs add sesame seeds, oats and nuts

mix it with chocolate to thicken and then incorporate it into a mix or use as a topping. Or mix with cashew/almond butter and chocolate to create a more creamy mixture

Depends how much is for the flavour and how much is for the caffeine etc

The wife does that too, tops the mac with tomatoes before baking. I find it just....weird.

Tomatoes on macaroni cheese is straight out of Home Economics.

Yes. Yes it is.

Next up, Imma make lobster mac & cheese. With tomatoes. Possibly tarragon.

I find it just....weird

I used to find it weird too. But then I tried it and quite like it.

Lobster mac and cheese is excellent. Save the tomatoes.

How do you introduce the crab? Just mix it all in, white and brown, with the sauce? BBC recipe online has brown meat in the sauce and white mixed with creme freche and lemon added on afterwards, which does sound quite nice, but more faff.

My wife puts them on shepherds pies :/

Needless to say I make the shepherds pies in THIS house.

Mix white sauce, ALL the grated cheese (I used a Comte this time round), white & brown crab meat, seasoning (white pepper, saffron)
Mix with parboiled macaroni & bake.

Crème fraiche? Allow it fam.

For normal mac & cheese, I'll fry off a load of pancetta (keep all the fat, of course), and add a bay leaf or two to infuse the milk, and maybe finish with some truffle butter.

cooked tomatoes = watery gruel.

anyone catch mastergurntheprofessionals last night? it'll put you off eating out forever.

cooked tomatoes = watery gruel.

Skin, de-seed & roast them first.

ain't nobody got time for dat!

Roughly what quantities/ratios are we looking at re pasta-crab?

You might have noticed, I'm gonna make this. Cheers.

I reckon there's 300g of dry pasta - enough to fill the dish 1/3 of the way up (as a rough guess on how much would fill it cooked)
Then 1 pint white sauce (50g butter, 50g flour, 500ml milk)
I used 100g tub of crab - next time I'll use 150g though

Nice one, cheers.

tub of crab

Pfff... Split a case of plum tomatoes with the outlaws at the weekend, put 3/4 of them into a low oven with blended garlic/chilli/olive oil and cooked them right down... Straight into a couple of jars and topped up with olive oil... Brilliant in EVERYTHING!!!

Are we talking tinned tomatoes here or fresh?

Fresh... Soooooo good...