And then, after two days alone in the burnt ochre palette of English autumn countryside, I noticed my cooking mojo sitting next to me. He looked like this:
I had picked courgette, tomatoes, rosemary and thyme from Rosie & Alex's garden. So I made ratatouille and chipolata sausages for supper, and also a lamb stew for school nights this week.
Mojo Lamb
Brown the cheapest of stewing lamb in Alex's nice, deep pot, then remove to a dish.
In the lamby pan, add more oil, then in it sweat sliced onion and cumin seeds.
Add diced celery and cook a bit more, keeping the heat low.
Return the lamb to the pan, cover with water, then add in rosemary, diced carrot and a few odds of courgette that had gone mushy at one end, but you wanted to rescue the edible bits.
Leave on low for a couple of hours, happy in the knowledge it will taste even better when re-heated after work.
Pour a glass of wine and let the aromatic rosemary smells sharpen your appetite.
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