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Mar. 27th, 2025 09:33 pmEverything else: better for having time off, I guess, but I'm spending the time off going SPLAT rather than... doing.... things.
Except cookery.
Things I have cooked since last I reported on my cookery:
- a sort of baked medley thing: roasted chicken quarters (seasoned with powdered garlic, sumac, oil), diced butternut (par cooked in the microwave then seasoned with the same minus the sumac and plus pepper and roasted), broccolini (added to pumpkin, tossed with more of the second season/dressing, roasted more). Once coooked, shred the chicken, toss everything, add pomegranate seeds and feta cheese.
- pomegranate jam, which is actually mostly apple jam: around 500g total composed of apple (including skin, but crack open the core and reserve the seeds), pomegranate seeds, juice of one small lime; 500 g of jam sugar (ie reinforced with pectin already - the skin & reserved seeds SHOULD do the job but I like to be sure); and in a tea infuser, the reserved apple seeds and the skin/flesh/seeds of the small lime. First blitz the apple/pomegranate combo, then add it to the lime juice and sugar in a saucepan. Add the tea infuser. Proceed with Making Jam. This will make you 3-400mls of jam, starting from two medium-small pomegranates. If you have more pomegranates, scale up according to the usual 1:1 fruit to sugar ratio.
Except cookery.
Things I have cooked since last I reported on my cookery:
- a sort of baked medley thing: roasted chicken quarters (seasoned with powdered garlic, sumac, oil), diced butternut (par cooked in the microwave then seasoned with the same minus the sumac and plus pepper and roasted), broccolini (added to pumpkin, tossed with more of the second season/dressing, roasted more). Once coooked, shred the chicken, toss everything, add pomegranate seeds and feta cheese.
- pomegranate jam, which is actually mostly apple jam: around 500g total composed of apple (including skin, but crack open the core and reserve the seeds), pomegranate seeds, juice of one small lime; 500 g of jam sugar (ie reinforced with pectin already - the skin & reserved seeds SHOULD do the job but I like to be sure); and in a tea infuser, the reserved apple seeds and the skin/flesh/seeds of the small lime. First blitz the apple/pomegranate combo, then add it to the lime juice and sugar in a saucepan. Add the tea infuser. Proceed with Making Jam. This will make you 3-400mls of jam, starting from two medium-small pomegranates. If you have more pomegranates, scale up according to the usual 1:1 fruit to sugar ratio.