member blog: maddimouse
maddimouse
From
mid-west Germany
Member since
23rd Feb 2009
About
Welcome!!! I´m 35 years old, living with my boyfriend about an hours drive north of Cologne. We´ve got three cats named Agent J, Agent K and Agent Red. Guessed it? Yes, we pretty much like the movie Men In Black. And two of our cats are black, of course! I´ve always loved cooking and baking, but it´s not that I´m creating top cuisine here! I have to say, though, that I´m getting more and more into the whole thing, and I´m enjoying it a lot. What else.... I love travelling, I love trying out different food, I love going to concerts (fave band is Take That and I have no problems admitting that *lol*), reading books (preferrably archaeology or to do with food), I love doing catering (even though doing this as a job would be too stressfull me thinks!), and last but not least for now we´re MAD about coffee here! My OH is roasting his own coffee, if that´s not mad I don´t know..... I do not share Jamie´s love for chillies, unfortunately my stomach is on war with everything that is too hot, I do react with terrible stomach pain to it! What a shame! Enjoy life, see you on the forum!
maddimouse's blog posts
first load of christmas cookies
Sun 15 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
I know it´s only 15th of November.... but I´ve been lusting for these for a while now and I just don´t want to buy some!
The recipy is on foodwise, I´ve used my basic dough for "butter cookies" as you could possibly translate the name.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/foodwise/art … hp?id=1898
I have made them with my meat mincing machine, I´ve got a special attachment for it. It´s the quickest way to make cookies, and I will make some of my xmas-cookies this year this way, just using different shapes. I´m not having much time on hand for christmas-bakery this year, and having planned to bake 10 different sorts I am happy for any time I can save!
The dough for another sort of cookies is already in the fridge, will post pics of the finished cookies and the recipy hopefully tomorrow.
chicken ragú with rice
Mon 09 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
This is a classic case of "gotta use this up, gotta use that up", to be precise: I need room in my freezer! So that´s how this dish came up: I defrosted some chicken breast filets, green asparagus, carrot-slices, peas and mushrooms. I wasn´t sure whether to cook a vegetarian risotto with the veg and just pan-fry the filets, or just cook a ragú with rice.
Well this is what I made in the end! The white wine and Marsala I used gave the whole ragú a nice flavour, I´ll keep that in mind for future chicken ragús. I also added some fresh parsley just a minute before serving, mmmh!
The recipy will be posted on foodwise asap.
damson cake
Sun 08 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
Damsons, damsons everywhere - this is another cake I baked with them.
The base is a shortcrust with hazelnuts in it, topped with halved fresh damsons and a cream based on quark. It was easy to make but I might have to use a different cake pan next time. The shortcrust was done when I took the cake out of the oven but it hadn´t browned as much as I would´ve wanted it to.
I will exchange the fresh damsons for some compote next time, I had this idea when eating a slice. I will pour the compote into a colander and allow the fruit to drop off so it won´t sogg the cake through in the baking process. This way it should be possible to add some interesting flavours, depending on what direction you wanna go to.
Recipy will be posted asap.
Fish-casserole with brussels sprouts
Thu 05 Nov 2009GENERAL BLOG
Our dinner tonight, I´ve found out it´s really easy to prepare, and once it comes to cooking it doesn´t take much effort.
I cut the brussels sprouts in halves and blanched them in salty water for three minutes, then poured them into a colander and quickly rinsed them under cold tab water. They cooled off quickly and I put them in the fridge for later.
In the evening I prepared the sauce (single cream, stock, salt, pepper and diff. herbs) and poured it into a casserole, placed two cut-through frozen fish fillets into the sauce and put the brussels sprouts on top so they were just peeking out.
200°C / 35 minutes (25 in case the fish is not frozen) and dinner was ready! Just made some mashed potatoes to go with it.
I will do dishes like this more often when I´m working late.
Will post the full recipy as soon as I´ve got the time to.
pork schnitzel, oyster mushrooms ragú and pasta
Sat 31 Oct 2009GENERAL BLOG
That was our dinner tonight. I love mushroom dishes and a friend of mine has given me two good handfulls so I happily changed my dinner plans. It wasn´t enough for a main dish but for a lovely bit of ragú to go with the schnitzel and pasta.
I will post the recipy on foodwise soon.
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