“If you never go outside the recipe, cooking is easy, but is it really cooking? Is cooking just reading with actions, or is there something more? Is the real skill making something delicious when some of the ingredients aren’t to hand?”
Lamb Stew @ Smiths of Smithfield in Smithfield
Apple Crumble @ Smiths of Smithfield in Smithfield
*The bartender ran out of vanilla ice cream, so I asked him to substitute it with mango ice cream, but ingredients usually are Apple Schnapps, Goldschlager, Vanilla Ice Cream, and Crumbled Biscuit
Beer Braised Chicken
There was some leftover beer in the fridge, so I attempted to make the famous beer can chicken, but since I didn’t really have a whole chicken, or a grill, I figured I would just braise it in beer. It turned out very tender and beer-ilicious! Rolled the chicken around in melted butter then coated it with a dry rub.
Pork Escalope in Cider Gravy @ The Mawson Arms in Chiswick