Christmas cake as normal cut a slab off for the mother in law. Decided to make stollen again as I not made any for some years. Not bad not sure if it a tad drier than it should be, nice flavour though.

Looking good plenty of fruit,nice and dark.👍

6 days later

They looked so good I had to give it go.

Porchetta for an early Christmas dinner

Both are Ottolenghi’s! 😊

whinmoor85

Very nice.
Sous Vide, reverse sear, years of practice?
You have smashed a beautiful medium rare finish even not saucing the whole steak so you can appreciate the flavour.
Whoever spent time, money and love growing the beast that that steak came from would appreciate the effort and respect.
I know I would.

      Since discovering ‘sous vide’ I never cook a steak any other way. It always turns out perfect. Yes it may be more hassle than just bunging it in a hot pan, but I always found not being a proper chef or to be honest not having steak even every month necessarily, that it was too hit and miss. I did it for a friend who visited and he said it was one of the best cooked steaks he had had. Nuff said!

        Pompeyexile Agreed with what you said about sous vide - not the most convenient way to cook but worth it for the precision. Low temperature oven also works well but the water bath is fool proof once you’re set up.

          Well after carb loading over Xmas and my birthday, I’ve now gone back to crappy low carb

          The beer was a Friday treat after the first week back at work and generally a poorly household Xmas, Mrs was ill second Christmas running, last yr COVID this year chest infection and inflamed ribcage.😭

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            Cuprajake I will be joining you shortly. That means when I can stand the nagging no longer! I eat porridge for breakfast but the carbs are slow release into the bloodstream over the day…..as opposed to say eating breakfast cereal which dumps its carbs into the system all in one go. Lunch tends to be like your meal but I substitute eggs for veg as I am not a lover and I do not worry about the evening meal. I had to have ⅔ rds of my stomach removed in 2017 so can only eat small amounts, but often!

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              I’m finding low carb more limited that vegan

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              Up to about 80 so far with family bringing more with spare dough 😂

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                Cuprajake Up to about 80 so far with family bringing more with spare dough 😂

                What’s inside, and how are they going to be cooked?

                  Potato/cheese (mash) and then sauerkraut

                  Boil them and then mushroom gravy on top

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                  Finished article

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                  I made Milanese beef steaks. It didn’t last long. The photographer arrived too late. 🤪