Dinner Party:
the three courses that I would serve at my dinner party would be:
starter: Lobster soup -
Start by heating a huge pot on the stove. Chop the vegetables and chilli and throw them in, together with the olive oil. Sweat them off for 15 minutes.
While they are cooking, smash the lobster shells up with a hammer until they are as finely broken as possible. I suggest you put them under an unwanted tea towel to do this( this is great for getting rid of pent-up aggression.) Add them to the pot with the white wine, prawns and fish, then the tomatoes and saffron. Simmer for 30 minutes.
Once this is done, blitz the mixture in a food processor until it is all a mush. Now the really boring bit: find a fine sieve and pass the mush through it until you are left with a thin, gorgeous-smelling broth.
Throw away the mush that remains (or bait your crayfish traps with it).
Put the soup back on the stove and reduce the liquor by half. This will concentrate the flavour and improve
it no end. When reduced, season with salt and pepper and add cognac to taste. You should be left with about three litres of amazing soup.
main: mushroom & chorizo risotto - the preparation involved would be fist collect the ingredients that were arborio rice, an onion, celery, chorizo, chestnut mushrooms, dry white wine, vegetable stock, chopped parsley, grated Parmesan & 1 egg yoke. Heat a large deep sauce pan over a high heat. Add the chorizo and cook for 2 - 3 minutes, until turning golden and the oil has been released from the meat. Remove and set aside.
Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the onion and celery to the pan and cook for 5 minutes to soften. Add the mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes then stir in the rice. Add the wine and bubble until evaporated
Add 1/3 of the hot stock, stir until absorbed. Continue to add the stock, stirring occasionally until the rice is cooked. Stir in chorizo, Parmesan and the liason. Add the parsley. season to taste.
Serve with parmesan shavings and a sprig of parsley.
desert: Bailey's Irish cream cheesecake - Prepare crust:
Combine graham crackers, 1/3 cup sugar and 6 tb butter. Pat into bottom of a cheesecake pan and bake at 350 F for 10 minutes.
Prepare filling:
Soften gelatin in small saucepan with 3/4 cup water. Stir egg yolks into 1 cup sugar. Add to gelatin mixture and cook over med. heat. stirring constantly until mixture thickens and bubbles. Cool.
Beat cheese in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add cocoa and beat again. Add Bailey's and beat some more. Slowly add gelatin mixture and blend well. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Add remaining 1/2 cup sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Fold into cheese mixture. Whip cream and fold into cheese mixture. Pour into crust and refrigerated several hours or overnight
I would host my dinner party on a cruise ship on a new york harbor because at night you would see the lights of the city and there would be an unbelievable background.
my six guests would be: Bill Gates: I would like to find out how it feels to be one of the only billionairs in the world & what inspired him to invent microsoft.
barack obama: i would like to find out how i feels to the most important person in the world.
my gran & granda: i never had the chance to meet them because the died just before i was born and i would like toget to know them.
whitney houston: to find out why she started doing drugs, and how she managed to spend 150 million dollars and to find out how she actually died.
frank gallagher (from shameless): because he is a party animal and is one of the funniest people on tv.
Ross Bell Cookery
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Mushroom & chorizo Risotto
in college i made a mushroom & chorizo risotto, the preparation involved was fist collect the ingredients that were arborio rice, an onion, celery, chorizo, chestnut mushrooms, dry white wine, vegetable stock, chopped parsley, grated Parmesan & 1 egg yoke.
Method
1.heat a large, deep saucepan over high heat. Add the chorizo and cook for 2-3 minutes, until turning golden and the oil has been released from the meat. remove from the heat and put in a glass bowl and cover it with fling film.
2. reduce the heat to medium-low, add the finely chopped onions and celery to the pan and cook for 5 minutes to soften. Add the chopped mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes then wash the rice and stir it in to the pan. Add the wine and bubble until evaporated.
3. add 1/3 of the hot stock, stir until absorbed. Continue to add the stock, stirring occasionally until the rice is cooked. stir in the chorizo, Parmesan and the laison, Add the parsley. season to taste.
4. serve with Parmesan shavings and a sprig of parsley.

Method
1.heat a large, deep saucepan over high heat. Add the chorizo and cook for 2-3 minutes, until turning golden and the oil has been released from the meat. remove from the heat and put in a glass bowl and cover it with fling film.
2. reduce the heat to medium-low, add the finely chopped onions and celery to the pan and cook for 5 minutes to soften. Add the chopped mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes then wash the rice and stir it in to the pan. Add the wine and bubble until evaporated.
3. add 1/3 of the hot stock, stir until absorbed. Continue to add the stock, stirring occasionally until the rice is cooked. stir in the chorizo, Parmesan and the laison, Add the parsley. season to taste.
4. serve with Parmesan shavings and a sprig of parsley.
Describing food;
fish supper: soft appetising flaky flesh, surrounded by tasty crispy batter and served with mouth watering potato chips.
roasted rhino: Delectable tough crispy skin that covers the tender meat inside.
fruit salad: bowl-full of delicious exotic fruits, with eye catching colours. A great light flavoursome desert.
beef stew: fantastic homemade beef stew, filled with meaty chunks of beef & potatoes, soaked in a thick mouth-watering gravy.
tomato soup: creamy tomato soup made by real fresh home-grown tomatoes with a cream and parsley garnish.




tomato soup: creamy tomato soup made by real fresh home-grown tomatoes with a cream and parsley garnish.
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