Winter food ...

[abelgold]

.. you are looking forward too??

Last year I perfected my version of ham and vegetable stewy soup which featured: ham bone, any other vegetable in my way (including potatoes, parsnips, carrots, spinach, onion, sweet potato, squash, zuchini), chorizo, peppercorns, pasta (towards the end) stock and water.

A slow simmer for anywhere between 2 hours - 12 hours (overnight) makes the stew absolutely fucking tasty and makes the place smell a treat.

I plan to have this soup on high rotation during the winter months.

Anyone else look forward to a seasonal fave dish?

[ms edeity]

flat stanleys

[Something Fast]

Fondue

[kleph]

you gotta try my new favorite stew. Roast Pork Shoulder and Italian Sausage Stew (http://www.kleph.com/cook/2006/02/roast-pork-shoulder-and-italian.html) relatively easy to make and flat out delicious.

[Lina]

Whilst I won't actually be having a winter this year, I do make a strange chicken mornay type of dish that I love in winter. Damn it's good.

[Sutter]

I make a mean potato and leek soup, and fresh, crusty bread to go with it. :)

[Sutter]

flat stanleys
What the heck is that?

[ms edeity]

jaffles

(meat, cheese and sause squished and toasted)

The kids love macabre.

[kleph]

I make a mean potato and leek soap

i can't eat the stuff, my mom used to wash my mouth out with it whenever i said a cuss word.

now potato and leek soup i dig (http://www.kleph.com/cook/2006/01/leek-and-potato-soup.html).

[Goat Boy]

Guinness Steak Pie and fresh veg.

[Canalien]

Potato and Bacon Chowder.

Perogies (to be honest, I hand-make these all year round, toooo good any time of year)

[SirTwist]

I'm cooking a basic stew tonight. Very nice, especially since the nights are starting to cool off. Basically, it's meat, leeks, onion, carrots, tin or two of chopped tomatoes, wine, stock and simmer.

Usually, I serve on mash, but I'll probably just cut up the spuds and throw them in the stew tonight. I'll also be using lamb instead of beef.

[Buffy]

shepherds pie!
I'm a big fan of the "throw together in the morning" stew too, with mash! yum!

[SirTwist]

stew+mash=teh awesome :D

I'm also looking forward to Diva's mum making her trademarked Pea & Bacon Soup (FTW), and her pumpkin soup (FTS)

[Chocoholic]

Hot chocolate and hot breakfasts

[pliskin]

braised lamb shanks with rosemary and garlic mash
osso bucco and polenta

[SirTwist]

winter is never complete without a trip to the Lowenbrau (http://www.lowenbrau.com.au/)

[abelgold]

Last year I got interested into slow roasting meats as well.. a more succulent, though time consuming, way to sample some prized meats.

I found this recipe which I'm keen to try out very soon:

Gigot a sept heures (seven-hour leg of lamb)

Five hours is enough, actually. Serve with mashed potatoes or white beans.
1 leg of mature lamb, about 2kg
2 tbsp olive oil
Sea salt and pepper
Few sprigs thyme
150mL dry white wine
250mL water
1 whole head of garlic
2 medium onions, quartered
8 smallish carrots, peeled
Handful of flatleaf parsley

Preheat oven to 100C. Coat the lamb with olive oil and season with sea salt and pepper. Place in a large, lidded, ovenproof casserole and scatter with thyme. Add the wine and water, cover tightly, and bake for 2 hours.
Carefully remove the casserole from the oven, and skim the fat from the top of the broth.

Cut the head of garlic in half across the cloves. Place the garlic, onions and carrots in with the lamb, and bake for another 3 hours.
Gently remove the lamb, and transfer the vegetables to a warm platter.
Strain the juices and bring to the boil in a small pan, skimming. Carve the lamb thickly and serve on warm dinner plates with the vegetables, garlic, parsley and a ladleful of broth.
Serves 4.

[Snapple]

I really like them Tom Yong Goong Soups, there really spicy. And great for the cold.

[kleph]

man, you gotta try Lamb Shank and White Bean Stew (http://www.kleph.com/cook/2006/01/lamb-shank-and-white-bean-stew.html). the hardest part is if you can find somewhere that sells the shanks (which is the cut used for osso busco). get them and it is a slow cooking wonder.

[Glompbot]

I make a mean potato and leek soup, and fresh, crusty bread to go with it. :)

I am SO visiting you when you make this!


I LOVE potato and leek soup in winter. yum.

[BtrFly]

i am looking forward to ratatouille, vegie stews, and hearty soup. especially borscht... *drool*

anything with winter vegies, which gets better after a period of time is alright by me.

[Benwah]

man, you gotta try Lamb Shank and White Bean Stew (http://www.kleph.com/cook/2006/01/lamb-shank-and-white-bean-stew.html). the hardest part is if you can find somewhere that sells the shanks (which is the cut used for osso busco). get them and it is a slow cooking wonder.

Shank are all over the place in AUS mate, they are cheap as, my Mum does them a treat!

[Benwah]

Roast chicken W/Lemon and Garlic with rice and baked sweet potato, parsip and carrots.

[nrejones]

Minestrone with a couple of Chillis thrown in is good.

[Sutter]

I am SO visiting you when you make this!


I LOVE potato and leek soup in winter. yum.

Oh no you don't!
/me locks up soup & bread in safe

[Whiskers]

Roasted chestnuts- have to be my favourite thing in the world.

[pliskin]

i give u :

BANGERS AND MASH WITH ONION GRAVY.
and it isnt even winter yet

[muppet]

i give u :

BANGERS AND MASH WITH ONION GRAVY.
and it isnt even winter yet
Bangers & Mash with mushroom gravy is a favorite in our house.

When I have the time, I'll be making my creamy roast pumpkin soup, as well as sweet chicken and corn soup, oh and minastra (maltese dish - pumpkins, potato, zucchini, whatever other vegies are around that go squishy when you cook them, a bit of tomato paste and some parmesan cheese.. yum :D)

Because there are only 2 of us in the house, and i work night shift, soups are the best because you can make a giant pot of whatever and then freeze portions to pull out and reheat when i cbf cooking. Plus, they're healthy too which is the biggest bonus.

[Snowball]

stew+mash=teh awesome :D

I'm also looking forward to Diva's mum making her trademarked Pea & Bacon Soup (FTW), and her pumpkin soup (FTS)

I Love Pea & Ham soup! Damn you got my mouth watering, i shall cook some this weekend.

[kleph]

Roast chicken W/Lemon and Garlic with rice

http://www.kleph.com/cook/2006/02/roast-lemon-chicken.html

Minestrone with a couple of Chillis thrown in is good.

http://www.kleph.com/cook/2006/03/minestrone-soup.html

and, muppet, give it up with that roast pumpkin soup recipe, por favor.

[Snapple]

I am going to have to make a serious chunky soup tonight, it is comming into winter and I am hungry all the time. Really hungry, I really like those grain things you put in vege soup. I will make lots of soups this winter, because I am such a shit cook.

[excalibur]

Guinness pot pie.

That is all.

[royale]

I've started on winter early- corned beef with mustard sauce and mash last sunday.
I have a (almost) stripped leg of ham for Pea and Ham soup that will be done next Sunday

[dwarfthrower]

I've started on winter early- corned beef with mustard sauce and mash on sunday.
Awesome stuff, I did corned beef last week too. With cabbage and mustard taters.

Said goodbye to summer on Sunday with a feast of freshly captured yabbies. Parboiled, shelled and then skewered, drenched in a garlic cream sauce and grilled.

[royale]

Damn that sounds good.
Do you have a dam at your redneck wonderland? (Alas, I am restricted to buying yabbies from farms or sometimes the SM market/Clamms)

[dwarfthrower]

Damn that sounds good.
Do you have a dam at your redneck wonderland? (Alas, I am restricted to buying yabbies from farms or sometimes the SM market/Clamms)
I don't unfortunately. However I do have a father-in-law who uses small yabbies for fishing bait. He has a number of farmers who let him raid their dams in exchange for some of the redfin he catches. The yabbies that are too big for fishing end up either in his breeding tanks, or my cooking pot.

[Glompbot]

Thanks to an IRC conversation I remembered a winter food I haven't had since I moved out of home a few years ago....

Goulash.

I <3 it so much
I used to love paprika purely based upon this meal as a kid...


Decent looking recipies here:
http://homecooking.about.com/od/beefrecipes/r/blbeef31.htm

http://www.gumbopages.com/food/hungarian/gulyas.html


I'll have to find out what my mum used... I think my mum never used flour in hers though...