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Plum, pickled wild Mushroom and pickled Garlic sauce!

Plum, pickled wild Mushroom and pickled Garlic sauce

Initially this was intended as a dipping sauce…. As we have found with a lot of foraged items they have much stronger flavours than their shop bought counterparts. So this is going over a £1.38 rack of Pork ribs!

This was clearly an experiment and we’d not expect anybody in their right mind to have these ingredients to hand! But it’s good to experiment. You never know what you’ll invent for a few pence….

Ingredients:-

260g of frozen foraged Plums
4 large lumps of pickled Chicken Of The Woods
Lacto Fermented Garlic Cloves
A slug of Soy Sauce and Fish Sauce
2 table spoons of Sugar
Enough Tomato sauce to make the sauce wet enough to pour over your meat

Shop bought Mushrooms, fresh Garlic and bought Plums would probably result in something good, but maybe not quite as strong flavoured.

Method:-

(1) Thaw the plums. We used the Microwave but it doesn’t matter if you heat them gently in a pan with a little water.
(2) Simmer the Plums in a little water until you can squash them with a fork.
(3) Press through a colander to separate the stones, keeping to juice, pulp and skins.
(4) Allow to cool so you don’t damage your blender.
(5) Blend everything apart from the Tomato Sauce to a fine texture.
(6) Add back to the pan and simmer for 20 minutes.
(7) Add enough Tomato Sauce to make your sauce liquid enough to pour.

Plum, pickled wild Mushroom and pickled Garlic sauce

 

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Apricot Chicken recipe, eat well on universal credit

These Chicken breasts had been loitering in the freezer for long enough!

Ingredients:-

2 Chicken Breasts
12 Dried Apricots, chopped
40g of Apricot Jam
1 Onion, diced
240ml of Chicken Stock
½ Tsp of Cinnamon
½ tsp of Fresh Rosemary, chopped finely
2 Tsp of Tabasco Sauce
Milk to soak
Olive Oil and Margarine to fry
Fresh Parsley to garnish
Salt & Pepper to season

Method:-

(1) Pound out the Chicken Breasts with a meat mallet and season with Salt & Pepper.
(2) Place in Milk and leave in the fridge for up to 2 hours to soak.
(3) In a large pan over a high heat add 1 Tbsp of Margarine and 2 Tbsp of Olive Oil.
(4) Add the Chicken Breasts and turn down the heat to medium.
(5) Cook of both sides until browned. Remove and set aside.
(6) Add a little more Oil and then add the Onions, frying until softened.
(7) Add the Stock and allow to simmer for 2 minutes.
(8) Combine the Apricots and Apricot Jam and add to the Stock.
(9) Stir in the Cinnamon, Rosemary and Tabasco Sauce. Continuing to simmer for 10 minutes until the sauce thickens.
(10) Return the Chicken and simmer for 5 minutes.

We sliced the Breasts diagonally and served over plain boiled Rice and garnished with the chopped Parsley. Very tasty and lighter than some of the dishes we’ve prepared recently.

 

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