Aug 18 2008
Hot Tea on a Damp and Dreary Night
Quick, easy and satisfying. With Lurid Peas.
- Gammon Steaks with Parsley
Another of the ‘Against the Clock’ recipes from Nigella Express, which seem to be designed to come together so quickly that you really have to be absolutely ready to eat from the moment you put the first ingredient in the pan. We are learning though, so had our wee potatoes cooking in advance.
Then, as my gammon steaks fried, all I had to do was overcome a lifetime’s prejudice open a tin of processed peas, heat them up and serve. A little dressing and some pan juices later and we had a proper feast. And the peas turned out to be actually quite nice.
Given that August seems to be the new Scottish word for rain, this was just what we needed.
Well I don’t know if your’s was Monday’s tea or not, but we also had gammon, but from the original Jamie Oliver (The Naked Chef): Boiled Bacon with Pease Pudding, so in some respects similar, except that it took about 2 hours to cook and there were veggies cooked in the broth; the veggies were scoffed along with the BB & PP, the broth awaits lentil soup construction, but tastes awesome as it had about half a ton of veg in it as well as herbs and of course a huge dod of gammon. (Gosh that was one sentence)
…and of course there is still some cold gammon for tea tonight… yum!
Not Monday’s tea (more on that later!) but sounds like you were having a feast. I remember the recipe…must take a copy of it one day. Brothily cooked meat with lentil soup the next day sounds like just the sort of feast this dreary weather calls for!