Making Bebek Betutu (Balinese roast marinated duck, aka whole chicken (in this case) with far too many chillies up its bum).

Never steamed meat before - fingers crossed.


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Pour strong soy sauce over roo fillet so it's sitting in small puddle. Add 3tsp or so brown sugar, mixing with soy and pressing onto roo to form paste; cover fillet with bruised basil leaves. Add red wine so fillet is sitting in about 1/2-3/4 cm liquid, crushed garlic cloves, bruised bay leaves. Fridge to marinate - today all day, but you could ( Read more... )

Sappy old bat is enjoying Upstairs, Downstairs a la Nu very much indeed. And fancying Art Malik very much also. And attempting yet again to make roast lamb vaguely edible. This time: boneless leg roll, rubbed in salt and sugar, sitting in white wine and covered in onion slices (crikey I dunno! I'm just playing here...), then roasted over a tray ( Read more... )