In which I use leftovers, with success and happiness
Earlier this week, I made beef cheek and skirt steak stew with onions. Lots of leftovers resulted, so we had it a second night for dinner. With still some left.
Then I made roast chicken with various veg. Again lots of leftovers resulted, so we had it a second night for dinner. With still some left.
Today I used the chook carcass plus another previous frozen carcass to make stock. I recovered the leftover bits of meat, then put the stock on the boil to condense.... got distracted with a 2 hour plus skype call with my niece/nephew-in-law, and ended up condensing three litres into about three tablespoons (!). Happily I caught it minutes before disaster struck.
I mixed some of the super gelatinised stock with the chicken meat and diced leftover veggies (carrot, onion, cauliflower).
Then I got some suet from our cattlebeast out of the freezer, grated it, added some minced thyme, and used it to make pie pastry.
Then I got some leftover roasted butternut squash out of the freezer.
Then I made mashed potatoes.
Then I rolled out the pastry and cut circles, and used my new super awsome steel-reinforced silicon mini muffin tin to make mini pie pastries, which I baked till just gold on the edges.
Then I added the chicken mix topped with pumpkin, or the beef stew topped with mashed potatoes, and baked them for another about twenty minutes.
They are so cute. And so delicious. And I am so happy.
Then I made roast chicken with various veg. Again lots of leftovers resulted, so we had it a second night for dinner. With still some left.
Today I used the chook carcass plus another previous frozen carcass to make stock. I recovered the leftover bits of meat, then put the stock on the boil to condense.... got distracted with a 2 hour plus skype call with my niece/nephew-in-law, and ended up condensing three litres into about three tablespoons (!). Happily I caught it minutes before disaster struck.
I mixed some of the super gelatinised stock with the chicken meat and diced leftover veggies (carrot, onion, cauliflower).
Then I got some suet from our cattlebeast out of the freezer, grated it, added some minced thyme, and used it to make pie pastry.
Then I got some leftover roasted butternut squash out of the freezer.
Then I made mashed potatoes.
Then I rolled out the pastry and cut circles, and used my new super awsome steel-reinforced silicon mini muffin tin to make mini pie pastries, which I baked till just gold on the edges.
Then I added the chicken mix topped with pumpkin, or the beef stew topped with mashed potatoes, and baked them for another about twenty minutes.
They are so cute. And so delicious. And I am so happy.