It was time for my December review and The Pig was kind enough to
invite himself over and offer to eat my food and write a review. I knew I
wouldn’t have much time on Wednesday, so I decided to do most of the cooking on
Tuesday and decided on a Steak, Guiness
and Cheese Pie by Pete (and Jamie) and Chocolate
Pots (whatever they are).
I rushed home from work and was able to get the Chocolate Pots
cooked before I headed out for dinner. I have these ramekins that have little
plastic lids so I was pretty keen to use them. I read in the recipe that the
mixture needed to be covered with foil before you put the pots in the oven so I
thought I’d use the lids instead. Thank god I couldn’t find the lids so just
foiled the pots and put them in the oven. The lids clearly would have melted
and would not have been fun! The foil stuck to the top a bit, but peeled off
pretty easily and it was all done.
After dinner I came home and started cooking the pie. I chopped up
all the ingredients and started frying them. It wasn’t until halfway through
doing this that I read the recipe and realised that the next steps were to put
the pie in the oven for 90 minutes, mix it, put it back in the oven for 60
minutes, then assemble it with pastry and bake for 45 minutes. This was at
about 10:30pm.
It would have been pretty easy to change the menu and do something
else – but The Pig had requested (and already given) menu approval, I’d already
brought all the ingredients, and I’d already cooked half of them. Coles does
let me return a lot of stuff – but I fear they might not be so generous with half
cooked ingredients.
So instead, I followed the recipe and put the mixture in the oven,
set an alarm and went to bed. I even had to leave a note for Sian that said
“I’ve left the oven on, on purpose. I’ll turn it off some time after
1am”.
Ridiculous. I had some sleep, got up, mixed it, slept, got up, mixed
it and chucked it in the fridge.
The next day it all went pretty smoothly. I forgot to grease the pie
dish so the pastry got stuck to the bottom and we basically ate a pot pie (but
then when I was packing up we got to peel all the half soggy half crispy pastry
off the bottom and eat it with tomato sauce. Amazing). I burnt myself twice
which is nothing unusual and I also melted the pictures on my oven mits, onto
the pan. Opps.
The pie looked amazing and was actually really nice. I was worried about
the meat after it being in the oven that long but I was quite impressed. We had
it with chips and peas and were well happy. The Pig went back for seconds and
took the leftovers home so I’m pretty sure he enjoyed it.
I put the Chocolate Pots back in the oven for 10 minutes and served
them with icecream. They were OK but a kinda weird texture – I think that’s
what they’re meant to be like and I still had no trouble scoffing it all until
I felt sick I was so full. I may have snapped a spoon in half while serving the
ice-cream but my modesty prevents me from mentioning this display of extreme strength.
All in all, I’m deeming it a success. We watched Diary of a Wimpy
Kid, Eurotrip and 30 Rock, talked a whole heap of shit and ate A LOT! Very nice
night all up. Bring on the review!
Tips: Read the recipe
before you start cooking – timing is everything. If you’re using this recipe –
read it with a magnifying glass – Pete didn’t realise he could take up more
than one page in my book!
Music: Powderfinger (Pots); The Ricky Gervais Show (Pie)
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