Wednesday 8 February 2012

Be My Valentine?

Roses are red
Violets are blue
It feels like ages since i blogged to you! 

Hello Bloggers, so valentines is approaching and as you all know food is the language of love hence we have recipes to melt the hearts of the one in your life.

This week our Development Chef Andy Wardle has been cooking up a menu to die for and we will be posting a different course a day over the next week.

So lets get this love boat motoring, with the starter.

Salmon Fragrant Broth

Ingredients:

600 ml vegetable stock
2 lemon grass stalks
2 shallots
1 sml chillies
80g grated carrot
100g mushrooms oyster
Tsp chopped fresh coriander & basil
1 tsp sugar
600 g salmon fillet
100g-baby spinach
2 tsp thai fish sauce
                                                     1 tbsp lime juice


Process:

  1. Put the stock, lemon grass, carrots, shallots, chilli, mushrooms and sugar into a saucepan on a medium heat and leave to simmer.
  2. Take your salmon fillets and cut into roughly 1cm cubes, then take a hot pan with a little oil and sear the sides of the salmon. Do not cook through we are just sealing the fish to lock in the flavour and moisture.
  3. Once seared add them to the broth and cook on a gentle simmer until the fish is cooked. 
  4. The finishing touches now, add the spinach, herbs, fish sauce and lastly the lime juice to add the sweet, sour and sharp taste of the broth.

And thats it your ready to impress! Easy.