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Last full day of our Cotswolds break and we had booked to go out for a nice meal tonight but we’ve both come down with a rough cold and hacking coughs so we cancelled the booking and bought a few bits in Marks' and will be eating in tonight. We're sharing the mash and veg and Mrs Mottie is having a gluten free pie with hers. Oh, the high life…….
I love that mash
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Where's the 1/2 lb of Lurpak?
Pie was nice, veg was…veg, mash was meh! Absolutely nothing like the creamy buttery mash that I make at home.I love that mash
Could have done with that for the mash.
Duck breast, creamy mash, purple sprouting broccoli and a jus made from beef stock, blackcurrant jam, crushed garlic and balsamic glaze.
Roast lamb, left-over from Christmas, roast potatoes, Yorkie, green beans, and some homemade gravy. I think we are getting the hang of making respectable gravy, at last.
Soup! With Mrs Mottie poorly, she wasn’t up to a Sunday roast today. All I could get her to eat was half a bowl of soup so I had the rest.
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Best meat ever for shepherds pie - diced left over roast. Pref shoulder, but leg will do.
You can find my recipe for gravy here: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/...-one-for-a-small-bungalow.639264/post-5884608
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You need to add more butter/cream/milk to shop-bought mash. And usually more salt & pepper.
Mascarpone is good too, and Boursin.
Oh - and with what you had, I'd have taken the cavolo nero out of the veg mix, wilted it in butter, and added it to the mash.
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I'm not doomsaying, but if it's the one Mrs M and I had a while ago, be warned it goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on. 5-6 weeks, and leaves you banjaxed for some time afterwards.
If they're anything like the Pieminister ones, gluten-free pastry is lovely - really crispy.
We haven’t found a nice tasting/nice texture gluten free pastry anywhere yet.
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I'd never liked any other GF stuff I'd tried - bread, pasta, whatever.
No biggie - I'm not gluten intolerant, I just bought them out of curiosity to see what they were like.
The pie purchase was a mistake - I didn't notice it was GF until after I'd bought it, and was pleasantly surprised when I ate it. Maybe it's like AF beer - got lot better over the last few years.
How was she-who-scowls-at-you's pie?
No biggie - I'm not gluten intolerant, I just bought them out of curiosity to see what they were like.
The pie purchase was a mistake - I didn't notice it was GF until after I'd bought it, and was pleasantly surprised when I ate it. Maybe it's like AF beer - got lot better over the last few years.
How was she-who-scowls-at-you's pie?
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