Everything tastes good in Puff Pastry

I'm a strong believer that anything will taste good shoved inside some puff pastry. I've discussed with friends all sorts of ideas such as baked beans, tuna pie etc. Take some left over spag bol mince that didn't fit in the lasagne, add some peas and corn and turn into a tomato beef and veg pastie.

Braised Pork Belly with Caramel Sauce

Matt has had a pork belly in freezer for some time, after winning it in a meat raffle. Cooked it last night and ate it this afternoon. Braised in chicken stock, soy, ketchap manis, garlic, orange peel, ginger, chilli and water for about 3 hours while we went out to dinner at Cammeray. Refrigerated over night, then sliced and grilled. Took the remaining cooking liquid and added it to some brown sugar and water caramel. Reduced a bit to thicken and concentrate. Served with white rice and celery cress garnish.

Perfect Sunday Brekkie

Scrambled eggs (Gordon Ramsay style), some fresh double smoked bacon from the markets yesterday morning, on some sour dough toast. Was it down with a fresh cup of espresso - new coffee I am trying from Republica, with some real fresh fat milk from the markets yesterday.

Lasagne in bulk

Cooked this one over the weekend. The meat for a day on the stove, and bechamel done on Saturday. Put together with some fresh pasta Sunday. This pan only fit about 1/2 the mince, so will keep the rest for other purposes. 3kg batch of mince with 1 bottle of wine, 5 onions, 5 cans of tomatoes and 2 cans of tomato paste.

Fish and Chips

Hey - I know its been a while. Hard to get motivated to capture everything I cook. My latest idea. Just post a pic of what I'm eating. Simple. Here is some salmon fillets out of the freezer, skin on - pan fried for a few minutes skin side down - in the oven to let the rest cook through.

Some oven baked chips with roasted garlic aioli (store bought) and some steamed zuchini. Listening to The Music's latest album bought today. Some cool sounds, bit more electronic with some 80's influences. Pretty cool anyway and looking forward to seeing them at Splendour in the Grass.

Bye for now.