PistonHeads Cooking Competition #30. ONE POT MEALS!

[TeeRev]

[Shaw Tarse]

TeeRev said:

Last night my one pot entry came together, a traditional French Cassoulet, proper comfort food.

The confit duck legs were my own which I made a couple of weeks ago in the duck fat left over from a tin of confit duck that was bought in France and consumed in January, even if I say so myself mine were every bit as good as the French ones.

The method was to cut the Toulouse sausages into thirds, seal in duck fat in the pan, add the bacon pieces, roughly chopped celery and onion and cook until softened, add two or three cloves of crushed garlic, thyme, salt and pepper to taste.

Next you chuck in the chopped tomatoes and the drained haricot beans and add chicken stock to cover, cook on a low heat for and hour and a half, uncover and add the confit duck, cook/reduce and concentrate the flavour for another hour, serve and enjoy.

I could have easily eaten it without the extras to adhere to the strict one pot principle but my wife and daughter insisted that it was served with mash and veg, luckily though doing that left enough cassoulet over for me to enjoy as my lunch today without the accoutrements.

Annd the finished dish?

[TeeRev]

[TeeRev]

This happened last time so I think I need some help from someone a little more expert than me on this lark.
When I wrote my post I uploaded three photos and they were all shown, when the post appeared there is only one so I reposted the remaining two and still only one appeared and I then had to repost that.

What am I doing wrong?

[Pferdestarke]

TeeRev,

Preview the message and make sure that each picture link is contained in quotes.

You can always go back and edit your post and reinsert the image links. Best to use a new 'paragraph' for each one.

[TeeRev]

Thanks Pferderstarke, I'll try that next time.

What did you think of my Cassoulet?

[calibrax]

My entry... Beef stew with stout, dumplings, and mashed potatoes.

Some of the ingredients:


Simmering away:


Plated up:

Edited by calibrax on Saturday 16th February 22:15

[Tanguero]

And at last a meal that is ALL cooked in one pot

[calibrax]

Tanguero said:

And at last a meal that is ALL cooked in one pot

Except the stock...

[Tanguero]

calibrax said:

Tanguero said:

And at last a meal that is ALL cooked in one pot

Except the stock...

Bugger... didn't think of that!

[TeeRev]

I do have a photo of my Cassoulet without the mash and veg if they are not deemed to be acceptable in the finished dish.
It was definitely all made in only the one pot though, except the stock of course!!!

[calibrax]

TeeRev said:

I do have a photo of my Cassoulet without the mash and veg if they are not deemed to be acceptable in the finished dish.
It was definitely all made in only the one pot though, except the stock of course!!!

Don't worry, it's fine. Here's a quote from captainzep's competition post :

captainzep said:

So, the rule is that your dish must have been cooked in one pot. You can plate it up with a dollop of mash, a pile of rice, pasta, chunks of bread whatever, but the main part of the dish must have been cooked within it's own sauce and fellow ingredients in one pot

[anonymous-user]

Beef Shin Ragu
Dash of sesame & olive oil
some garlic
beef shin, smoked bacon
chopped onion,carrots,courgettes,leeks
knorr beef stock pot , quart red wine, splash teriyaki sauce, dash Worcester sauce
mixed dried herbs, 2 x fresh bay leaves, fresh rosemary
tin of plum tomatoes,big squirt tomato concentrate, splash lemon juice
sea salt, black pepper season
5 hours in one pot - yum yum ...About a 8 pounds all in
Served with Rosemary Roasted Potato Cubes & Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

[DozyGit]

Tanguero said:

And at last a meal that is ALL cooked in one pot

Sorry, I think I have a true one pot meal earlier on

[Du1point8]

When is someone going to make a posh pot noodle?

[Melman Giraffe]

Du1point8 said:

When is someone going to make a posh pot noodle?

Who's been watching BBC 2 7.30 week nights?

[Du1point8]

Melman Giraffe said:

Du1point8 said:

When is someone going to make a posh pot noodle?

Who's been watching BBC 2 7.30 week nights?

Not guilty... give me a clue of what I missed?

I know tonight on that show has a person called colin, my folks go to his restaurant quite often and love it... they rang me to tell me to what it as he was on.

This is it:

http://www.winteringhamfields.co.uk

They say the champers is very nice for £50 and the rooms are quite reasonable to stop over.

Edited by Du1point8 on Tuesday 19th February 20:15

[johnnywgk]

calibrax said:

Really tiny pot? or really massive beans...

EDIT: looked again and realised they are mushrooms not kidney beans. D'oh!

Yes, but are they big mushrooms or small, are they close or far away.

Think I need some sleep, or £30,000,000. If I got a choice, I'll
go for the sleep

[johnnywgk]

TeeRev said:

This happened last time so I think I need some help from someone a little more expert than me on this lark.
When I wrote my post I uploaded three photos and they were all shown, when the post appeared there is only one so I reposted the remaining two and still only one appeared and I then had to repost that.

What am I doing wrong?

Hope this helps, you need to cook loads more and invite us all around, coz I'Ts 6 in the morninig and we are all hungry.

(then they can help, I can eat)

I Fink this could be the start of a new relationship (lol)

[Stuart70]

TeeRev said:

Off thread, I know, but why is there a small frightened animal staring out from the centre of that pot?
I know about the horse meat scandal, but what's with putting Fido in the mix?

Or has the insomnia messed with my eyes and brain?