Not so much an adventure this time around, but a big session cooking some staples, as occasionally happens here on a Sunday.

1. I started off at lunchtime with tomato soup. I’d sweated and simmered down a panful of soft tomatoes and some salad onions (with garlic and a small piece of chopped ginger) on Friday afternoon, these had then been left to mature. So for lunch today I finished the soup. I sieved most of the liquor to remove the majority of the tomato skins and seeds. It was all then blended, with a good squirt of garlic paste and tomato paste. I added a tin of lentils, some Worcs. Sauce and some dried mixed herbs; reheated it and cooked for some minutes. Served with bread rolls and some added shaved cheddar cheese. And there’s enough for lunch tomorrow as well.
2. This was followed later in the afternoon with an very tasty roast chicken (Waitrose higher welfare, slower growing bird) with garlic potatoes and roast veg (a mix of onion, yellow pepper and fennel). The chicken was full of flavour and very tender. And there’s plenty of cold chicken for during the week.
3. For pudding I did a rustic mixed fruit tart. Puff pastry filled with some nectarine, raspberries, strawberries and a few plums – with just a splash of peach schnapps. No need to trim off the excess pastry, just fold it over.
   

   

   As you’ll see from the photo below, this turned out rather juicy, but was also very tasty served with double cream. And again there’s enough for a breakfast or two!

   

So nothing really out of the ordinary, but some rather tasty meals nonetheless.