Braised Goat Shoulder with Beans and Cabbage

Wednesday, 1st May 2013

I used this recipe, but I could only get pinto beans and chinese cabbage. The sauce, the meat and the cabbage came out very well, although a larger piece of meat would have been better. The beans were completely uncooked and awful. I put the left-over beans back in the pot for another two hours cooking and they were still hard. Next time I'll get the right beans!
(After this disappointment, I ordered a cassoulet the next time we were in a suitable restaurant. It came with no beans at all. Whoever heard of cassoulet with no beans??)

Meatloaf with Blue Cheese

Sunday, 17th March 2013

Based on this adaption of a Joceline Dimbleby recipe.
I used a mix of 1:2 mix of pork and beef, because that seems to have a better flavour, and stilton for the blue cheese. And I made the tomato sauce mentioned in that recipe. (No idea what the camera did to the colour of my tomato sauce, I assure you it didn't look maroon in real life!). Otherwise I followed the recipe pretty closely.
Served with roast potatoes and cabbage braised in a little butter.
This came out really well and the stilton developed a surprisingly mellow, creamy flavour.