Winter Cooking

[ethandron]

Yesterday I made a pan of Thai squash soup which will do us a few days.
Today I’m making a gigantic quorn and lentil cottage pie with a mashed cauliflower and cheese topping instead of potato. We’ll eat some tonight and freeze the rest.
Tomorrow I’m going to make a large batch of the world famous ragu which EcclesCake put many of us on to, which will be frozen for future use.
And on Thursday I’ll be making a pan of spicy lentil and tomato soup.
Over the weekend I’m going to make the base of a beef carbonade to freeze ready for some visitors, it’ll just need the bread and mustard topping when it’s defrosted. And a venison (except I’m using beef) and pickled walnut casserole, which will also be frozen for future consumption.
Do you have any winter ‘go to’ meals?

[gingejbee]

chili con carne with a cornbread topping, beef goulash, Highland casserole (beef, root veg and barley) and homemade curries....

[diddlydo]

Cassoulet, fabada asturiana, Lancashire hotpot, various beef casseroles , loads of veggie soups from home-grown veg stored in the freezer etc etc. In fact, anything warming and hearty that I can cook in bulk and freeze.

[ethandron]

Ooh yes ginge, I have some goulash in the freezer from quite a while ago, must use it up. That highland casserole sounds nice.

[retrocop]

I'll be cooking a few batches,in my cauldron, of Stiffados (Beef and Octopus) Chilli con Carne. curries ,hot pots and chicken tray bakes (especially the Mexican tray bake) I noticed that our ready cooked sections in our freezers are getting very low now so busy times ahead.

[retrocop]

diddlydoo
We love Fabadas Astrianas here. Will include that as well for our winter store. Got a load of chorizo and black pudding awaiting.

[ethandron]

I’ve never made a cassoulet diddly, I do like it so I’m not sure why. That fab thingy sounds like the Spanish equivalent.

[gingejbee]

Highland casserole....cubed steak, lots of different root veg inc onions, barley, stock, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves...in slow cooker for several hours. Everybody loves it!

[AuntLydia]

I love my slow cooker and much prefer Winter meals to Summer ones. Shin Beef done for 8 hours with onions celery & carrots, Brisket joint cooked slowly then crisped up in a hot oven (fantastic gravy) Chicken Thighs slow cooked with carrots and onions in white wine finished off with dollops of creme fraiche and fresh parsley. I'm hungry now...and supposed to be on a diet.....

[retrocop]

ethendron
Fabadas Asturianas is a old Spanish peasant stew. It consists of potato,onion,black pudding,chorizo,ham hock and Fabadas beans. ( I use butter beans as Fabadas or fava beans are similar)
Very health as no extra oil or fat is used. The primary oil comes from dry frying the chorizo. There are herbs and smoked paprika in it as well

[retrocop]

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I add cabbage as well.

[ethandron]

What’s the Mexican traybake retro, Ive just googled a bit and there seem to be a few, I suppose they’re all similar. Sounds tasty.
Thanks for the highland recipe ginge.
AL, I really like the sound of the chicken thighs, one to add to my chicken list.

[ethandron]

Thanks retro, himself loves anything with black pud, and I always have chorizo in, another one to add to my list.

[tamborine]

Frozen neck of lamb, ox tail, rabbit & chidlings....hmmm which will it be?

[retrocop]

Ethendron
https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/smoky-mexican-chicken-
traybake.html

Note: For the Tinga paste I substituted chipotle paste available in Sainsburys and other stores.

[AuntLydia]

I'd do the rabbit with intestines -then give it to the dog lol!

[AuntLydia]

Retro You should write a cookery book -I'd buy it!

[ummmm]

Mine doesn't change that much.

[sherrardk]

Cottage pie, lasagne, roasted ham, dauphinois potatoes and green beans, bacon and potato bake and baked beans, spag bol, chilli, cheese mash and bacon, toad in the hole - winter food seems so much easier than summer food. Would love to be able to make enough to freeze but always have to make ginormous amounts just for one meal :)

[AuntLydia]

The only thing I miss about summer food is BBQ as I could live on BBQ meat and salad in the Summer. Plus OH does all the BBQ cooking.

[retrocop]

AL
Thanks but I must admit all the recipes I use are taken from thousands of other chefs and cooks more renowned than I.
If I compiled them in a book it would be entitled ' Plagiarism on a Plate' Lol. I do have three very large A4 ring binders full of recipes I enjoy that I print off the web.