Whats on the menu for dinner these days??

[horrie hastings]

Making a meat cannelloni tonight, just going wing it how i make it, just got the zucchini pulp out of the freezer to defrost which i will either add to the sauce or the beef filling.

[mightyrooster]

Homemade meat pie went down really well as it always does. A real family favourite. Great weather for it too with all the rain and cooler temperature. Served with some mashed potatoes and carrots.

[horrie hastings]

Cannelloni needs a bit of a tweak next time i make it, it was still was good but i haven't done a proper meat one for over 30 years as i usually do a tuna one i have down pat. My main problem was i made a really nice tomato sauce to pour over the tubes which were stuffed with cooked beef mince, zucchini , onion and garlic and herbs. The sauce was great but my mistake was that i cooked it down to much and even though the flavour was nice and rich i really only had enough to cover the pasta and it still had to go in the oven with about 25 mins cooking time, with about 10 minutes cooking time left it looked like it was drying out to much and some of the cannelloni was still dry so added some passata on top which saved it. Next time i make it i am not going to do to much different but make a lot more tomato sauce and not cook it down as much so it still has plenty of liquid for the tubes to absorb.

[mightyrooster]

Cannelloni needs a bit of a tweak next time i make it, it was still was good but i haven't done a proper meat one for over 30 years as i usually do a tuna one i have down pat. My main problem was i made a really nice tomato sauce to pour over the tubes which were stuffed with cooked beef mince, zucchini , onion and garlic and herbs. The sauce was great but my mistake was that i cooked it down to much and even though the flavour was nice and rich i really only had enough to cover the pasta and it still had to go in the oven with about 25 mins cooking time, with about 10 minutes cooking time left it looked like it was drying out to much and some of the cannelloni was still dry so added some passata on top which saved it. Next time i make it i am not going to do to much different but make a lot more tomato sauce and not cook it down as much so it still has plenty of liquid for the tubes to absorb.

It’s always fun experimenting isn’t it and then when things don’t go completely as planned you can start planning how to improve it next time. By the way, your dish sounds great to me!

[horrie hastings]

It’s always fun experimenting isn’t it and then when things don’t go completely as planned you can start planning how to improve it next time. By the way, your dish sounds great to me!

So true, i actually bought some frozen spinach to bulk up the beef mince for the filling of the tubes but had some zucchini pulp in the freezer from the last time i did lamb stuffed zucchini so used that instead and it was nice but have the spinach for next time. Your pie sounds yummy and it seems like you had the perfect weather to have it.

[Bates]

Chicken Parmi.

My better half nailed it!

[Crab]

Reverse seared Texan t-bone steaks,,eggs, pepper sauce, asparagus and garlic buttered mushrooms with home made chips .I'm In a food induced coma !

[Bates]

Fortunate enough to bag 2 large Crayfish today and 2 XL Abalone so dinner is sorted.

[rented tracksuit]

BBQ boneless lamb leg with Caesar salad.

[horrie hastings]

Pizza tonight, either going to order it from Rocket Boy or Made In Italy, leaning towards to Made In Italy at the moment.

[horrie hastings]

Lol, new stove and oven and the large pizza boxes just don't quite fit into the oven.

[mightyrooster]

Lol, new stove and oven and the large pizza boxes just don't quite fit into the oven.

Wow how big are the pizza boxes?

[Bates]

Lol, new stove and oven and the large pizza boxes just don't quite fit into the oven.

I just got a new oven too but haven't installed it yet.

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[horrie hastings]

Wow how big are the pizza boxes?

The same size as a large pizza, i noticed with the new stove the element in the oven is on the back wall where the old stove it was on the bottom, that is why the boxes didn't fit in properly now. I could actually force the pizza box in which i tried later but the cardboard would be hitting right on the element so not practical. I ended up putting the pizza on a couple of smaller trays.

[mightyrooster]

The same size as a large pizza, i noticed with the new stove the element in the oven is on the back wall where the old stove it was on the bottom, that is why the boxes didn't fit in properly now. I could actually force the pizza box in which i tried later but the cardboard would be hitting right on the element so not practical. I ended up putting the pizza on a couple of smaller trays.

Oh got it. So long as it cooks well I guess it’s just something you’ll have to be aware of in future.