A chapter called "Coconut cream"
Mr Slater says he first "........met coconut in the form of a neat sweet Bounty Bar, and as a coating, along with raspberry jam, for the tiny, castle shaped sponges we wrongly call madeleines."
And I guess this is true of most people ageing between 45-60 ish!!!!!!
In this recipe he introduces me to coconut cream - Chicken wings with coconut cream
Making this dish was not easy and had more than one problem for me.
As I carefully got my ingreds together in the true tradition of a T V chef - everything to hand and ready weighed out - I realised something had gone wrong when I tried to pour my coconut cream into a jug. It was solid! had I bought the wrong thing? Back to Mr Slater's list of ingreds - there it was 320ml of coconut cream I had bought creamed coconut, reading the chapter again I realised this is what is used in piƱa colada !!!!!
Fortunately I had a can of coconut milk which I decided to substitute, carefully pouring off the creamy stuff at the top, leaving the watery bit behind. Phew first disaster averted.
Then I had problems with the food processor, the ginger and garlic wouldn't blitz but just flew round and round the bowl, along with the turmeric, chilli and coriander. Got round this eventually by adding a few of the tinned tomatoes. Seemed to work ( Have I mentioned how much I ate washing the food processor?)
Then half way through I had to dash into Leeds to taxi my daughter and friends, leaving my hubby behind - sort of in charge.
45 mins later back home and ready to continue.
The final result, OK but not worth the effort in my opinion and very messy finger food.
Not one to do again
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