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Toulouse sausage and prawn dumplings with sweet chilli sauce and Thierry Puzelat gamay

Toulouse sausage and prawn dumplings with sweet chilli sauce and Thierry Puzelat gamay

Posted on January 20 2014 at 09:04

A pretty wild combination this week at a lovely wine bar, Magnum, we went to in Toulouse on Saturday night. The owner Jérôme’s wife, who originally came from Réunion, had made Chinese-style dumplings with the local Toulouse sausage and prawns served with a sweet chili sauce. Not the kind of thing I would normally go for but he sold it so persuasively we had to give it a go and it was fantastic.

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Which wines and beers match best with Chinese food

Which wines and beers match best with Chinese food

Posted on February 15 2007 at 09:47

With Chinese new year coming up this weekend you may be planning a trip to a Chinese restaurant or planning a Chinese meal at home. But which wine to serve?

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Quite proud of the fact I ran up this moussaka from fridge and freezer stocks. Had 3 aubergines and half a bottle of passata to use up, remembered I had a bag of lamb mince in the freezer. Roasted a red pepper that had seen better days along with my aubergine slices and chucked that in. Slosh of red wine. Near disaster when I discovered I didn’t have enough milk, supplemented with neighbours cast-off Oatly which they left when they were moving and a heaped tbsp Greek yogurt to correct the rather weird caramelised taste. Extra egg yolk cos it got too runny. About 40 minutes in a medium oven having cooked the lamb separately first. Left to rest 15 mins. Pretty good though I say it myself! Shows what you can do if you improvise - just refused to go to the shops for 1 or 2 ingredients in last night’s heat. Oh - and one more thing - cinnamon! I always add cinnamon to a moussaka - probably inauthentic but then the whole recipe was 😂. (It also included an onion and 3 cloves of garlic for those of you who are wondering. And Parmesan (I’d have preferred pecorino) in the bechamel) . . . #lamb #aubergine #eggplant #moussaka #greekish #culturalappropriation #storecupboardcooking #fridgeforage #freezerstashThere’s a real buzz about English (and Welsh) wine right now so I’m thrilled that our latest competition consists of a case of @winegb’s golden and silver medal winners including @ashlingparksparklingwine, @chapeldown’s Kit’s Coty Chardonnay, @sharpham_wine’s ‘Stop Ferment’ Bacchus, @hattingleywines King’s Cuvée, @harrowhope’s Blanc de Noirs Classic Cuvée, @lanebergwine’s Bacchus, @tuffonhallwine’s pinot rosé, @welshwines sparkling white wine, @windingwood’s Classic Cuvée, @wayfarervineyard’s Pilgrims Way Pinot Gris, @blackchalkwine’s Classic Cuvée and @gusbourne_wine’s pinot noir - a really fantastic line-up. Click the link in my biog for more details. Closing date August 31st. You must live in the UK and be over 18 to enter. . . . #wine #englishsparklingwine #englishwine #welshwine #winegb #instawine #winestagram #competition #prizedrawI’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve had these two dishes - an EMBARRASSINGLY large number - but that’s what happens when you find a restaurant you love and keep going back. The scallops in Sauternes butter and the guineafowl and chips @littlefrench_bristol - both dishes you’d be hard pushed to find in France these days, sadly let alone as well cooked as this. All enjoyed safely outside at a suitable distance from my excellent lunchtime companions @xantheclay and @romygill. ❤️ you @freddybirdfood! . . . #scallops #sauternes #guineafowl #chips #frenchfood #bistro #littlefrench #bristol #lunch #eatlocal #shellfish #seafood #scallopswerecompdI’ve never been much of a one for doing jigsaws but laid in a couple during lockdown in case I went crazy with boredom (which strangely didn’t happen). Started this rather lovely @eeboopieceandlove Frida Kahlo one with my stepdaughter last week and finished it once she went home. Felt quite irrationally triumphant. Think I may be hooked! . . . #jigsaw #puzzle #fridakahlo #challenge #downtime #familytime Follow on Instagram

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