One of this year's resolutions was to take advantage of the many, many cookbooks that I own, and to cook one recipe that I haven't done before each week. I was also going to take a photo of them. I failed at taking a photo of the first one, because, to be honest, it got eaten pretty much straight away.
Week One : The Little Paris Kitchen, Rachel Khoo.
Recipe : "Navarin d'agneau printanier" aka Spring Lamb Stew.
Ok, so technically not Spring just yet, but I find it difficult to find a time not to eat lamb, especially on a cold day. Rachel Khoo's recipes are for 4-6 servings, which as a single person (sob) it always makes it quite difficult to divide down, but it still turned out very well. The only part I did stray from the recipe is Rachel advises to season after cooking, whereas I added it at the time of putting it in the oven, so it could go all the way through the stew. I also think it could have done with something more substantial in it (eg potato, perhaps), as it makes for quite a light meal. I served it with some warm ciabatta, which was a good substitute (and a good mop for the stew!).
It was the first time I'd cooked from this book (Christmas present) and I was actually very impressed. The recipe was very well written and easy to follow. As you can see the photos were very pretty too!
So Week One.... Success!
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