I am afraid that this entry to the blog is more “What I made a few nights ago” than “What did I cook last night”!
The results of my second Moroccan jaunt were quite pleasing!!
I first made meatballs (lean beef mince, an egg, a couple of carrots grated and some salt and pepper) while I browned off an onion in the bottom of my Tagine with some Moroccan spice. I also added a good teaspoon of chilli flakes and let the flavours release into the onion. Then I added the meatballs and browned them off before putting in a tin of tomatoes and 2 zucchinis cut into large chunks. I let the sauce cook down for about 20 minutes and then added a large handful of baby spinach leaves.
I allowed the spinach to wilt and then cracked in 2 eggs, replaced the lid and let the eggs poach for around 5 minutes.
I served the meatballs with some cous cous. Bernie told me that it is difficult to cook something which fits all three criteria of being appealing to the eye, filling and tasty. He said that his appetite was well and truly sated and that he wanted to mop up the sauce with a slice of bread. I guess that is a compliment ...
On another exciting note, I have been desperate to start cooking some Indian dishes (one of my sisters is a vegetarian and I often struggle to find a meal which is tasty for her). Bern has an amazing Indian spice shop down the road from his workplace at Chatswood and just dropped by to get all of the ingredients which I could not buy at the supermarket. Being Bernie, he made friends with the owner who threw in a few extras for us to try out! You know what I will be doing this weekend!!
Valerie didn’t lift a paw to help me out on this one, though I am going to have her frying off pappadums over the weekend!! What a slacker!
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