Competition - Two Ring Recipes

[Martin]

To coincide with our brand new section on the forum we are running a competition for the best recipe you can cook on two rings in your Cali.

The prize is a hardback copy of the best selling The Original VW Camper Cookbook by Steve Rooker ( RRP 14.99) with over 80 recipes specially composed for cooking in a campervan.

All you have to do is submit your recipe below and the winner will be decided via a poll at the end of March, keep the recipe as simple as you can and maybe even add a photo of the finished dish!

Rules
Recipe must be cooked on the two rings only ( no bbq's, Cobbs etc... )
Must be an original recipe and not copied from a cook book
Use the Subject line as the name of your recipe only
Competition closes 31st March 2012
Winner will be decided by all members via a poll
Only one recipe per member

Good Luck !

Please ONLY post recipes below

 

[calikev]

Sweet chilli spaghetti Bol

I will start off this comp with my favourite easy sweet chill spaghetti boll
First put a few sliced onions in a saucepan with some butter then chuck in a few sliced mushrooms, fry until soft then add
A small pack of turkey mince followed by a small jar of pasta sauce. Whilst that is simmering bring a pan of water to the boil ready for the spaghetti. Whilst waiting for the water to boil add a generous amount of sweet chilli sauce and let it simmer whilst the spaghetti cooks. You may need to dip your finger in to see if you have put enough sweet chilli in.
Once satisfied it's not going to burn the inside of your mouth and the spaghetti is soft it is ready to serve.
Delicious. Picture to follow. But I'm sure you all know what spaghetti boll looks like.

 

[KernowLad]

A simple but tasty pasta dish.

Chuck some pancetta and chopped garlic in a frying pan (pancetta first or the garlic will burn) with some olive oil. Add some chopped toms, a bit of oregano and if you like spice, a chopped chilli (or "Lazy chilli" in a jar).

Heat through thoroughly, season. If you want a more authentic sauce, use more oil (a good "glug"), get it smoking, add the garlic then the oregano (very quickly!) and keep mixing until it looks "glossy" (about 5-8 mins) but beware - it's a bit messy and spits everywhere!

At the same time as the above get some pasta on the boil on the other ring, cook it through, add three teaspoons of decent pesto.

Add the frying pan mix to the pasta, grate a decent amount of parmesan (cheddar also works) into it, mix thoroughly until it's all nicely mixed and slightly "unctuous" (to nick a phrase from Michelle Roux jr!). Add pepper. Pour out a glass of easy drinking red (Fitou, Valpollicella, etc), enjoy.

 

[Iain&Shani]

A stew, or if you wish to impress a Daube.

OK......a stew, or if you wish to impress a Daube.
Olive oil
stewing meat (beef or lamb) diced
large onion sliced
chopped garlic...as much or as little as you like
Herb De Provence (Aldi sell it)
chilli flakes...see garlic!!
carrots...chopped
potato (Maris Piper or "mash" type better) diced
tin toms
stock cube, salt and black pepper
I’m planning to cook this in the skillet but a largish lidded pan will do
Method…..
Once you have assembled the ingredients, and they can vary as much or as little as you wish, sit down and have a beer. You can’t rush a good meal.
Put some oil in the pan, I actually like loads but whatever you like. Heat it and put in the meat to brown/seal. Remove the meat onto a plate, then stick in the onions and brown so they are just starting to caramelise (you can have a bit more beer at this stage) add the garlic, chiilis, and a good pinch of the Herbs and cook for about five minutes stirring to stop the garlic burning. Put the meat and juices back in, add the carrots, pots toms. And stir it all in. Sprinkle a stock cube and season to taste. Top up with some water/wine/or a bit of that beer till it is just covered.
Bring to the boil then stick the lid on and simmer very gently for about 45 minutes; or as long as it takes to tenderise. Keep an eye on it whilst you are reading your book/paper/having another beer/ or just admiring your Cali, stirring and topping liquid up if needed.
Serve in a bowled plate, with crusty bread and wash it down with a full bodied red.
(Veggies just replace the meat)

 

[lth]

Fry two salmon steaks skin side down in one pan.
In the other stir fry some purple sprouting broccoli, slivers of garlic, chilli and ginger.
Turn the salmon when half cooked and put in 3 tb soy sauce, 1 tb of chinese cooking wine or sherry or white wine and one star anise. Reduce.
In the other pan add some pre cooked noodles and heat through with stir fry.
Arrange stir fry on plates, add salmon, pour reduced sauce over and put chopped coriander on top.
Cheers
LTH