Six-pepper Sunday Roast Chicken

I love a Sunday roast.  I love six-pepper jelly.  So I massaged six-pepper jelly into a chicken and roasted it up.

 

I've tried this technique many times and the resulting chicken is crispy, spicy and super moist.

There's nothing like sharing a home-cooked roast dinner with friends and family but I knew that I had a hectic week and that by roasting a chicken I would be setting myself up for some easy but tasty meals to eat throughout the week. I made three tasty salads with some of the left over meat and ate those on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  This one has the chicken, mixed greens, shredded carrot and beetroot, mixed seeds and a dollop of rhubarb chutney.

With the left over carcass, some onion, carrot, celery, bay leaf, parsley, salt and pepper I made a chicken stock.  I use stock cubes in emergencies but I always try to have an arsenal of homemade stocks in the freezer as they make such a difference in soups and gravies.

From which I then made red cabbage, chicken, parsnip and pinenut soup to have for lunch on Thursday and Friday and I was able to freeze two large portions as well.

I'll share some of my other leftovers meals as there are so many, I have a post nearly ready to go on rissoles and risottos. I'll also post the full recipe for the above soup.

Blog EAT Blog - 18 March - Heat Four

Aw, what a lovely day at the Vibe Bar for the fourth heat of Big Apple Hot Dogs (@bigapplehotdogs) Blog EAT Blog. See my recent post here for links to loads of posts regarding the first three heats of Blog EAT Blog.

Here's a photo of the man who brought us all together, Abiye of Big Apple Hot Dogs, dashing as ever in red:

You can find Abiye and his delicious, gourmet, handmade hot dogs at 239 Old Street across from the old Foundry, Tues-Fri 12-6.

The lovely Clara of Can Be Bribed with Food (@BribedwithFood ) created Devious Dolly made with red and white cabbage, carrot, mayonnaise, Clara's secret scotch bonnet hot sauce and more! It was colourful, creamy, crunchy and spicy!

 

Today's contest saw WillYums (@willyumscouk) rock up with Jam Hot - Jack Daniels, bacon, chorizo pineapple jam, ndjua cheese sauce, cider fried jalepenos & magic jerky dust topping.  It was meaty, crispy, slightly sweet, overall goodness that tasted and looked delicious.

For my topping I decided to do a Big Apple & Pepper Chutney 4 a Big Apple Hot Dog -  apple and pepper chutney which is bramley apples, onions, cider vinegar, demerara sugar, Smy six-pepper jelly then topped with Spanish onions fried in goose fat and a drizzle of additional six-pepper jelly for those who wanted to take it up a notch!

Whilst frying my last bunch of onions this morning I went to check the time and this happened:

BOOM - a cornflour and kilner catastrophe!  I decided to think of it as an offering to the Blog EAT Blog hot dog gods and that I would clean it up upon my return...which I am now putting off by blogging.

So in summary here are the three entries:

I love this photo from Abiye where all three contestants seem to be gazing lovingly at their dawgs:

Hybrid hotdog topping action courtesy of @nima_taba:

Let Abiye know which one was your favourite by tweeting #blogeatblog or @bigapplehotdogs and the winner will be announced soon as will the final series which will be announced soon and will see the winners from all four heats battling once more to win Blog EAT Blog 2012!!!

Thanks again to Abiye, Vibe Bar and everyone who came out for a great event and day! The best bit was chatting to the contenders and the people who came down. The London food revolution will not be televised...well it kind of is...but it will most definitely be tweeted and blogged about...Blog EAT Blog style!!!

and remember...

it's not your chutney...

it's Smy Chutney.

please follow Smy Chutney on facebook and twitter...

and if you haven't seen it already, here's a little video made by Emma Crouch (@isayraar) about Smy Chutney:

Fulvio Bonavia - A Matter of Taste

Fulvio Bonavia's handmade food fashion and accessories are gorgeous, check out his work at www.fulviobonavia.com

artichoke pageboy hat - check

nutty sandals - check

 

blackberry handbag - check

cheese wedge necklace - check

It's 'Blog EAT Blog' Out There!

I'll be participating in the fourth leg of the Blog Eat Blog series which has been created and arranged by Abiye of Big Apple Hot Dogs (@bigapplehotdogs) to get bloggers and food-lovers together for fun and fodder by challenging them to create the ultimate topping for his ultimately tasty hotdogs.  I met Abiye last year and he's great, his hot dogs are great and it's great that his Old St stall is just around the corner!

The Blog EAT Blog series have been held each Sun lunch since 26 Feb at the Vibe Bar.  Unfortunately I couldn't attend the first three heats but I've been following the latest Blog EAT Blog news via Big Apple Hot Dogs twitter, the participants twitters and blogs and I've decided to to a little summary here in preparation for this weeks upcoming heat of which I will be stepping into the ring.

Heat One - 26 February:

Here is a photo from the day by Big Apple Hot Dog...

...and here is a close up of a Big Apple Hot Dog + Turkish Slaw by and from
 @fergusjackson  of the Hand to Mouth blog

  

The winner of Heat One of Blog EAT Blog

 Check out the full run down of the day and winning recipe here at the Hand to Mouth blog.

Heat Two - 4 March:‏

Check out ALL of the following blog posts as they feature brilliant pics, recipes and stories of those participating who were...

Ian who can be found twittering as @grobelaar and making people hungry on Pie for Brains and tempting people at Blog EAT Blog with a West Indian inspired Callaloo & crab, with pickled red onions and fiery hot pepper sauce.  He has done a brilliant post on his website here.

Adam twitters as @adamvdb and blogs about food and all sorts as Bussche Tucker he also has done a super fine post on the days events and his entry the Ostenderfurter on his blog here.

Burger Anarchy can be found on twitter as @burgeranarchy and came up with the brilliantly sounding and titled Bacon Cheese Animal Dog. You can find the recipe for their Bacon Pickle Animal Cheese Sauce on their London Burger and Food Blog.

Tuck & Vine created a Smoked Beetroot Mayo doubled with a Kiwi Pinot reduction by Louis Fernando for their entry and have blogged about it here and can be found on twitter at @tuckandvine.

There's also a great piece and photos here that summarises Heat Two by Street Feast.

Heat Three - March 11:

The participants this week were...

Representing 7 Thumbs Up was @steampie who created a bourbon-bacon marmalade with crispy fried leeks topping. I'm curious from his Twitter info and nod to the Red Sox if he is from Massachusetts...? Do check out his post on the day and here's a great photo of all four contestants entries from @steampie:

 

The chilli cheese goodness on the bottom left belongs to The Londoner whose blog I love...you had me at Slutty Brownies! She tweets as @_RosieT and she has posted about the day on her blog.

Next up was Chris Green and his Damson Relish, pictured top right, and a man after my own heart...you can see his recipe and all about the day on his website here and find him on Twitter @chrisgreen.

Then there was Paul's Poutine topping of cheese curds, gravy and crushed crackers and can be seen above lower right. Paul can be found on Twitter as @PaulLomax, or on his Mouth Watering blog.

and I also loved Sunshine Day's post covering Heat Three and her shoes!

Heat Four - 18 March:

(Update!)

WillYums (@willyumscouk) will be participating...
as will Amy of Grumblings from a Greedy Girl @greedygirlblog and 
Carla of Can Be Bribed with Food (@BribedwithFood )

and I know I'll be participating and I'll give you a hint...my secret ingredient is six-pepper jelly!!!

Come out and say hello, this Sunday at the Vibe Bar!!!

and remember...

it's not your chutney...

it's Smy Chutney.

please follow Smy Chutney on facebook and twitter...

and if you haven't seen it already, here's a little video made by Emma Crouch (@isayraar) about Smy Chutney:

Uli Westphal - Mutatoes

Photographer Uli Westphal rainbow of mutated fruit poster - "Mutatoes"

(Via Young & Brilliant) 

Whitecross St Market - Time Is Money

Here's a little video I made of Whitecross St Market on Friday 14 Oct 2011.

Marmeled Jellylamps by Semiki

When I first saw these I wondered how they managed to get their marmalade so vibrant...after watching this video I'm just wanting my own jar...or one of each colour! check them out at www.jellylamp.com

check out this video to see more:
MARMELED - Jellylamp by Semiki from MUVIMO on Vimeo.

Robert Rock Belliveau - Fruit & Veg Photographer

I loved looking at things in my microscope as a child.  Robert Rock Belliveau is a retired pathologist who photographs fruits and vegetables with a polarizing microscope. His work was recently featured in Science magazine and were among the National Geographic Best Science Photos of 2011.  More info and an interview can be found on Smithsonian magazine

Blueberry endocarp

Corn husk with silk

Red pepper endocarp