Main: Greek Chilli Con Carne with Whipped Feta
Taste Magazine August 2020
Dessert: Sweet Potato Meringue Pie
Taste Magazine August 2020
Another lamb dish packed full of taste!!
Hi Everyone,
When I was browsing through the August Taste Magazine I found these two wonderful recipes that take the old traditional dishes we know and love and do something different and wonderful with them.
The Chilli Con Carne is yet another beautiful slow cook recipe. The added flavours of dill, oregano, lemon, coriander and red wine create a smell throughout the house that will have you salivating until dinner time. The added oomph of a can of butter beans not only adds fibre to this dish but bulks it out and makes it very economical for a large family. I would definitely reduce the number of chillies used next time. Six is a lot even without the seeds in but, of course, it is personal taste. Creamy whipped feta and yoghurt top it off with a sprig of mint.
What the family loved was being able to spoon this onto the pita bread and make a bit of a mess in the process.
When you toast your pita bread just give it a light oil beforehand and don’t over do it so that the bread remains soft. This dish is very much a heart warming family experience and I will definitely do it again. 9/10
What a wonderful surprise this dessert was! I use to love my Grandmas pumpkin pie so I’m attracted to recipes that may be a twist on that old fashioned flavour. Sweet potato – so good for you and the flavour is wonderful mashed or baked so I was thinking to myself that topped with meringue may be a new experience.
It was nostalgic to say the least. The flavour is not intense (like not an intense veggie flavour). It’s light and very moreish. I’ve never cooked “Italian meringue” before but I really enjoyed the texture of it and will use it again on other pies.
When you cut into it the meringue is soft and super high, in fact you can barely see the filling until you start eating it. Using the kitchen blow torch is almost an art form – I got a bit carried away with it but it looked great. I was nervous that the MAV would be horrified that he was eating veg for dessert but he actually loved it. Bonus! 8/10 all round.
Please try these two recipes, you won’t be disappointed. Taste magazine has done it again!
Until next week,
From my table to yours with love x
