Beef Shin Stew

Hellloooooo summer where are you???? Were ready for you now, it's a bit miserable and grey here and everyone would really appreciate it if you just hurried up and started spreading all those lovely D vitamins around with your sunny rays, no....fine well F you then I'll just make a big vat of delicious stew and I don't even actually mind because I secretly prefer winter food anyway so I win.

Beef Shin Stew

Beef Shin cut into chunks
Beef Stock
Shallots
Carrots
Red wine
Bay Leaves
Seasoned Flour
Mushroom Ketchup

Cover your beef in seasoned flour and brown off in a big casserole dish, then add your peeled whole shallots and carrot's, fry gently for a few mins the add red wine, beef stock, bay leaves and a splash of mushroom ketchup.
transfer it into a pre heated oven and cook for as long as your dare or as long you have, I managed 3 and a half hours and I served it with mashed potatoes and savoy cabbage, lovely jubbley.

Triple Chocolate, Dime Bar and Raspberry Cheescake

There are loads of recipes that I have never made but really feel like I should have and cheesecake is definitely one of them, it also happens to be one of my most favourite things to eat so what the hell have I been doing for the last 26 years for the love of God?! I wanted to make a chocolate and raspberry cheesecake but then I thought why just use one type of chocolate when I could use three? So I used three, dark chocolate, white chocolate and two large bars of Milka with bits of dime bar in it, yea boy!!
I'm not gonna lie guys I didn't measure anything as usual because I like to live dangerously, so here is what I put in my cheesecake minus the measurements....

Dark Chocolate
White Chocolate
Milka with Dime bar
Chocolate Chip digestives
Butter
Coco Powder
Double Cream
Cream Cheese
Creme Fraiche
Icing Sugar
Raspberries
Caster Sugar




I used the choc chip digestives, coco powder, caster sugar and butter to make my base


I combined my cream cheese, cream, icing sugar and creme fraiche


Chocolate!!!!




I tried swirling in all the different chocolates to give it a marbled effect and the I added my raspberry's


Here she is in all her glory ready to be put in the fridge to set


My beautiful cheesecake...TA DA!!!!!

Pork Fillet with roasted Apples and Bubble and Squeak

The weather has been really nice recently until yesterday and it all went a bit tit's up with a thunderstorm, rain and full force winds that nearly blew me over
so I felt like eating something a bit comforting and pork fillet with apples sounded like fine idea to me!




I started off by pan frying the fillet in butter with apples and onions. I also put some potatoes to boil for my bubble and squeak.


I then transferred everything into a baking dish with some more butter (because I love it!) and half a can of scrumpy cider and left it to cook for around half an hour.


I mashed my potatoes with milk, butter, mature cheddar and pepper. I also added some cabbage to the mash that I had sauteed in butter but for got to take a picture of because I am a fool.


Bubble and Squeak!!!!


Here's my lovely pork when it's out of the oven.


And here is the finished article and yes it was amazing and yes I did it all myself and no you can't have any......