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  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Well, I think my new year's resolution is to be more inventive. I'll admit that I'm still struggling getting my head round fish sauce though.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Two kinds of onion soup tho @Papi Jo.  The French onion soup with croutons and cheese or the creamier one with milk and potato on it.  Must admit I have cheese with both.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited January 2022
    I’m another who saves the Parmesan rind to go into the minestrone, or to flavour the broth for a risotto  😋 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Me too.  It adds a bit of something to a bland soup...
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    I have a question about parmesan rind - do you just put it in when cooking, then remove, or does it disintegrate? I routinely save them but don't make soup very often so they sometimes go in the food waste recycling. But when I have used them, they don't break down so I remove before serving. Is that what is supposed to happen?
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    Sorry, haven't a clue @LG_

    Can anyone give me any ideas on how to use up a couple of leeks please?
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    @LG_ Parmesan rind goes soft so just remove and bin once your soup or stew is cooked.

    @Lizzie27 really?   Sliced and sautéed long and slow in butter makes them g all creamy to serve as a side dish with meat or fish.  or add same to mashed potato for a variation on Champ.  Or as a base in a soup with other veggies or in Rick Stein's Seafood Gratin with Caramelised Apples which has become a favourite here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/seafood_gratin_with_80834 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I always hoik the parmesan rind out once it's done its job..
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    Thanks both, @B3 and @Obelixx - everything I've read says about using them in soup etc but not HOW, so I didn't know if I was missing something. Now I know I was doing it right 👍🏼
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Leek and potato soup LG with a sprinkling of parmesan on the top. 
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
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