Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Monkfish

Today this cretinous creature landed on my chopping board.....




The filleting session was prefaced by a story from my teacher this week Rosie, who laughingly told us about the time she nearly lost her hand to a monkfish's teeth. Reassuring! But, armed with my friends the marigolds, and with Rosie's repeated assurances of 'Ahh you're grand, you're grand', I kept going! And out of something that ugly and scary looking, this very nice plate of fish was produced...






.....which I just had to poach and serve with hollandaise and some dill. Also made some frites, buttered spinach and fruit scones. Afternoon demo time and a little random snapshot that generally sums them up....





......Rory's immaculate soufflés with praline, and Emer, demo orchestrator extraordinaire, a blur of activity in the background.

Tomorrow's cooking for me consists of a spiced pork dish, orzo with herbs, chard with lemon and parmesan, and a biscuit of some sort. Pictures of said food (and blogging) may be sparse after this one, as, come Thursday evening I'll be back on Welsh soil! Home time!!!!!!

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