From Jamie’s Dinners by Jamie Oliver (also available online).
We thought we’d kick this blog off by actually following a recipe from one of the many unloved cookbooks that gather dust on the bookshelves, sadly watching us turning to the web time and time again. As it calls for an hour and a half of cooking, this dish seemed well suited to the last lazy hours of a much needed bank holiday Monday.
Using mostly store-cupboard ingredients that simply required chopping, this was an exceptionally easy dish to prepare and Jamie’s “handful of this” and “handful of that” measurements remove any pressure – it’s all just going in one dish anyway! We decided to add the optional new potatoes and replaced the red chilli with a green one that had perhaps been hanging around the fridge a little too long. Also, as there are just two of us, we halved all quantities.
25 minutes into cooking and the delicious fragrance of basil was drifting out of the kitchen. Then by the time it came to turning the tomatoes halfway through we were positively salivating! On that note, turning the tomatoes did end up being a little problematic partially because they were somewhat buried beneath the layers but also because they almost collapsed at the slightest touch.
The final result was certainly delicious; the chicken skin and potatoes were crispy and the chicken was cooked beautifully (although admittedly not falling off the bone the recipe suggested it would be!). The tomatoes were delightfully sweet and the roasted garlic – mmm! The only disappointing thing was the quantity. Without the potatoes there would have been very little to this dish as the tomatoes all but disappeared. Next time, definitely more tomatoes (and there will certainly be a next time).
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 1/2 hours
Total time: 1 3/4 hours
Ratings:
Difficulty: very easy / easy / moderate / a bit tricky / very difficult
Taste: disgusting / edible / average / tasty / delicious
Cook again? Yes, definitely
Hi Ted & Kitty, (maca & medo ?
)! And welcome to the blogosphere! Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting on my stuffed peppers!