Thought I'd try something different: leek and ham gratin with rosti topping (Delicious mag). Was OK, but not brilliant.
1) I misread the instructions which say to chop the leeks in thirds. I just cut them into rings.
2) the additional surface area to the cut leeks then soaked up all the butter so there was nothing to make the white sauce with.
3) maybe my cloves were a bit strong, but the sauce was quite heavily garlicky!
4) the rosti topping was really dry - I was a bit stingy with the butter as I'd used more of it earlier.
I think I'd try it again but with a mash topping. The rosti were a faff that didn't turn out to be worth it.
Thought I'd try something else different: cod and chorizo stew (BBC Good Food). Ding - winner!
The only thing I did differently was to add a bit more paprika when cooking the onion & chorizo, and add a dollop of sun dried tomato paste. It all worked brilliantly. Would try it again, especially with a cheaper fish like basa. Family had potatoes and I had cous cous (not enough potatoes...) - both worked.
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