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is it Yuletide yet?
Dec. 19th, 2014 02:36 pmFic is posted, though I'm still fiddling with it a bit.
Today is the Sunday-equivalent of my work week, so I'm doing laundry and cooking. I wanted to use up some lamb shoulder that's been in my freezer for a couple of months, so I'm braising the lamb with preserved lemon and olives, spiced with ginger, cinnamon, and turmeric. The recipe is one I've made before with chicken and loved, and I thought lamb might be even better with those strong flavors.
Later today I'm going to bake a pumpkin loaf with cream cheese frosting. I'm merging two different recipes, because I want a flavor profile that's close to the pumpkin cream cheese muffins they sell at Starbucks, but in convenient loaf form.
I seem to have bought a ham for Christmas. I've been craving ham for a long time, but to get decent quality ham you have to buy at least a half ham, and that's a lot. But hams were on sale, and a quantity of ham (nine and a half pounds, or almost four kilos) that is ridiculous at any other time seems less so at Christmas. It's not as though I'll have any difficulty thinking of ways to use the leftovers.
I have Christmas Eve off (OMG YAY! I was not expecting that) and that's probably when I'll cook, because I've become attached to the idea of going to see The Imitation Game when it opens on Christmas Day. Though, could there be a more depressing movie to watch on Christmas? And I still can't get definite info on whether it'll actually be playing in my city on Christmas.
What are all of you up to? Cooking anything tasty? Reading/watching anything good?
ETA: The lamb was delicious. The slightly-tart savoriness of the broth beautifully balances out the richness and gaminess of the meat. I've added a recipe of sorts below the cut.
( Lamb with preserved lemon and olives )
Today is the Sunday-equivalent of my work week, so I'm doing laundry and cooking. I wanted to use up some lamb shoulder that's been in my freezer for a couple of months, so I'm braising the lamb with preserved lemon and olives, spiced with ginger, cinnamon, and turmeric. The recipe is one I've made before with chicken and loved, and I thought lamb might be even better with those strong flavors.
Later today I'm going to bake a pumpkin loaf with cream cheese frosting. I'm merging two different recipes, because I want a flavor profile that's close to the pumpkin cream cheese muffins they sell at Starbucks, but in convenient loaf form.
I seem to have bought a ham for Christmas. I've been craving ham for a long time, but to get decent quality ham you have to buy at least a half ham, and that's a lot. But hams were on sale, and a quantity of ham (nine and a half pounds, or almost four kilos) that is ridiculous at any other time seems less so at Christmas. It's not as though I'll have any difficulty thinking of ways to use the leftovers.
I have Christmas Eve off (OMG YAY! I was not expecting that) and that's probably when I'll cook, because I've become attached to the idea of going to see The Imitation Game when it opens on Christmas Day. Though, could there be a more depressing movie to watch on Christmas? And I still can't get definite info on whether it'll actually be playing in my city on Christmas.
What are all of you up to? Cooking anything tasty? Reading/watching anything good?
ETA: The lamb was delicious. The slightly-tart savoriness of the broth beautifully balances out the richness and gaminess of the meat. I've added a recipe of sorts below the cut.
( Lamb with preserved lemon and olives )
