The Little Chilli that Wasn't
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It is most strange. My house is filled with the aromas of beef and vegetable juices. When I go to stir the pot, there are many beans therein; yet when I taste it, there is no chilli burn. Not none.
This is because there are no chillies in it: because it is not a chilli, nor a curry neither. I can stew meat without heat? Who knew?
In fact, it is a cholent. A brisket-and-white-bean cholent, as it happens, which started out as a recipe before I added carrots and red peppers and such. And yes, it's got an egg in it. That's by way of an experiment; the recipe says to hard-boil the egg first before you add it to the pot, but I'm thinking, all those hours in a slow cooker? Surely that's going to cook an egg?
I'll let you know.
Also worth saying, this is entirely
shewhomust's fault. She mentioned cholent (in terms of mutton and beans, I think) a couple of weeks ago, and I was hooked.
And the alert among you will have noted that this is Friday. Which has nothing to do with the case.
This is because there are no chillies in it: because it is not a chilli, nor a curry neither. I can stew meat without heat? Who knew?
In fact, it is a cholent. A brisket-and-white-bean cholent, as it happens, which started out as a recipe before I added carrots and red peppers and such. And yes, it's got an egg in it. That's by way of an experiment; the recipe says to hard-boil the egg first before you add it to the pot, but I'm thinking, all those hours in a slow cooker? Surely that's going to cook an egg?
I'll let you know.
Also worth saying, this is entirely
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And the alert among you will have noted that this is Friday. Which has nothing to do with the case.
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Date: 2008-08-17 11:09 pm (UTC)How'd it turn out?
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Date: 2008-08-18 07:13 am (UTC)Except on the egg-front, obviously: for no, they did not need hardboiling first. Why would they? Weird recipe...
It was completely gorgeous, thanks. I'll be doing that again. Maybe next weekend. Maybe with barley...?