Caramelised lamb chops with puttanesca linguine

Went with a couple of my son Michael's recipes for dinner tonight and it turned out not too bad, not too bad at all.  I Frenched the chops, something I had done done before and found it quite an easy thing to do, once they were done and coated in a little mustard and brown sugar they were ready for the pan.  The puttanesca was a little more involved and I think I actually added a little too much balsamic vinegar, so the sauce was quite dark, but it still tasted fantastic.  The entire meal was cooked and on the table in around 35 minutes, finished off with some grated parmensan cheese, Bumbak's Pickled Chillies and some chopped basil, there you have it, buon appetito !

Turkey breast rolled with chilli jam, sun dried tomato and feta

As we had not shopped for the house for quite a while, Jo and I stopped off in North Perth to pick up a few things on our way home last night.  It made for a late night and I not only wanted to cook dinner for the night, but also to make something which will see Jo through a couple of days whilst I am away.  Whilst perusing the meat fridge I found a tray of turkey breast fillets and decided immediately what we were having for dinner, something simple but sure to be big on flavour.

We were not disappointed, as I combined the breast with some of the Bumbak's Chilli Jam I brought in Carnarvon a couple of weeks back and some crumbled feta and sun dried tomato strips, all of which was rolled up in my fav ingredient, prosciutto.

When I first tried the chilli jam I was a little concerned that the dish would be too spicy for Jo, and against her advise, I spread heaps onto each breast, which I had beaten out a little first, but it turned out fantastic, the jam is very tasty and had mellowed in the cooking process, or perhaps by the cheese.

To accompany the rolled breast, I simply stir fried some Savoy cabbage in a little butter and baked a few Swiss brown mushies, like I said earlier very simple food, but huge on flavour.
We had the left over half roll tonight for an entrée, and sliced cold as it was, was still enough for Jo to make ooh's and ahh's!

Bumbak's Chilli Jam not only looks great but tastes great too, looks like I'll be faxing an order off to them soon!

Bumbak & Sons

449 North River Rd, Carnarvon, WA 6701

Central WA, Coral Coast, Far North WA

(08) 9941 8006. Fax. (08) 9941 9006

Roasted Vegetable Salad

Jo finally got her beef steak!  After a day out in and around the city and surrounds we headed to Drovers to pick up something easy for dinner.
Jo as usual wanted steak and tonight she got it, but I had my way with the salad by roasting most of the ingredients one by one and then bringing them all together in the salad bowl, made for an awesome salad, so full on for flavour and it looked amazing with all the beautiful colours of the vegetables.

I dry roasted sweet potato which I had in thin slices thanks to the potato peeler, then there was a punnet of the mini Roma tomatoes, some Spanish onion and thinly sliced red globe potatoes, all of which were added to a salad leaf mix and a few sliced radishes.
For the dressing I combined 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, 3 tablespoons good quality olive oil, a squeeze of lemon and some salt and pepper.  Using one of the bigger lettuce leaves as a brush I brushed the oil onto the mixed leaves so as to keep it as thin as possible, then added the tomatoes and onion to what was left and let them soak it all up.  Then it was as easy as throwing all together and tossing in a bowl, the combination of sweet, sour, crunchy and soft textures were fantastic.  To finish of I made a red wine jus to pour over the steak, very yummy, very yummy indeed!