Sport Review recipe recommendations
Sport Review #104
I don’t know about you, but the lockdown has mainly been about eating. When your other routines disappear, making breakfast, morning snacks, cooking dinner and filling the shopping trolley with unhealthy shit are the rocks I’m leaning on right now.
Here are a few things to cook and bake - they’re all part of a balanced diet team, make sure you have something nice to drink also.
This is the bread recipe I use, handed down from my dad, the King Of The Breadmaker.
4 cups high grade flour
1 teaspoon yeast
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 salt
1/3 cup oil (I use canola)
1 and 2/3rds cup tepid water
Mix it all up - I use the breadmaker but it will work by hand also. Lay it out to rise for 45-60 minutes, in the sun if you can, then bake it at 210 for 12-15 minutes or until it looks done.
Here’s Anthony Bourdain’s scrambled eggs recipe. Be like Anthony and don’t stir them too much.
This simple Chicken and Rice recipe from New York Times legend Mark Bittman is a great base for pretty much anything you want to throw in. I start with bacon (duh) and pretty much any fresh herbs you have lying about.
Two words: fried pizza. Via Jamie Oliver.
Shakshuka is a tremendous fast meal - it’s even more tremendous when you throw in chickpeas and meatballs, as we do.
When it comes to scones, don’t muck about - just use the plan old Edmonds Cookbook recipe, the sifting and the light kneading are key.
Sam Flynn Scott’s burger recipe (scroll down) has re-invented how I do hamburgers at home - it’s rilly simple, give it a go. The onions! Alternatively - you could do them like Hemmingway.
Slow-Roast Gochujang Chicken - really recommend this, you can swap out other spices for gochujang if your favourite artisanal supplier is shut.
Nigella’s Pollo alla Cacciatora is basically a pasta sauce on rice. With beans. I’ve made this thousands of times, highly recommended.
If you take away one tip - fry your grilled cheese sandwiches in mayonnaise, not butter. Thank me later.
Thanks for reading - Richard
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