moonie

I want to make the girlfriend something tonight, not too difficult, but with maximum results in terms of "wow, that's impressive". I'm pretty much an idiot in front of the cooking stove, so it can't be too hard to make. I've got the remainder of the afternoon off to go ingredient hunting, so time isn't really an issue.

I was thinking something in the lines of pasta with salmon, with boursin sauce. not sure on the boursin sauce, and I've got a feeling salmon is quite hard to cook, right?

so any ideas/suggestions for a nice, easy, yet impressive meal are welcome.

LCFCtillidie

Completely homemade spag bog or chille con carne always goes down a treat

Rocky Rockstar

Do a beef casserole & put the beef in the oven now on low so it'll be all nice & tender come dinnertime. Did this the other day with Tescos organic beef and the Colemans beef casserole mix. Fecking scrumptious, and im the work cook ever :thup:

SlowlyDownward

Tesco's ready made meals are your friend :thup:

Rocky Rockstar

worst cook, and also work speller by the looks of it :/

cms186

nah, Salmons pish easy to do mate, i like to do it on the oven, on a bed of fresh herbs ( Lemongrass, Basil, Thyme, or any other aromatic herbs are fine ), slices of lemon and fennel ( you put these under the salmon to stop it sticking to the foil ), wrap the whole package in foil adding a bit of white wine and a knob of butter on top of the salmon to stop it drying out, this is beat done with individual fillets of salmon.

moonie

sounds great cms, but the girlfriend's allergic to fennel, can I replace it with something else, or is it pretty much essential?

cms186

no the fennel is not essential, its only there because its aromatic, just make sure there is enough of everything else so that the fish isnt touching the bottom

impishgrin

Steaks, fillet / sirloin / rib-eye.
Strip leaves of thyme from the stalks, wrap the steaks in cling film with the leaves covering both sides of the steak.

pound with your fist / a heavy frying pan / a book, until about 1cm thick. Unwrap, remove the thyme leaves, season and rub with olive oil then squeeze the juice of a lemon over them and rub it in.

Place on a hot pan for a minute on each side. leave to settle for a minute on a plate, then put onto the serving plates(should be warm) and pour the juice over them.

Serve with baby potatoes and garlic butter and maybe some aspargus or shallots.

tyvm Jamie Oliver

impishgrin

Almost forgot, rocket salad also good with it