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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Stix » 07 Jun 2018, 7:25 pm

By the way Bigjobss...
I rekon ive got some gummy still in the freezer, wouldnt mind that recipe if youd be so inclined to pm it...or pm me & ill send you an email if its easier.

I was going to do a laksa with the gummy, but id love to give that pie a go...would be nice & filling...!
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Bigjobss » 07 Jun 2018, 8:19 pm

Haha if the missus ever kicks me out we could get a flat together like the Odd Couple :lol:

I can put up the broad strokes of the recipe because i rarely follow them or work on exact quantities, im an ex cook so work more on feel and memory. If youre a half decent cook youll be able to adopt it, but you may need to play around with some quantities

Pastry - premade frozen puff, blind bake one sheet lined in a well greased dish for the casing and cool, reserve a sheet for the top

Filling - exact quantities depend on the amount of fish, but lets assume 600-800g of fillet cut into 50 cent piece sized cubes

Make a white sauce (butter and flour roux, slowly whisk in full fat milk until you have about half a litre of thickened sauce). As its simmering on low whisk in a couple heaped teaspoons of curry powder, i like keens, dijon or seeded mustard to taste - maybe a table spoon, salt, white pepper, grated parmesean cheese, a little chopped fresh flat leaf parsley and dill. Put aside

In a pan throw in a massive knob of butter and brown off a sliced leek, one chopped red onion and sliced garlic x 2-3 cloves, brown slowly adding a teaspoon of garam masala as you go, a little powdered ginger and a vegie stock cube goes well too.
Mixed frozen vegies and a 4 cubes of frozen spinach - around 0.5kg total - dont knock this stuff, cheap and full of nutrients and already chopped! Plus for this type of cooking it is almost good as fresh. Add defrosted to the browned aromatics untill softned then stir in the white sauce and bring to a simmer. Throw in gummy chunks, stir well untill theyre well coated and take of heat for 5 minutes, taste for seasoning.
The key here is to let the gummy cook while its baking, it can go in almost raw, nothing worse than overcooked fish, you want big juicy chunks in the pie, not a crumbling mess.

Fill the prebaked casing and top with pastry sheet, brush with egg wash and poke a few steam holes.
Bake at 180-200 untill golden brown, probably around 30 minutes.
Rest for 15-20 minutes before serving, you want it to set a little so it doesnt fall apart.
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Stix » 07 Jun 2018, 8:53 pm

That sounds a cracker...cheers BJ...!!
Im not a chef by any means...but like you i do quantities by feel too, so what you've posted is plenty for me to make it...
When it comes to quantities & cooking, the only exception for this with me is the amount of water for rice by volume--but i still give that a 'gauge' as such depending on the type of rice, as i find some rice needs more water.

And bugger this if she ever kicks you out bizo...ill come over & kick her out...she can get the flat...!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by bigpete » 07 Jun 2018, 8:54 pm

Seems a pity to do anything with gummy shark other than lightly crumb it and fry it ;(
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Bigjobss » 07 Jun 2018, 9:21 pm

:drinks:
Spot on with the rice observation.

I love a simple grilled flake or even beer battered but over the last 5 years Ive been catching so many of the buggers that I was getting sick of eating them to the point where I didnt target them at all last year, I even made gummy lasagne once :lol:
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by bigpete » 07 Jun 2018, 9:37 pm

Hell,send some to me if you're that sick of it !!!! :D
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Stix » 07 Jun 2018, 9:39 pm

bigpete wrote:Seems a pity to do anything with gummy shark other than lightly crumb it and fry it ;(


this has been sitting in the freezer for a bit too long, so as long as it holds together it'll do well in a pie.

But throw some fresh gummy chunks in a marinara whos base sauce is from fresh dug coffin cockles, right at the end to not over cook it & its dynamite...!!

The thin strips are good in a laksa too...nice & filling.

But crumbed fresh...yes...! :thumbsup:
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Stix » 07 Jun 2018, 9:44 pm

Bigjobss wrote::drinks:
Spot on with the rice observation.

I love a simple grilled flake or even beer battered but over the last 5 years Ive been catching so many of the buggers that I was getting sick of eating them to the point where I didnt target them at all last year, I even made gummy lasagne once :lol:


Yep...i'll pay freight...!!

Hell ill come & pick em up...probably closer than the very odd occasion i go to get them from. :thumbsup:

A good filler for a nice green curry too if you have too many of them...!!...but you'll have to leave that reisling alone in place of a Sav Blonk for that dish... :lol:
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Bigjobss » 07 Jun 2018, 9:59 pm

You mean pippes dont ya? :sarcasm:
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Stix » 07 Jun 2018, 10:06 pm

...(bludy Mexicans n their silly names)... :sarcasm:
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Bigjobss » 07 Jun 2018, 10:07 pm

As long as were talking french style blonk and not super fruity kiwi style I can live with that, but hey you south aussies have some pretty good dry rieslings (and some pretty overated shiraz :o )

Never made a green gummy curry but that sounds like a real good idea, i usually stick with wild duck in red curries if im in a curry mood
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by bigpete » 07 Jun 2018, 10:10 pm

Wine is yucko ! My work gave up trying to get me to drink their wine years ago
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Bigjobss » 07 Jun 2018, 10:30 pm

Sounds like a wine for gummy swap is on the cards!
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Stix » 07 Jun 2018, 10:43 pm

I had a hot as green curry once with salmon-as in fresh caught Australian salmon.
It would have been good except it was too hot & the cook couldn't be bothered whippin off the fillets, so it was a quick scale, cutlets, wash off the guts & drop in the curry.

Spent half the time pickin bones outa me mouth, & the rest of the time with head in a bucket of ice water...it was really hot...!! :oops: so hot, the next morning butt hole went down for a dunk...!

But a lighter & slightly sweeter green curry is good for a dense fish like that i rekon...well id give it a crack if i had too much of it..

Ive had fresh snapper fillets in a mussaman curry--dam nice...!!!...but that was in a restaurant & i cant replicate their mussaman which is a shame...!!!

And i agree Bigpete...as a general rule i think white wine is disgusting-im a plain beer n Scotch guy-but i will have a glass of a good dry sav blanc with a nice spread of Thai dishes...it seems to go nice. :)

Bigjobss wrote:Sounds like a wine for gummy swap is on the cards!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I like the idea of red duck curry...!! Ill have to go get meself a duck now...!! :clap:
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by bigpete » 07 Jun 2018, 10:51 pm

Bigjobss wrote:Sounds like a wine for gummy swap is on the cards!

I'd be in for that lol
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Gwion » 08 Jun 2018, 3:33 am

Sav blanc...

Sorry. Can't help it.

Massaman is a good option for fish curry. A laksa or tom yum would be good too.
Need to find me a good spot for gummies...

I tried the famous Taswegian scallop pie a few weeks ago... waste of good scallops, i reckon. Fish has no business with pastry but that's just me.
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Bigjobss » 10 Jun 2018, 2:02 pm

About to start prepping up a sambar leg roast from a hind I shot two weekends ago. Garlic, tarragon and white wine will be the base flavours with a lotta butter, will follow up in about 4.5hours!
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Bigjobss » 10 Jun 2018, 6:37 pm

Roasted the 4kg leg at 45min/per kg, with lots of butter basting to keep it moist, super lean animal.
Served it with a side of boiled greens, duck fat potatoes and a young cold climate shiraz. We have leftovers for a few days. :D
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Gwion » 10 Jun 2018, 7:38 pm

Noice...
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by bigfellascott » 10 Jun 2018, 8:07 pm

Bigjobss wrote:Roasted the 4kg leg at 45min/per kg, with lots of butter basting to keep it moist, super lean animal.
Served it with a side of boiled greens, duck fat potatoes and a young cold climate shiraz. We have leftovers for a few days. :D
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Looks sensational mate, should eat a treat I reckon. :thumbsup:
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by bigfellascott » 10 Jun 2018, 8:12 pm

I had some road kill venison a few mths back (fallow) was lovely, I knocked the wheels and backstraps off it and turned it into snitzels and Guinness stew.

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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Bigjobss » 10 Jun 2018, 9:03 pm

Absolutely love a venison schnitz, looks like a winner. Bonus points for roadkill.
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Gwion » 10 Jun 2018, 9:08 pm

Road Kill Road House

You kill it, we grill it... :lol:
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by bigfellascott » 10 Jun 2018, 9:36 pm

Gwion wrote:Road Kill Road House

You kill it, we grill it... :lol:


Nah someone already grilled it, I just had to cook it :lol: It must of only been hit fairly recently before I came upon it laying in the middle of the road, so I stopped to move it before someone got killed and felt it was still warm and no rigga so figured I might as well take it home and see if anything was salvageable on it (waste not want not) - it was lovely too eat :D
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Bigjobss » 10 Jun 2018, 10:13 pm

Meat is meat, good job on recovering a feed.
A roadkilled deer is still better than a commercial pig or chook any day of the week.
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by bigfellascott » 10 Jun 2018, 10:21 pm

Bigjobss wrote:Meat is meat, good job on recovering a feed.
A roadkilled deer is still better than a commercial pig or chook any day of the week.


That's what I figured too, if it's fresh and edible I'm taking it home! :D
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Bigjobss » 11 Jun 2018, 2:17 pm

Went for a quick fish this morning so beer battered flattie tails and whole roasted pinkies with onion, parlsey and butter
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by bigfellascott » 11 Jun 2018, 3:41 pm

YUM!
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Stix » 12 Jun 2018, 12:05 am

Bigjobss wrote:Roasted the 4kg leg at 45min/per kg, with lots of butter basting to keep it moist, super lean animal.
Served it with a side of boiled greens, duck fat potatoes and a young cold climate shiraz. We have leftovers for a few days. :D
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Ah gees...& to think i was half way there...seriously i just got back from over your direction. :(
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Re: Whats for lunch...?

Post by Stix » 12 Jun 2018, 12:07 am

Bigjobss wrote:Went for a quick fish this morning so beer battered flattie tails and whole roasted pinkies with onion, parlsey and butter
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Ah seriously...enough already...!!!
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