Better Leg and Fun in the Kitchen

Rested the leg a bit - watched Saturday kitchen, then had lunch and a Bloody Mary at Lye Torng. Watching the Two Fat Ladies, Clarissa had been making an onion and Stilton soup. I fried some onions and garlic for about ten minutes in butter and a bit of olive oil, added a pint and a half of lamb stock and some rosemary and cooked for fifteen minutes. Normally you would puree the onions here, but I have decided to leave them whole and will add a handful of crumbled Stilton later and cook for a final 15 minutes. Good way of using up onions.

Thinking about using up stuff, I found a couple of dodgy lemons last night which were a bit ancient so boiled them for two hours. This morning I whizzed them in the Magimix, and added them to 200g almonds ground, 1 large teaspoonful of baking powder, 200g sugar, 3 eggs (normally you would use 5) and cooked for just over an hour in a loaf tin lined with baking paper. I started at 180 and turned the oven down to about 160 after 15 minutes. Anyway, makes a rather delicious lemon cake which could have lemon drizzle poured over but can't be bothered. May slice it and freeze the slices. Good way to use up some old lemons, but get the pips out when boiled before whizzing.