Cookalong; fabada edition

[Anonymous No.10634558]

Haven't been to /ck/ for a while, do you guys still like actual cooking threads? Doing a variant of one of my fave stews, fabada. Using pork cheeks, leeks, cajun spice and ginger on top of all the usual ingredients. Feel free to rip me a new one, post your own food, whatever.

[Anonymous No.10634571]

>>10634558
Chopped up all the meat, the cheeks needed a bit of trimming

[Anonymous No.10634574]

>that knife

Hey Frodo, when did they build a Morrison's in The Shire?

[Anonymous No.10634598]

>>10634574
Sauron built it as part of his community outreach programme, right after he revealed his new tax policy

[Anonymous No.10634607]

>looks on google images
Those beans seem so big. Do they taste like other beans?

[Anonymous No.10634620]

That is not a comfortable knife to chop with, but I guess it has a lot of edge.

[Anonymous No.10634641]

>>10634607
They've got a creamier, nuttier texture and flavour. Normally you have to soak them in water overnight, but fuck that shit I'm hungry now so I got canned ones. >>10634620
Indeed it is not, it weighs almost 3 pounds. Just peeled and chopped all this garlic with it, it was a pain in the ass as well as the hand. Unfortunately all my good knives are at work, this one is the best one I have to hand.
I love getting slightly squiffy in the afternoon

[Anonymous No.10634651]

>>10634571

Looks good. What's the dark meat?

[Anonymous No.10634659]

>>10634641
>Unfortunately all my good knives are at work
Are you a cook? Maybe a knife thrower.

[Anonymous No.10634670]

>>10634651
Pork cheeks, one of my favourite cuts for braising. Getting a nice sear on them
>>10634659
I am indeed a cook

[Anonymous No.10634681]

>>10634558
This quantity will result in more or less how many portions?

[Anonymous No.10634690]

Veggies are soaking up all that beautiful oil and fond from the chorizo
>>10634681
Depends, are you normal or American?

[Anonymous No.10634699]

>>10634690
Normal.

[Anonymous No.10634703]

>>10634571
>fabada
beef cheeks, chorizo and......black pudding???

[Anonymous No.10634710]

Be generous as fuck with the spices, this stew benefits from strong flavours
>>10634699
Then I'd say about 8 or 9 portions, assuming that you serve it with mash potato or pasta or something

[Anonymous No.10634720]

Forgot to mention I added some cornflour, deglazed with about half a bottle of red wine, let it cook out then added 2 cans of the chopped tomatoes. Just added in the black pudding and bay leaves, going to stick it in the oven on low heat for about an hour and a half. I'll post pic when it's done.
>10634703
Yup. Works amazingly well, especially with all the herbs and stuff

[Anonymous No.10634721]

>>10634720
Oh and I also added a pint of chicken stock before I put it in the oven

[Anonymous No.10634728]

>>10634710
Looks like a pile of wet, bloody turds

Typical wetback filth

[Anonymous No.10634729]

>>10634720
the black pudding was an actual question sorry was just wondering if my guess was right.

[Anonymous No.10634732]

>>10634720
Meant for >>10634703 obviously

[Anonymous No.10634740]

>>10634729
Oh ok, my bad. Yeah it's black pudding, a type of sausage made with pigs blood and oats and spices, very rich and flavourful. I wanted to use some Morcilla, the spanish version of it, but it's not easily found in England.

[Anonymous No.10634753]

Fuck I forgot to add the beans, this is what drinking in the daytime gets you.

[Anonymous No.10634877]

>>10634728
t. jealous butthurt amerifat

[Anonymous No.10635000]

>>10634877
wow you got mad fast

[Anonymous No.10635014]

>>10635000
>n-no u
american arguing at its finest

[Anonymous No.10635015]

And here we have it, straight out of the oven with a heap of parmigiano reggiano. Lovely stuff.

[Anonymous No.10635032]

>>10635014
confirmed mad

[Anonymous No.10635041]

>>10635032
>confirmed retarded
not even him, so why would I be mad?

[Anonymous No.10635047]

>>10635015
Looks good, anon.

[Anonymous No.10635048]

>>10635041
good question, why are you?

[Anonymous No.10635064]

>>10634571
I was looking at one of those folding cutting boards, because I need something to move stuff easily from actual cutting board to pan/bowl. Assumed they'd fall apart withing a few weeks. Seems yours has survived some punishment.

Thing to the left is what I tried getting instead, but they're ridiculously expensive for a piece of bent metal, so I don't want o buy one out of principle.

[Anonymous No.10635071]

>>10635048
I guess I'm not then.

But why are you?

[Anonymous No.10635259]

>>10635064
Mine is pretty damn sturdy, my only complaint is that it's too small. Just make sure to get a good quality one and they are super handy

[Anonymous No.10635316]

>>10635259
this
>>10635064
I have pic related, it also bends along those lines so you can more easily drop whatever you cut in the pot; I've had it for a couple of years and can't say anything bad about it, do keep in mind the usual "disadvantages" of plastic cutting boards
otherwise it's really handy

[Anonymous No.10635442]

>>10634558
Hmmm?

[Anonymous No.10635636]

>>10635064
Get yourself a decent sized chef's knife (8''+) and use the flat of the blade to scoop up your stuff. Or get a Chinese cleaver, those are like one of those scoopers fucked an actual chef's knife.

[Anonymous No.10635683]

>>10635636
Got both. They suck for that job, though the cleaver is half decent I guess, but not good enough. Thing is, they barely have to touch the board when scooping stuff and they've dug themselves in. Yeah, I like to keep them very sharp. Also stuff tends to drop off anyway. So, I really want one of those scoop boards/plates/tools things. Hell, I might get myself the working end of a small shovel, even the kid toy kind if I have to, but I want something better than just my knives.

[Anonymous No.10635799]

perhaps people already knew this but I just found out that these things are weirdly called "bench scrapers"
also kek'd at the lower right one

[Anonymous No.10635808]

>>10635799
you're easily amused aren't you

[Anonymous No.10635842]

>>10635808
oh come on anon you gotta admit it's silly

[Anonymous No.10635882]

>>10635799
just go to a home improvement store and buy a putty knife, it's basically the same thing

[Anonymous No.10635903]

>>10635882
ok maybe >>10635808 was right, at least today, because I chuckled at "home improvement store"

[Anonymous No.10636639]

>>10635903
Care to share what you ate?

[Anonymous No.10636686]

>>10636639
well today at lunch I found pic related, it's from a trip to Japan a year and a bit ago, was quite nice; was too lazy to go to the store so I ate that with a cheese sandwich instead; went to the store later
Japan has some really nice fish cans desu