Question: What is your favourite cosy winter meal?
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THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED. The lucky winner is Ute from Hungry in London with comment number 35 - chicken pho! Congratulations Ute, and thanks again to Top Treats for providing this great prize.
For me, nothing beats a roast game bird, especially on one of those very long December nights. It is not as heavy as some other roasts, but you still get all the goodies - and as the birds would be in season it says "winter" much better than any of the all year around roasts.
ReplyDeleteCottage pie! Any pie really, but there's something about that combo of creamy mash, lamb and peas / carrots. So simple. So good!
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Has to be Sticky Toffee Pudding with Loads of Dates!! and Tones of Custard!! not hot just warm! :D
ReplyDeleteOooooh! My favourite is a chicken, leek and pearl barley soup. Or slow roast pork shoulder. So many comfort foods grace my table at this time of year.
ReplyDeleteA really slow cooked beef stew with a thick sauce and loads of mashed potatoes and greens
ReplyDeleteMy favourite has to be beef stew with lots of fresh bread and a glass (or bottle) of red wine - perfect for the winter!
ReplyDeleteany kind of hearty soup. chowders in particular work well when i need to warm up!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I think my favourite comfort meal is slow cooked pork belly in a dashi broth with soya sauce, brown sugar and ginger! So delicious!
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Mmm... Chinese steamboat or a hot Korean jjigae eaten with plenty of rice!
ReplyDeleteChili with extra cheese. Yum! Best if eaten with loved ones in front of a warm fire.
ReplyDeletefor me it would have to be a Goan prawn and coconut curry with lots of basmati rice. Sothinig about the cold just makes me crave the comfort food of my childhood!
ReplyDeleteOoh...it will have to be cheese and chocolate fondue with all the works (bread, ham, fruits!~) followed by hot cocolate with toasted marshmallows floating on top!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite cozy winter meal is anything eaten in a hut half way down a ski slope. No guilt at all. Your body needs all the fuel it can get! So ... Hungarian beef goulash and buttered tagliatelli topped with sour cream and paprika followed by both a homemade date sticky toffee pudding with vanilla pod icecrean and a large stack of blueberry and creme fraiche pancakes drowning in maple syrup!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful giveaway! For me it would be a hearty lamb curry and rice... maybe some naan (with lots of butter) and of course some really fatty stodgy desert ;)
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Something packed with spices, perhaps a lovely lamb shank tagine. What a great competition!
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We love a good chicken leek and bacon pie with lashings of mashed potato with a cheeky bit of grated cheese on top. All of that served with some steamed chantenay carrots and maybe some fancy cabbage or kale.
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ReplyDeleteDreadfully predictable but it's a roast dinner, either roast chook or a rib of beef, lots and lots of crunch roast spuds, parsnips and a pile of savoy cabbage and some gravy with a slosh of port in it...
ReplyDeleteMmmm!
Beef Bourignon - preferably from Thomas Keller
ReplyDeleteMac and cheese (to Simon Hopkinson's recipe) is a strong contender, but.... I'd have to say my Mum's stew. With tons of mashed spuds, and of course ideally served at home in my mum's house!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite comfort food is Chicken Casserole with dumplings with mashed potatoes - simply delicious!.
ReplyDeletea delicious roast meal with all the trimmings!
ReplyDeletea large bowl of leek and potato soup or broccoli cheddar soup with a warm crusty chunk of bread!
ReplyDeleteIt'd have to be okra stew with some beautifully fluffy white rice and some cacik (like lassi but with cucumbers)
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Hmmm... I would have to go with a big bowl of fresh spaghetti carbonara. Not particularly wintry but always comforting and delicious. Oh, and bruschetta on the side!
ReplyDeleteFavourite cosy winter meal? None other than a warm, hearty cheese fondue with a loved one. Preferably French Raclette, or a cake of seductive Mont d'Or baked to gooey perfection in its own wooden box, with all the trimmings and the lot. Crusty baguette pieces (torn generously and greedily, not sliced), piping hot potatoes and ham slices fresh from the charcuterie. To wash it all down, a tantalizing Reisling that captures all of winter's splendour. Yum yumm! Winter's never more magical.
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Mine would be a chorizo stew with chickpeas or beans. It's unctious and spicy and totally warming.
ReplyDeleteGreat competition GD! Slow cooked lamb shanks maybe with a side of sweet potato mash. Delicious...
ReplyDeleteNothing beats my mums turkey pie, which she learn off jamie oliver xmas shows haha, its warm and comforting. Perfect for a winter night.
ReplyDeleteWhat makes it so special is the fact she only makes it once a year. :)
My fave cosy winter meal, after making it last weekend (to come home to, after being out in the cold watching rugby) is meatball and potato stew in a spicy tomato sauce, made in the slow cooker so all the flavours of the veggies and herbs are retained. Delish!
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Spicy pumpkin soup with hot crusty buttered bread. Yum.
ReplyDeleteChicken and mushroom pie, goose fat roasties followed by an apple crumble with custard.
ReplyDeleteIt's got to be a full roast (beef...) with loads of gravy, roast potatoes and some decent red wine! Crumble for dessert :)
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Roast salmon with lots of veges, preferably cabbage, cauliflower, carrots and a glass of pinot. Some apricot crumble with cream to finish. And a fireplace would be nice.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite winter dish is chicken pho - warms you, is healthy and clears your nose. Could it this every day in winter.
ReplyDeletei'd have to say that a lovely roasted chicken or a hearty chowder would be on the top of my list!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite dish would have to be split pea and chunky vegetable soup (a family recipe) with crusty bread. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI have to concur with Nuhar - it's got to be a chunky vegetable soup served with crusty bread with a generous slather of butter. Mmm!
ReplyDeleteAs a kid it used to be beans cooked by my mum with paprika and chunks of fatty pork. These days it's likely to be a big bowl of pasta, minimally adorned.
ReplyDeleteLentil soup with lemon, pancetta and mint - Yum!
ReplyDeleteFavourite winter comfort food would have to be any kind of rich slow cooked meaty stew, probably something like beef in stout, with herby mustard dumplings and creamy mash. Delicious and warming!
ReplyDeletePenang curry - a taste of the exotic on the dark wintery nights!
ReplyDeleteLawrence Jarvis said.... after a days long bike-trail in the snow covered Lake District, we returned to a Chicken Tagine, with heaps of spice, dried fruit and almonds which had cooked atop of a woodburning stove all day - in the Yurt in which we were staying! Pretty perfect washed down with a punchy Shiraz.
ReplyDeleteToad in the hole with plenty of gravy and mash!
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I think it's got to be the soup my mum makes with the turkey carcass and leftovers on boxing day with good old fashioned suet dumplings mmmmm!
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You only want to know our favourite winter meal for a chance to win £200 towards eating at a Ramsay restaurant? Sweet. I would have given away much more highly classified information. ;)
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Winter meal is... pudding pudding pudding!!!
Ok, and before that, crispy, fluffy Maris Pipers, Yorkshire pudding (great opportunity to have pudding in the main course) with horseradish, cauliflower cheese, brussels and broad beans. This was pretty regularly my Sunday lunch growing up, much like mentioned in the comments by others. And all this would be followed by pudding! Which would have to be apple pie and single cream or loganberry sponge. My mum excels at both.
Now I'm homesick. :(((
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!! xxx
My favourite winter meal is definitely Toad in the Hole with Onion Gravy, mashed potatoes and peas followed by apple crumble abd cream or custard. Can't be beaten.
ReplyDeleteI love smoking out my flat with a hearty Swiss raclette on a cold winter night! It used to be our traditional family Christmas dinner so it brings back lots of happy memories. Also, it's delicious and allow you to spend hours just sitting around a table, chatting and eating and eating and eating....
ReplyDeleteVenison stew heavy on the thyme, creamy mashed potato with oodles of butter, steamed kale and a glass of red wine. Heaven in a pot.
ReplyDeleteI recently tried pigs cheeks braised in red wine, perfick for a Winters day
ReplyDeleteMy mother makes an amazing Polish stew, cooked for days with all sorts of different meats, prunes and juniper berries and plenty of other unidentifiable - but delicious - ingredients. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteBeef Stew and Dumplings
ReplyDeleteIt really depends on my mood, but recently I've been craving onion soups, with loads of caramelised chunky onions, topped with toasted bread slices and some good cheddar, grilled until the cheese is melting, and drizzled (heavily) with Worcestershire sauce. Yum.
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