After i married and have kids, no more celebration of Valentine..On the recent Valentine's day, i still plan to cook as per normal Chinese meal. But my daughter requested me to cook Western meal after she came back from shool..She said we should also celebrate this day this time. I also sick of everyday Chinese meal, so i agreed with her, and i rushed to the nearby supermarket to make my last minutes marketing..
While i driving to the supermarket, i still not decided what to cook..I start to think which of my blogger friend cook a good Western meal. I recalled i have seen many yummy Western meals in Elin's blog-Elinluv's Tidbits Corner (Thanks Elin). I have never cook lamb at home, so I decided to make some grill lamb chops..
This Valentine meal cost me less than RM 100, very economy and delicious..
Grilled Lamb shoulder
I supposed to prepare Portobello but i could not find it, i replaced with this giant button mushroom, taste nice too..
Our all time favourite Japanese mashed potato, this time i added chopped bacon..Yummy!
Since this is a last minutes meal and impromtu meal, so i did not manage to record down the exact amount of each ingredients..Anyway, this recipe is simple and easy to prepare..
Recipe source: Adapted from Elinluv's Tidbits Corner here and here with minor changes
Grilled Lamb shoulders
Lamp chop (shoulder)
Freshly crushed black pepper
Salt
• washed clean and tenderized , marinate with a pinch of salt and pepper for 30 minutes.
• grill at 200c for 10mins each side, 240c for 5mins one side
Black pepper sauce for grilled lamb
gravy from roasted lamb chops
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
Water
Oyster sauce
Tomato ketchup
Worcestershire sauce
Red wine (optional, but worth to add)
Freshly ground black pepper
Flour mix with water, to thicken
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• Mix all seasonings and ingredients in a pot, cooked for 5-10mins, thicken the sauce by flour mixture.
Grilled stuffed button mushrooms
Big button mushroom or portobello
Green pepper, chopped
Bacon, chopped
Chicken meat, chopped
Carrot, chopped
Parmesan cheese or mozzarella cheese
Bread crumbs
Olive oil
• Mix pepper, bacon,cheese, chicken meat and carrot in a mixing bowl.
• Season with salt and pepper, stir till sticky paste.
• Stuff the mushrooms with the paste
• Greased the baking sheet with olive oil, place the stuffed mushrooms on it and sprinkle extra bread crumbs on the surface and baked in a preheated oven at 180C for 30 minutes or till crispy brown and cooked
Japanese mashed potato
US russet potato, boiled till soft and mashed fine
Japanese cucumber, chopped
Carrot, chopped
Bacon, chopped and pan fried
Japanese mayonnaise
Refer to recipe here
Just had my lunch but I'm getting hungry again after seeing all that mouthwatering photos! hahaha Haven't tried cooking lamb yet :P tsk !
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious combination of a meal! Also I think it's a lovely idea to celebrate Valentine's day with family and loved ones :)
ReplyDelete好精致哦
ReplyDelete你真有耐心
那天我出门吃
懒惰作料理:)
Sonia,I did the opposite, I was sick of eating western and we went out for Thai food on Valentine's Day. The dinner was very well presented and accompanied by Romantic candle light ... Do you play some romantic background music as well?? :)
ReplyDeleteMy hubby love lamb and this is so perfect for Valentine's Day :)
ReplyDeleteHaha...U still better than me. I never have chance to celebrate Valentine's Day with my hubby,even CNY :(
ReplyDeleteI like the stuffed button mushrooms and mashed potato. Yummy :)
aww how sweet. To use this to celebrate with the whole family! I'm really liking the use of stuffed mushrooms- I can see that even as an entree in parties.
ReplyDeleteThey were all deliciously prepared though it was an impromptu meal, you are indeed very talented
ReplyDeleteWow, impromptu and yet still so professionally prepared! I think if I'm your hubby, I'll have impromptu meals everyday! Lol! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour meal looks like you have taken great pains preparing instead of last minute decision....very economy and delicious indeed I too have not cooked lamb before, most times my sons are the ones who cook western style food.:)
ReplyDeleteThese look awesome!! Loved the droolworthy pictures. Bookmarked!
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look really delicious!
ReplyDeleteThat's a feast! You can really cook and bake.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great spread of yummyness :)
ReplyDeleteHaha your daughter is cute! I make Japanese food everyday and sometimes my kids request Western food too. My husband loves lamb but I never cooked it at home. This looks good!
ReplyDeleteYour daughter must be very happy on Valentine's day...
ReplyDeleteI love lamb, 越骚越好.... hehe
ReplyDeletewow...this is a marvelous Valentine's dinner, homemade one is always precious, got candlelight somemore, very heartwarming and romantic...:)
ReplyDeleteYour impromptu V-day dinner turned out looking great! I am not much of a western food fan, my hubby wanted to bring me for BBQ ribs, I requested to go to a Korean restaurant instead. :P
ReplyDelete好丰富哦。几时可以到你家做客呢?
ReplyDeleteLook really nice Sonia!
ReplyDeleteIs lamb dishes hard to prepare?
ReplyDeletei use to BBQ the lamb .....
ReplyDeleteA lovely meal for V day! surely your family ate and felt so sweet in their hearts!
ReplyDeleteWhoa, so romantic! Full set dinner to celebrate Valentine's Day. haha.... Geee... this meaning I'm old already.
ReplyDeleteKristy
choi yen,easy to prepare, just grill it.
ReplyDeleteHi Sonia,
ReplyDeleteJust wonder, if you used cooked meat for the stuffed portobello?
lyn