… Meatballs
For some reason it feels like a night for something comforting. Chilli Con Carne is comforting. The ingredients for this meal are easy to come by so it wasn’t an arduous shop so all in all it was a good choice for tonight.
Bulgur Wheat is used instead of rice and it wasn’t a disappointing substitute at all.
There were fried kidney beans with this meal which gave this great half overcooked half still fluffy and pulsey texture.
This was easy to cook, my only issue was the total lack of ability on the part of my grill to blacken the fresh chilies. This is one of the meal’s I’ve seen Jamie do on TV and, not as described in the book, he cooks the chillies straight on his gas hob. Sadly I no longer have a gas hob so my pathetic grill has to do … or rather not do.
This was a very, very tasty meal. It wasn’t a big meal. But I did cook it for just two of us (rather than the prescribed four). Both Gavin and I had a second helping, which on a night where there was a need for some comfort food, was a pretty good thing.
This really is one of those meals that I think might be cooked over and over agian, deviated from, cooked again, ad-libbed, cooked again … until it becomes something of my own and not remotely recognisable from this dish but good, comforting and quick nevertheless.
Who With: Gavin
How Long: Fifteen Minutes and Four Seconds
