Jamie's 30 Minute Meal took me about an hour and a half to prepare. Little things, like, "Where the heck is my Parmesan cheese grater?" and forcing the ( practically welded on) top off the new can of dried mustard, dumping half the contents on the kitchen floor and having to clean it up added a few minutes to the time factor. I found forcing the garlic through the crusher with the peel on rather a novelty. Is this supposed to add to the flavor or just save a bit of time? Are you supposed to throw in the peel along with the rest of it? I thought not, so just set it aside. The variations to the recipe...making my own ice cream and cutting fresh cherries added time on top of the hour and a half. Other variations included using green cabbage, which I already had in my fridge, instead of Swiss chard and frozen spinach instead of fresh as these ingredients weren't available during my last minute shopping spree yesterday.
We loved the mustard chicken. Cutting it up and stirring it into the sauce might be better next time. We'll also do the potatoes again. The anchovy flavor blended so delicately into the sauce that there was just the slightest hint of fish flavor. Andrew didn't even realize there were anchovies in there until I mentioned it. The vegetables were nothing special, but then again, we couldn't follow the recipe as the proper ingredients weren't available at the last minute. Andrew really liked the dessert. I'd vary it even more next time by taking a few minutes to melt the chocolate and pour it over the cherries, or use a tiny bit of high quality chocolate fudge sauce rather than have the chunks and add a coffee liqueur on top. The combined flavors of the chocolate, cherries, coffee and vanilla ice cream were a treat. But if you want an even more heavenly Jamie Oliver dessert (not 30 Minute), try his tiramisu next time. It's one of our favorites.
Guten appetit!
Photos courtesy of Andrew Briginshaw
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