Wednesday, December 2, 2015

The Cottage Cooking Club - December Recipes

My dear fellow members of The Cottage Cooking Club:

Now we are at the beginning of December and therefore into our twentieth month of preparing recipes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall´s River Cottage Everyday Veg”. This month we will be preparing recipes with seasonal winter produce.

PLEASE NOTE: since this is going to be one busy month for all of us, I decided to cut the recipes down to 5 (five) instead of 10 (ten). If you have the time and feel up to it, you can „make up“ as many or as little additional recipes that you manage to fit into your personal schedule.

PLEASE feel free to substitute or add local vegetables to the recipes as it is always best to cook with what you can find at your local farmers´markets and greengrocers.




1. From the chapter of Comfort Food & Feasts:
Chachouka (page 20)

2. From the chapter of Hefty Soups:
Mushroom stoup (page 154)

3. From the chapter of Bready Things:
Spicy carrot and chickpea pocket (page 193)

4. From the chapter of Store-Cupboard Suppers:
Blue cheese and chives tart (page 216)

5. From the chapter of Pasta & Rice:
Arancini (page 270)

Please remember to leave a comment with your personal choice(s) by December 7th at the end of this post.

Please remember to leave a comment with the link to your blog post on the LYL post by December 28th OR/AND on facebook!

MOTTO:

Our motto for the month of December is: get into a festive mood with your veggies!



Thank you! - Merci beaucoup! - Herzlichen Dank!

21 comments:

  1. Andrea, an interesting selection for December! Looking forward to making them.. right now.. a bit hesitant with the blue cheese.... do not remember if I ever had blue cheese before! :)

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    1. Emily, we have cooked so many wonderful recipes from the book already - not that much left for me to chose from! But all seasonal, I believe.
      Thanks,
      Andrea

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  2. Emily, that is funny - since the blue cheese was the one recipe I was immediately drawn to! Andrea, these all look delicious.

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    1. Candy, thank you - for all those having adverse feelings towards the blue cheese, please feel free to sub with any other cheese of your choice.
      Andrea

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    2. Haha, Candy, you have forgotten that I am Asian!

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    3. But cooking with the Doristas and at CCC has broaden my cheese experiences?

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    4. Bought the blue cheese this morning....

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    5. Take heart, Emily...I followed your lead and botght French roquefort this morning...we will see how that flies...

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    6. I survived the blue cheese tart, and I fed hubby mozzarella tart...

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  3. Will do my best to cook these five and hope to make up at least one dish that I previously missed...we will see.

    Happy December cooking!

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  4. Lovely selections, Andrea! I will do the Mushroom stoup and Spicy carrot and chickpea pocket. I'll see if I can manage a catch up or two, as well!

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    1. Teresa, thank you very much - I hope that December will not be as busy as I always fear it will be...
      Andrea

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  5. Everything looks good! I'll definitely be making the mushroom "stoup" and the carrot and chickpea pocket and I'll see if I have time for more.

    PS Andrea, the posting date is the 26th instead of the 28th this month? If so, I'll probably be late....

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    1. Zosia, thank you very much - and with respect to the posting date, I adjusted it to the 28th.
      Thank you for pointing that out - I guess I must have taste tested too much of my Christmas Glüwein for one of my posts in my virtual Advent Calendar...
      Andrea

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  6. Hi Andrea and fellow members of CCC, though I've not yet looked at the recipes to check the ingredient list the selection looks a bit lighter in this busy month of December. Thus far I'll look to prepare the Blue Cheese and Chives Tart and the Arancini and go from there. Thanks for your leadership and coordination as always! Have a happy holiday season.

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    1. Peggy, I tried to make it a bit less stressful for everyone this month - we will see how well we will all manage to cook our way through the lovely month of December.
      Thank you & enjoy your holiday cooking,
      Andrea

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  7. Hi Andrea, everything looks so delicious this month, I will prepare the:

    From the chapter of Pasta & Rice:
    Arancini (page 270)
    and the mushroom stoup, if I have extra time will prepare the carrot and chickpea pita pockets. Thank you for all your hard work.

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    1. Cheri, thank you for your selections! Hope you enjoy your December recipes!

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  8. Hi Andrea, I will definitely make the Chachouka and the Mushroom Stoup (with dumplings!) If time and menus allow, I'll add in more. Enjoy the holiday season. I am enjoying your Virtual Advent calendar. So many things with your speculaas spice mix and almond paste, some of my favorite flavors. I hope to fit in at least one of your holiday recipes too! Thanks for all you do, my friend! Betsy

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    1. Betsy, you are more than welcome - it means to lot to me to read that you enjoy my Virtual Advent Calendar (a bit of a labor of love but worth it, I hope)! Thank you so much for letting me know!!!
      Andrea

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