The half marathon went well thanks, a solid 1h 38. To achieve that I'd had to consume a mouthwatering cocktail of pasta, porridge, bananas, lucozade and energy gels (not all at the same time obviously) and followed that up with a post race burger and big fry up the following morning. It was time to get back to eating some normal food, and after a 15 minute meal-less weekend, time to return to the challenge. My book is starting to look rather battered and there aren't many recipes that are yet to be crossed off the list but I'd had my eye on this trout recipe for a while and with the day off work, knew we could get to the fishmongers to buy some good quality fish.
Alongside the fish was an old fashioned pot of veg which was a bit of a take on another Jamie dish which I have made several times in the past. A key difference however is that whereas the other dish uses less than 300ml of stock, creating a nice gravy consistency when mixed with a bit of flour, this one uses a whole litre. The veg is going to be swimming in stock. To be fair though, the dish is incredibly easy to cook. There's nothing particularly fiddly, nothing where you need to be really careful about timings and there is next to no mess, everything being served in the receptacle in which it is cooked.
The fish was, as expected, very tasty. Moist and delicate and it was amazing with the sauce which had a really good kick. The veg was nice but, as expected, a bit wet. There was more liquid than in the minestrone soup I made recently. All in all though it was a success and Lolz's poor aching limbs didn't have to slave over the washing up for too long.
Lolz gave the dish 8/10. Difficulty rating 1/10.
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