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Offline ritchie

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CP's UCB
« on: February 24, 2007, 08:02 PM »




still 30 mins of simmering to go.......mmmmmmmmm smells damn good already
quick question. should i remove the cassia bark and cloves and bay leaves before i blend it?
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Re: CP's UCB
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2007, 12:21 AM »
Hello Ritchie,

As far as I'm aware, Chilli Prawn (and Andy) advocate leaving the whole spices in his base and blending them.

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« Last Edit: February 25, 2007, 03:11 AM by Cory Ander »

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Re: CP's UCB
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2007, 10:52 AM »
cheers for that CA

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Re: CP's UCB
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2007, 11:18 AM »
You're welcome Ritchie,

It seems to me that this is sound provided that the whole spices are soft enough to be blended fine enough.

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Re: CP's UCB
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2007, 12:03 PM »
Cory, I diasgree. Chances are the wood will still be wood so I recommend removing the Cassia and cloves before  blending.

I've made the mistake before and almost runined my base - had to strain the lot which took forever.

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Re: CP's UCB
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2007, 12:23 PM »
Good point Jeera,

If in doubt, fish 'em out!  :P

I reckon it would be a good idea to fish out any cassia bark or cinnamon sticks.

But, as I said, if the whole spices are otherwise soft enough to blend fine enough, I think they are ok to be left in.  I have just made Andy's curry base.  I left all of the whole spices in and they were soft enough to be blended into indiscernible oblivion!  Just to recap, this included:

  • 10 cardamom pods
  • 2 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 tsp cloves
  • 1 tsp ajwain seeds

But I think I'm right in saying that CP and Andy advocate leaving them all in (rightly or wrongly)?

Regards,
« Last Edit: February 25, 2007, 12:28 PM by Cory Ander »

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Re: CP's UCB
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2007, 02:19 PM »
Many thanks to you both for the advice, i found a lot more than the 20 cloves i put in to the sauce, i guess cloves shed layers when cooked, also the bark was more like a small digeridoo, so that went a journey. as did most of the bay leaves.The sauce is looking a treat, with a nice layer of spice oil on the top.

before the spice-mix


after adding the spice-mix

« Last Edit: December 23, 2007, 09:15 AM by ritchie »

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Re: CP's UCB
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2007, 09:17 AM »
I have not tried this base yet, but the finished result seems to look very good.

This could be teh next one to try for me.

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