What food are you pleased you can make well?

[BlancmanegeBunny]

I make really great pizza! It's taken a while to perfect it and seeing the family tucking in is very satisfying!
We have pizza night once week and I love that it's something everyone enjoys and it is so cheap to make!
What do you make that you are proud of?

Poached eggs
Yorkshire puds
Roasties

I suck at baking though!
Pancakes are a disaster every bloody time!
Luckily I'm not a sweet tooth anyway.

Roast

Baking in general. I dislike cooking and would happily eat a ready meal, pizza or takeaway every night if I could.

But baking is my happy place. The one thing I'm most proud of are my macarons. So much so that I started my own small business selling them 😊

Gravy (not with Bisto!) - makes all the difference to a roast
Lasagne (learned to make it in Tuscany)
Scones (am a proper Devon lass, so was a rite of passage)

Lemon drizzle cake,
all manner of soups,
Trout with lemon and herbs - my favourite meal at the moment

Peking duck . Cook it so often I can reel the recipe off by heart .

Likewise any roast dinner except pork .

But I’m spectacularly crap at rice .

A steak. I can grill a banging steak. Sounds simple but I've perfected it to restaurant level and I love it.

Fish stew
Lots of Indian food from the Meera Sodha cookbooks
Chillie con kanga

Pastry, even though I can't stand the stuff. On the rare occasion I make a pie for him, my DH is very appreciative!

Also, poached eggs and perfect rice each time.

Am too intimidated to make a roast dinner, so swings and roundabouts.

Cinnamon rolls and pea soup. Not at the same time though.

@bettertocryinamercedes

Paul Hollywood recipe looks like a faff and mine are much tastier 😉

Don't make me come over there Paul Hollywood scones are awesome.

I love my staples; lasagne, chicken pie, cheesecake, coconut curry, bolognaise, and fajitas - these are largely our staple dinners. All plant-based.

Roast. Including gravy and roast potatoes. Also a chicken and leak pie.

I cannot cook roast beef though. Bugs the life out of me.

Scrambled eggs and omelettes - nicer than you'll get at a hotel breakfast or restaurant, I never order them out any more.
Soups - Carrot & Coriander, Leek & Potato, Golden Vegetable
Potatoes - Roast, Mashed, Wedges, Rustic
Tomato sauce for the basis of Bolognese, Pizza, Nachos
Toasted sandwiches, wraps
Homemade burgers and meatballs
Cake pops

@plominoagain I'd love some peking duck info if you'd be so kind

I make an amazing fried chicken with hot honey drizzled on the top, a great peppercorn sauce from scratch, good toastie combinations and a very good salad dressing.

Bloody hell you lot, you are amazing! MN need to do another recipe book
Mine:
Yorkshire puddings
Orange drizzle cake (can make lemon too but orange is lush)
Dumplings
Duck - is always perfect
Can't cook steak or a full roast without people gagging

[quote MumstedInadequate]@plominoagain I'd love some peking duck info if you'd be so kind[/quote]
I'm at work now but I'll tell you tomorrow 😄

Roast potatoes
Steak

My roast potatoes are legendary in my house.
Chicken chasseur, my husband doesn't really like stews but he always wolf's this down.

@Orangesox

Yorkshire puddings that are eyeballed, no measuring required, most cakes are just thrown in as are pretty much every meal that I make - very rare I use a recipe other than for some inspiration. Always get compliments on my cooking so must be good!

@Orangesox can I plead for the Yorkshires recipe/technique.

I felt sure that I used to be able to churn them out from an elderly gas oven, but the current electric oven has a hatred of the things!

My cakes seem okay (maybe the oven hates Sunday lunch cooking)

My roasties
Cheesecakes (all kinds)
My full English is spot on too
Macaroni cheese and cauliflower cheese because my cheese sauce is epic
Roast ham

I can make about 60(?) varied family meals using mainly fresh ingredients and incorporating several veg, without a recipe. I think that's reasonably good going. My family do appreciate it.

I can make pastry (cold hands) but don't do it often.

I bake a cake about once a year, baking isn't my thing.

Oh and my DD1 says my mashed potato is the best there is

Roasts and that includes the potatoes. Roasted meats with homemade gravy and crispy potatoes.
I have multiple visitors for my roasts.
Baileys cheesecake 🥴
I make a decent curry and Chinese dinner. The peace at the dinner table is heavenly.
Duck breast with Chinese five spice.
Paella.
Risotto.
Tortilla (the Spanish omelette, not crisps).
Rákot krumpli. It’s a Hungarian dish of layered potatoes, sausage and egg cooked with cream or crème fresh. Silence at the table is golden.