Pls help me with oven free food for dinner party (foodies involved)

[CountessDracula]

Have two foodies and two non foodies coming for dinner tomorrow.

I have no oven to speak of and dh sent let the repair man leave because he couldn't find a parking space I do have one small convenction oven but I can't fit a lot in it (is 30cm one on range cooker) plus I can't really do convection oven cooking any more after years with a fan oven.

I HATE doing things with lots of last minute stuff, like to have most done in advance really

What can I cook?

Doesn't have to be fancy, simple good ingreds type stuff will do.

hmm i think if you ahd NOT mentioned the oven we could think of lots

bbq? cook outside then eat in

my first thought btw was fishy canapes, meat/veg antipasti, wild musrhroom risotto, cheese and fruit/ice cream type pud

no the foodies are not bbq fans
and ours is bruk

LOLOL the ol antipasti? mumsnets fave

BBQ?

i haev a recipe for a fab chieckn and asparagus risotto

yes, anti pasti frmo the deli. Have heard it var popular

we have great italian deli for anitp

lol

Chicken and asparagus risotto

Dish by Ross Anderson It?s that Tuesday morning feeling. In the fridge are the sad remains of Sunday?s roast chicken that you couldn?t face yesterday, and maybe a few leftover asparagus spears. OK, I don?t believe the second bit either. There?s no such thing as leftover asparagus. Even when guests come out of the loo looking puzzled and surprised, they can?t get enough of the stuff. So cook a few extra spears and hide them. For the risotto, opinions vary widely as to the ideal consistency, from bone dry with individual rice grains all the way through to virtual rice pudding. I veer towards the latter.

Ingredients Serves 2 Prep 10min Cook 30min 250g arborio rice 1 medium onion, minced 1 fat garlic clove, minced 50g unsalted butter Small glass white wine 750ml hot chicken stock 6 cooked asparagus spears 200g cooked chicken 50g parmesan, grated 150ml double cream Salt and pepper METHOD Melt the butter in a large, non-stick pan and fry the onion and garlic gently till soft. Turn up the heat and add the rice. Shake the pan over the heat for about 2-3min, moving the rice around until it becomes translucent. Add the wine and let it bubble up. When it?s absorbed, turn down the heat slightly, add a ladleful of hot stock and stir. Season with salt and pepper. When the stock is absorbed add another ladleful, continuing till it?s used up (15-20min). Chop the asparagus into 2cm pieces and roughly chop the chicken. Add to the pan and stir until warmed through. Add the cream and cheese, and stir the whole thing furiously until you have a rich, creamy texture. Serve immediately in warmed bowls, with more parmesan if you feel like it.

oh yues
var var pop

i hate chicken risotto
soz

ah

do you mean you have a hob you can use?

I was thinking completely non cooking

oh yes
have large hob which is fine

dh in doghouse re cooker man (as well as lateness/forgetfulness) so may make him cook akshully

Why not just do fish and chips from the chippy and tell them how retro it is!!!!!

in fact I may get him to pay for catering heheheh snurk etc

um
because they would hate it!

They are swiss ffs

could do fondue in coals to newcastle way

a simple tagine simmered in pot with coucoucs steamed on hob

i dont like it

do a swedish prawns and vodka night

Pudding - chocolate fondue, cream and 70% chocolate melted and put in fondue, then lots of chopped fruit.

Crepes?

In fact cheese foundue for main?

Chicken fricase with vegtables - main course as it is a chicken casserole done on the gas ring.

Thai chicken/fish curry?

seafood picky bits

oh ok.

I would do a crab, avocado and tomato timbale served with rocket. (No cooking required and kept in the fridge.

wild Mushroom risotto as a middle course (as you want to show off!)

Panfried Seabass with cannellini emulsion on a bed of sauteed spinach, sauteed potatoes and baby carrots.

Tiramisu

Cheese and Coffee

is that better CD?

prawns and vodka?

no sorry not pan frying sea bass we have v open plan and would stink

Not looking to show off at all - they are very very old friends all of them!

The timbale sounds great though, do you have a recipe?