Lamb's kidneys - bought without thinking

Stephen_Leak

Seakay wrote: »

The potato suprise sounds fantastic - do you think that it would work in a microwave as I'll be cooking for one and it never seems worth switching the oven on just for me.

I do jacket spuds for just me using a hybrid microwave/oven method. I start by stabbing it, wrapping it in a bit of kitchen paper and then "zapping" it in the microwave.

I then transfer it to a roasting dish, remove the paper and use this to wipe cooking oil over it. Then I finish it off in my little top oven at maximum for about 5 - 10 minutes until the skin is crispy.

The microwave cooks it from the inside out and the oven finishes this off and "fries" the outside.

The all-oven method is best, but it does take a long time and uses a lot of energy. This hybrid method gives a reasonable result in a reasonable time with reasonable energy cost.

kittyscarlett

Good old recipe that Stephen and glad to see you reviving it ! I haven't had a microwave for a while but I did used to use the micro then bake method for jacket spuds and it was fine ( wouldn't advise doing the kidney spud thing from start to finish in a microwave though ). If anyone is worried about putting the oven on just for one thing, try and think what else you could pop in there to make the most of the heat - best to plan ahead but I realise this isn't always possible. You could always slip some more jacket spuds in to cook and reheat later on !

bertietheblue

Well, thriftlady, I followed the kidneys and red wine recipe through this evening and served it on basmatic rice, with steamed carrots. What a treat! My son loved it too. I made enough for 4 and froze half so I can revisit this delight next week. Yum!

Stephen, Ianna - thanks too. The more choices, the better.

Stephen_Leak

<Blushes> We are here to serve.

The Baked Potato & Kidney recipe does assume the use of the long slow "all oven" method, so that the juices from the kidney, butter, fat from the bacon, etc. are soaked up into the potato.

I reckon that it ought to work with the microwave/oven method for the potato, if you turned down the oven, so that it takes the 20 to 30 minutes specified, for both the kidney to cook thoroughly and the skin to go crispy.

PS. I've just realised that the recipe doesn't actually give an oven temperature. I shall have to check that out and update it.