the takeaway secret

Uniscots97

I made the doner kebabs tonight, I used Sainsburys lamb mince (3.40 for 500g) and it came out great! Cleared plates and asking for seconds. Result!

dasophster

Ooh like the look of these books; think I will buy both of them. OH is addicted to takeaway, and I mean in a negative way I think making this stuff at home could help wean him off. With regards to lamb mince most Asian butchers do a better quality lamb mince and a fattier much cheaper version that they tend to call 'whole lamb mince' or some such; the cheaper version is lovely but got quite a lot of fat in with it so sounds like it would be ideal for this doner recipe xx

babybelle

Lou76 wrote: »

I would love to go, and could probably find a way to get there (I'm sure the 89/90 bus goes that way - no idea, but I'd find out lol), but not sure I could get home ok.

Does he have a site I could donate on?

p.s got my new book, just waiting to try it all [bar the deep fried Mars Bar] out.

The 62 (frequent service from City Centre) stops right outside or depending on where you are in Glasgow there may be someone there you could cadge a lift from.

Still tickets available for anyone who may be interested

:beer:

Dragoncry

My book arrived today...sooo happy !

Can't wait to get started on some of the recipes, especially the sweet and sour pork hongkong style . My favourite chinese dish along with special fried rice. :T
DC xx

sb44

Mine arrived today but only had a quick look, been too busy doing the gardening today, what a scorcher!

I did notice that there is a doner kebab recipe in there, Mediterranean Doner Kebab which looks to be a lot like the Lamb Doner Kebab in the original book. There is a difference in measurements and the Med one has paprika and ground coriander.

I will have to give it a try and see if there is a big difference in taste.

abitofhelp

I made the Lamb doner tonight and it was fab, complete success. Eldest child is taking the meagre left overs for his lunch tomorrow. I also made the white kebab sauce to go with it and that was lush. I'm going to give the mediterranean one a go next week sometime. oh has been looking at both books so i shall see what he wants to try.

mrsbowie

Hi thanks for the lamb recs, I'll have to try asda tomorow, probs same as tesco, can I just ask another question, in a kebab shop the donner is usually spinning round on a thingy, which I presume helps the fat drain off, so when we make it should it be suspended so that it's not cooking in the excess fat, or is that what makes it so good? thanks

kittycat204

mrsbowie wrote: »

Hi thanks for the lamb recs, I'll have to try asda tomorow, probs same as tesco, can I just ask another question, in a kebab shop the donner is usually spinning round on a thingy, which I presume helps the fat drain off, so when we make it should it be suspended so that it's not cooking in the excess fat, or is that what makes it so good? thanks

I put mine over a tray on a rack so the excess fat drains off.

sb44

mrsbowie wrote: »

Hi thanks for the lamb recs, I'll have to try asda tomorow, probs same as tesco, can I just ask another question, in a kebab shop the donner is usually spinning round on a thingy, which I presume helps the fat drain off, so when we make it should it be suspended so that it's not cooking in the excess fat, or is that what makes it so good? thanks

I put mine on some foil or greaseproof paper on a tray and cook it for half of the time, then, I put a wire tray (usually use the one out of the grill pan) onto the tray that it has been cooking in, turn the slab of meat over and cook it upside down for the rest of the time.

If you buy take away kebabs and microwave the meat, you get quite a bit of orange grease on the plate, if you reheat this kebab that you make from the book, you will be amazed how little fat comes out of it.

song_of_calliope

I know I'm so late here but I just got this book (the first one) for kindle for only £1.48 last week. Made the pizza dough and sauce - wow. Absolutely delicious and so easy, much better than the average takeaway and more like a fancy Italian restaurant pizza. I can't wait to try more.

We're vegetarian but I think there will be lots we can have from the book with a few substitutions. I'll have to try the doner made with Sosmix that someone else posted about - never would have thought of it but sounds great.