the takeaway secret

MORPH3US

Anyone who has mentioned "The Curry Secret" book.... is this the one:

http://www.theworks.co.uk/product.asp?cid=1&pid=5894

Poppytime

MORPH3US wrote: »

Anyone who has mentioned "The Curry Secret" book.... is this the one:

http://www.theworks.co.uk/product.asp?cid=1&pid=5894

That is the book to which I was referring

My Takeaway Secret book came today and I made the Doner Kebab and I have to say it was the best one I have ever tasted. The only thing I found with mine was there was a crust around it - has anybody else found this? I think next time I will turn the oven temperature down and maybe cover it with foil so as not to waste any once cooked :drool:

meritaten

hi poppytime - I havent tried the donner kebab one yet, but reading the recipe its like a meatloaf isnt it?
I was watching the barefoot contessa the other day when she made a meatloaf and she was saying that she hates it when the top of the meatloaf gets all crusty and cracked..........so she filled a loaf tin or cake tin with hot water from the tap and put it in the oven on a lower shelf. she said that the steam from that would prevent it from cracking!
I hope this helps because I had it mind to do this when i make my donner meat for the grandkids in a week or so. (oh doesnt like donner so wont do it just for myself).

sb44

Poppytime wrote: »

That is the book to which I was referring

My Takeaway Secret book came today and I made the Doner Kebab and I have to say it was the best one I have ever tasted. The only thing I found with mine was there was a crust around it - has anybody else found this? I think next time I will turn the oven temperature down and maybe cover it with foil so as not to waste any once cooked :drool:

Yes there was a crust around it, my husband loved that bit as he said it was like the freshly cut doner meat off the spit.

I did reduce the temperature by about 10 degrees as we have a fan assisted oven.

Clutterfree

Poppytime wrote: »

That is the book to which I was referring

My Takeaway Secret book came today and I made the Doner Kebab and I have to say it was the best one I have ever tasted. The only thing I found with mine was there was a crust around it - has anybody else found this? I think next time I will turn the oven temperature down and maybe cover it with foil so as not to waste any once cooked :drool:

I'm hoping to make this on Thursday.
If memory serves me correctly, doesnt the recipe state you turn over the loaf halfway through cooking? Did you remember to do that? Don't know if that would make a difference or not.

sb44

meritaten wrote: »

(oh doesnt like donner so wont do it just for myself).

That's perhaps because you never know exactly what is in it, but you will with this one.

You never know, you may convert him!

sb44

Clutterfree wrote: »

I'm hoping to make this on Thursday.
If memory serves me correctly, doesnt the recipe state you turn over the loaf halfway through cooking? Did you remember to do that? Don't know if that would make a difference or not.

Yes, you turn it over half way through.

JulieGeorgiana

I finally got mine in the post!!! And it's damaged!! Grrrr!! Now I have to wait for a new one or shut up and take what I have!

What to do!

I just like having a new book that's perfect.... so I can ruin it!!!!

meritaten

If youre anything like me - a good cookbook gets so dog-eared, splattered, written in (the takeaway secret already has a few notes in it about how I found the recipe - whether it needed tweaking or more or less spice etc), that it doesnt matter if the book aint perfect. saying that though - if you pay for a new book then you can expect to recieve it in pristine condition!

sb44

meritaten wrote: »

If youre anything like me - a good cookbook gets so dog-eared, splattered, written in (the takeaway secret already has a few notes in it about how I found the recipe - whether it needed tweaking or more or less spice etc), that it doesnt matter if the book aint perfect. saying that though - if you pay for a new book then you can expect to recieve it in pristine condition!

I never ever write in my cookery books but I have in this one and I paid £5.99 for it!

Like you say I have written were I have tweaked a recipe although that is only one so far.;)