jamie olivers super-fast beef hash..

[ethandron]

jacket potatoes, goddess salad and lovely butter beans and bacon.
have just made this for our evening meal and thoroughly recommend it, absolutely delish and full of intense flavours. all washed down very nicely with a bottle of dualista tinto roble 2008 from the comic relief wine relief case.
anyone else made this particular 30 minute recipe (ok, so it took me a fair bit longer than 30 minutes but it was worth it)?

[ummmm]

Do you think you'd get it down to 30 mins with practice?

[DTCwordfan]

worth knowing for the future - going to be breaking out a bottle of Alameda, a Chilean Merlot, 09.....

[dotty.]

why is it called beef hash? I make corned beef hash in about 30 minutes if i cut the spuds small, he only gets away with the 30 minute thing cos he does alot of prep first, or someone else does it i think.

[ummmm]

Is it corned beef?

[ethandron]

it's nothing like beef hash actually, i've no idea why he calls it that. it's basically mince with veg and lots of fresh herbs and gallons of pepper and worcestershire sauce, i actually used quorn mince and because the recipe is so full of flavour i doubt it matters what mince you use.
having watched lots of his 30 minute recipes on tv i don't believe he does lots of prep, he just makes sure he has all his pots and pans, and kettle of hot water and oven at full speed. he uses a food processor (which i did) to make short work of chopping (makes it all very small and thin too so it cookes a lot quicker). the only downside really is you end up with a kitchen full of dishes and stuff to be washed. i actually started this mid afternoon and did what i could in advance and washed all the pots and things as i went along. i did buy the book with the intention of not giving myself a heart attack by trying to do the recipes in 30 minutes, and if you accept that and just use it as a recipe book then the food really is exceptionally good.
so to answer ummmmmmmmmmm, then yes, i reckon with practice you could do it in 30 minutes. whether you would want to is a different matter, and i certainly wouldn't but as i've said, that's not why i bought the book.

[ummmm]

I've got the book....I'll have a look at it :-)