Ginco Versus Jamie Oliver

On Friday evening the British chef Jamie Oliver made his

appearance on the tv screen, I was just about to switch channels

when I heard him saying that he will be cooking up a storm for

one of

my favorite singers *Jamiroquai* - I stayed tuned to the BBC.

Jamie's not one of my favorite chefs', wow, just looking at his

antics in the kitchen makes me wanna run after him and clean

up the merry mess he leaves behind him - the kid is a slob!

I know! I know! Everybody loves the "Naked Chef" but he's no

fan of mine!

I'm not a whiz in the kitchen, quite frankly - I hate to cook!!

One spends so much time slaving over the hot stove - and when

all the cooking is completed, the food will be eaten within 15 min.

With pleasure, I will watch *Gary Rhodes* or *Ainsley Harriot*

doing "their thing" in the kitchen, these guys are awe-inspiring!

Even *Delia Smith* is another one of my favorite people - in

fact I will be baking one of her Christmas cakes very soon!

BUT

Back to the messy boy in the kitchen, among a few other

things, he prepared a couple of filled and baked onions in the

singer's house.

I have never baked filled onions before, so

I sat watching the "kid" in action.

For Sunday lunch today I've cooked a roast chicken with

Basmati rice and the last of the Butternut pumpkin bought

at the pumpkin paradise - including Jamie's filled onions.

The filling was very good, but the next time I prepare

this recipe, I will make a few changes - because the onions

were just a little on the hard side.

Here is a pic of the prepared onions - minutes before going

into the oven.

Here it's baked, and ready to eat.

Recipe for two persons

--------------------------- Jamie's filled Onions

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2 large white onions, cooked in boiling water for 15mins.

Remove, and leave to cool.

When onions are cooked, cut into the center and leave an

opening deep enough for the filling.

Use the cut out onion pieces as part of your filling.

Cut 2 mushrooms in small pieces.

Cut 3 or 4 streaks of bacon into small pieces

2 or 3 heaped teaspoons of creme fraise or double cream.

Grate a handful of strong cheese

Salt & pepper and mixed spices (Basil & Rosemary)

Blend together the onion pieces, chopped mushrooms, bacon

grated cheese, creme fraise and spices.

Spoon as much of the filling as you can into the center of the

onions, add a little extra grated cheese over the top, and

bake at 180°C for 30/35 minutes until golden brown.

I will bake the onions for a further 15/20 minutes in the

oven before adding the filling, and then back into the oven -

your onions will be soft and tender - for sure!!