23rd September 2020
Today really felt like winter, like we had skipped through autumn and landed straight in winter. Inside with a warming coffee we were watching one of the elimination rounds in Masterchef Australia. Generation Y had to taste a stroganoff, decide what meat, spices and other ingredients were in it and make it and just like that I knew I wanted stroganoff tonight.
Stroganoff is like a big ‘I know it is really cold but here is a warming hearty hug in a bowl’. It warms you up and makes you smile.
Back to MA - it was amazing how 2 of the 3 had literally no clue on what was in stroganoff or what it was, more worrying perhaps that one mistook nutmeg for paprika. I spent some time researching recipes and was really surprised at just how many recipes contain neither sour cream nor paprika, both of which is, what I thought, made this dish intrinsically a stroganoff.
So we spent a few hours in the kitchen and have come up with a recipe that did absolutely everything you need from a bowl of stroganoff - it was so good. I served with rice but I can see it is often served with pasta so will need to try that next time round.