Comments on: When Bastilla Goes Wrong http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/ I'll get a better name soon, I promise Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:59:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: cathy x. http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-4471 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:11:57 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-4471 hi! just found your blog through an old round-up. we used to make these, hundreds and hundreds of tiny little ones the size of two postage stamps. breasts cook faster but thighs come out much jucier so we tried slow-cooking guinea fowl and chicken thighs in duck fat for 2.5 hours which was really nice. also instead of phyllo we tried it with brik pastry. it's thicker, much easier to work with and similarly only needs a quick brush of melted butter. hi! just found your blog through an old round-up. we used to make these, hundreds and hundreds of tiny little ones the size of two postage stamps. breasts cook faster but thighs come out much jucier so we tried slow-cooking guinea fowl and chicken thighs in duck fat for 2.5 hours which was really nice. also instead of phyllo we tried it with brik pastry. it’s thicker, much easier to work with and similarly only needs a quick brush of melted butter.

]]> by: Steven http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-3820 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:15:49 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-3820 Yeah, I get your Star Wars joke, but lucky you didn't go through with it as it would have flown quite tragically over the heads of those non-adventure game nerds out there. I think I had some trouble with filo pastry too, but I can't remember exactly what it was. I was trying to make some, well, I made some for a strudel but it didn't come out all lovely and crispy like it was supposed to. Ah well. Yeah, I get your Star Wars joke, but lucky you didn’t go through with it as it would have flown quite tragically over the heads of those non-adventure game nerds out there. I think I had some trouble with filo pastry too, but I can’t remember exactly what it was. I was trying to make some, well, I made some for a strudel but it didn’t come out all lovely and crispy like it was supposed to. Ah well.

]]> by: Vanessa http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2089 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:39:59 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2089 Ros, I'll be in London on the last two Saturday's of march, 3/24 and 3/31, and I'm hoping for a food blogger meet up at Borough. Do either work for you? I admire your courage in tackling something with filo. Ros, I’ll be in London on the last two Saturday’s of march, 3/24 and 3/31, and I’m hoping for a food blogger meet up at Borough. Do either work for you? I admire your courage in tackling something with filo.

]]> by: Jeanne http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2086 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:57:51 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2086 Sadly I never set foot in the Star Wars extended universe, but I did compile a 250 question quiz covering episodes 4, 5 and 6 - does that count? Never mind meeting at Borough Market - we have probably already MET at s Star Wars fanmeet, LOL! Sadly I never set foot in the Star Wars extended universe, but I did compile a 250 question quiz covering episodes 4, 5 and 6 - does that count? Never mind meeting at Borough Market - we have probably already MET at s Star Wars fanmeet, LOL!

]]> by: ros http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2076 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:58:38 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2076 Trig & Jeanne, yes we definitely should do a Borough market meet. Preferably when Goon isn't around so we don't get a repeat of the cheese fiasco. ;) Freya, I so should have asked around about phyllo. Thanks for the baking sheet tip - I'll try that next time. Like you, I actually found I quite liked it uncooked! I guess I should explain myself with the Star Wars reference, shouldn't I? Bastila was a character in the Star Wars extended universe (yes I am THAT much of a Star Wars geek) who turned to the dark side as they so often do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastila_Shan See, I'm not making it up. Julia, I'm not sure I'd have bothered if I hadn't been so keen to make it for so long! I'm very determined to make it work next time. Trig & Jeanne, yes we definitely should do a Borough market meet. Preferably when Goon isn’t around so we don’t get a repeat of the cheese fiasco. ;)

Freya, I so should have asked around about phyllo. Thanks for the baking sheet tip - I’ll try that next time. Like you, I actually found I quite liked it uncooked!
I guess I should explain myself with the Star Wars reference, shouldn’t I? Bastila was a character in the Star Wars extended universe (yes I am THAT much of a Star Wars geek) who turned to the dark side as they so often do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastila_Shan

See, I’m not making it up.

Julia, I’m not sure I’d have bothered if I hadn’t been so keen to make it for so long! I’m very determined to make it work next time.

]]> by: Julia http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2074 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:27:33 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2074 Oh that's a shame. I think it's really great that you post about things that don't go right, as well as the things you do though. Oh that’s a shame. I think it’s really great that you post about things that don’t go right, as well as the things you do though.

]]> by: Jeanne http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2073 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:12:18 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2073 I would have LOVED a Star Wars reference!! These are not the bastillas you're looking for etc etc etc. LOL OK, so now *I* look like a freak! :o) Hats off to you for trying something tricky - and the filling sounds heavenly, even if the pastry did not play the game. Thanks for an unusual contribution to WTSIM! And I second Trig about meeting up at Borough Market sometime :) I would have LOVED a Star Wars reference!! These are not the bastillas you’re looking for etc etc etc. LOL

OK, so now *I* look like a freak! :o )

Hats off to you for trying something tricky - and the filling sounds heavenly, even if the pastry did not play the game. Thanks for an unusual contribution to WTSIM!

And I second Trig about meeting up at Borough Market sometime :)

]]> by: Freya http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2069 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:00:06 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2069 Ros, Filo is notoriously iffy. Fortunatly, I actually rather enjoy it partially cooked (I know, I'm a freak too) so it doesn't bother me. The meat element does look particularly delicious. Probably would have been a good idea to wrap them in some baking parchment and then uncover them for the last 10 mins to gently golden-fye them! p.s. The star wars thing is lost on me! Ros, Filo is notoriously iffy. Fortunatly, I actually rather enjoy it partially cooked (I know, I’m a freak too) so it doesn’t bother me. The meat element does look particularly delicious. Probably would have been a good idea to wrap them in some baking parchment and then uncover them for the last 10 mins to gently golden-fye them!
p.s. The star wars thing is lost on me!

]]> by: Trig http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2045 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:13:10 +0000 http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/index.php/2007/02/27/when-bastilla-goes-wrong/#comment-2045 Still, the camera looks good. Pity about the food. PS. Next time you are planning a visit to Borough on a Saturday, drop me an email and maybe we can all meet up down there, shop and have lunch. I'd enjoy that. Still, the camera looks good. Pity about the food.

PS. Next time you are planning a visit to Borough on a Saturday, drop me an email and maybe we can all meet up down there, shop and have lunch. I’d enjoy that.

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