Chicken + Mushrooms Soup

A kind of chilli ramen type of broth with some peppers and mushrooms I found in the fridge.

Ingredients:

about a litre of water

2 chicken stock cubes

1 teaspoon corriander, chilli powder and garlic

1/2 teaspoon ginger

1 red pepper

bunch of spring onions

handful of button mushrooms

handful of rice

star anise

Directions:

thinly slice pepper, spring onions and mushrooms and fry for about 2 minutes. I didn't actually have any chicken meat but would probably be nice to add some in if you have it. Add the rice and stock to the boiling water and add in the chilli, corriander, garlic and ginger. Also if you have any throw in a star anise.

once the rice has started to soften, add in the vegetables and keep on the boil for about ten minutes. this way the rice is soft but the vegetables still have some crunch left in them. Season it if you want and that it done. Easy.

Blue Moon Project

After looking at some other things I thought the Blue Moon company lacked a bit of character and persona, so something with a bit of humour could be a good way to go. Got to doing a fair bit of rough sketching really quick initial ideas and presented them the other day. Also I really don't want to do a beer related, or bar object or solve some kind of problem about how to drink the beer with orange [they make a big fuss of this and it's a pain in the arse].

Durex ad using humor and also a potential promotional object even though it's creepy as fuck. I also think this is wonderfully shot.

The idea I'm taking forward is this one. "Get Out of Jail Free Card". Based on the stereotype of a guy going for a few drinks after work or something, then gets the phonecall from his wife/girlfriend. Looking at small, promotional gifts to be given to said man, to take home to "the other half". Useful, functional items, I thought essential handbag items were the most appropriate sort of thing. I'm concentrating on nicely designed, aesthetically pleasing objects with materials that reflect the Blue Moon brand. The idea of it is, the more beers you drink, the more gifts you bring home, so the less mad the lucky lady in your life will be.

Italian Sausage Ravioli + Cream Pesto

Ingredients:

250g fluor

3 eggs

lots of basil

olive oil

150g grated parmesan

200ml double cream

250g italian sausage[s]

Directions:

Right... the pasta is easy, put all the eggs and flour into a food processor and whizz it up til it makes a ball, then knead it for 10mins on a floury surface til it's smooth.

pesto... all the basil into the processor and pour in the oil while you're blitzing it. Add a handful of the pamesan and some pepper and it is done!

filling... I used pepperoni , salami and parma ham [not a sausage but italian meat] whizz all this up in the processor, if it doesn't bind add an egg yolk.

no more food processing!

cover the pasta and put it in the fridge for half an hour. After that half it and roll it out thinly, put the filling in little balls over it evenly.

roll the other half out the same and put it over the first bit, and press it down so it all seals.

for the sauce just add the pesto, cream and parmesan together, heat til smooth, and season. Boil the pasta for a minute or so until it floats to the surface then drain and add to sauce and serve.