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Lemon Lamb

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

"There are three things that every Greek woman must do in life: marry Greek boys, make Greek babies, and feed everyone."

Toula's life is complicated. She wants to please her family, marry a good Greek man and raise Greek babies... but it just isn't happening. With her 30th birthday looming, Toula's decision to break out from her family's traditional stranglehold allows her to meet and fall in love with non-Greek Ian. How Toula's food-obsessed, restaurant-owning mega-family react to her vegetarian boyfriend is fantastic. "It's no problem," says the bewildered aunt. "I'll make lamb."

Ingredients:

3 lemons, one peeled thinly and juiced, 2 cut into chunks

3 garlic cloves, chopped or crushed

good Greek olive oil

2 tbsp fresh oregano

1 leg of lamb (approx. 1.8kg [4lb]), butterflied

2 onions, halved and sliced

salt and ground black pepper

Greek salad, to serve

Serves 6

1. Put the lemon peel, juice, garlic, olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix well, then add the lamb. Massage the marinade in with your hands and leave to marinade for at least two hours.

2. Preheat the oven to 240c (220c fan oven) mark 9.

3. Scatter the onion and lemon chunks over the base of a large roasting tin. Lay the large leg bone in the bottom of the tin to act as a trivet. Rest the butterflied lamb gently over the top and roast for 25-35 minutes. I know, I know, it seems like a very short time, but trust me - 25 minutes will give you very pink lamb, 35 minutes less so.

4. Remove from the oven and leave to rest for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, strain the juices from the bottom of the roasting tin into a pan. Taste and adjust the seasoning. If you like a thicker gravy stir in a little cornflour mixed with water and keep stirring as you heat to prevent lumps.

5. Carve the lamb into thick slices. Serve with crushed, boiled new potatoes, gravy and a big Greek salad on the side.

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Apple Strudel

The Sound of Music (1965)

"You know how Sister Berthe always makes me kiss the floor after we've had a disagreement? Well, lately I've taken to kissing the floor whenever I see her coming, just to save time."

As a child this was probably one of my favourite films and as the only other food that's associated with this film is 'schnitzel with noodles' (two things that generally don't go together at all) I thought strudel might be a good recipe to have on here.

Ingredients:

3 cooking apples

grated rind of 1 lemon

50g (2oz) raisins

50g (2oz) pecans or walnuts, chopped

50g (2oz) fresh breadcrumbs

75g (3oz) soft brown sugar

75g (3oz) ground almonds

1/2 tsp cinnamon

3 large sheets filo pastry (do not allow to dry out)

50g (2oz) butter, melted

Serves 4-6

1. Preheat the oven to 180c (160c fan oven) mark 5. Peel and core the apples, dice them and place in a bowl. Add the lemon rind, raisins and chopped nuts and stir to combine.

2. In a seperate bowl, combine the breadcrumbs, brown sugar, ground almonds and cinnamon. Give this mixture a really good stir.

3. Add 3 tbsp breadcrumb mixture to the apple mixture and stir together.

4. Cover a chopping board with a clean tea towel or clear film. Lay one sheet of pastry on the board and brush liberally with the butter. Repeat with the next two sheets. You don't need to butter the top sheet. You should still have butter left - if not, melt a bit more now.

5. Reserve 1 tbsp breadcrumb mixture. Place 1/3 of the remaining mixture lengthways down the pastry. Leave space at the ends to allow the pastry to be tucked in before baking.

6. Put half the apple mixture on top. Sprinkle on another third of the breadcrumb mixture, add the remaining apple and then top with the last of the breadcrumb mixture.

7. Butter around the edges of the filo. Tuck the ends in first and press to seal. Lift the edge of the pastry nearest to you on top of the apple mixture. Using the tea towel or cling film roll the strudel away from you and the strudel will roll and seal itself.

8. Slide onto a baking tray. Brush with the remaining butter, sprinkle on the reserved breadcrumbs and bake for 45 minutes.

N/B: Filo pastry dries out faster than a celebrity in rehab so always keeps it covered with a slightly damp tea towel or clear film.

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I made Minny's Chocolate Pie! It smells so yummy but I'm going to have to wait till tomorrow to taste it, unfortunately.

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Pan Galactic Gargleblaster

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005)

"A cup of tea would restore my normality."

I know this is supposed to be a blog devoted to movie food but I have several recipes for movie drinks, so I thought it might be interesting to use a few of them! This infamous space cocktail is one of the most beloved elements of Douglas Adams' timeless and surreal cosmic adventure, with many sites trying to recreate it as faithfully as possible.

Ingredients:

1 measure of vodka (the juice from a bottle of ol'janx spirit)

1 measure clam juice (water from the seas of Santraginus V)

1 measure ice cold gin (3 cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin)

Tonic water with lime (4 litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it)

1 measure mint syrup (over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qalactin Hypermint extract)

1 tictac (tooth of an Algolian Suntiger)

lime peel (sprinkle Zamphuor)

olive

Serves 1

1. Take a cocktail shaker and fill with ice.

2. Add in the vodka, gin, clam juice and mint syrup. Shake well and strain into a tall glass.

3. Top up with the lime tonic water.

4. Take the lime peel and twist it over the top of the glass to release the lime oils onto the surface of the cocktail.

5. Drop the lime peel into the drink. Add the olive and the tictac.

6. Place two straws into the drink, one for each mouth.

7. Drink. But very carefully.

#pan galactic gargleblaster #reelrecipes #movie recipes #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

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reelrecipes · 11 years

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Hey guys, sorry there haven't been any posts recently - I've been trying to catch up on uni work, and then I got ill, and then various other things happened, so I haven't had much chance to type any up. However, I'm typing new ones up as we speak and hopefully I'll be far more regular at posting them than I have been! Thanks for hanging in there~

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Big Kahuna Burger

Pulp Fiction (1994)

"Mm-mmm, that is a tasty burger."

It would've been silly to have a movie recipes blog without including the Big Kahuna Burger, it being one of the most famous foodie scenes in movie history. Even though it wasn't the main focus of the scene, it's pretty hard to take your eyes off it, especially when Samuel L. Jackson takes a huge bite out of it in full view of the camera.

Ingredients:

oil, for frying

1 onion, finely chopped

1 garlic clove, finely chopped

500g (11lb 2oz) minced beef

4 burger buns

4 cheese slices

salt and ground black pepper

mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, pickles, lettuce and French fries, to serve

Serves 4

1. Heat a little oil in a pan and sauté the onion and garlic for 5 minutes until translucent. Allow to cool.

2. Place the minced beef in a large bowl and break up with a fork. Tip in the cooled onions and garlic and season well.

3. Use your hands to combine the mixture thoroughly, then divide into four equal portions. Shape the meat into patties and pop in the fridge for 30 minutes to firm up before cooking.

4. Using a griddle pan or the barbecue, cook the burgers for 3-4 minutes on each side until no longer pink in the middle. Lightly toast the buns.

5. Place each burger on half a bun. To make a Hamburger Royale, top with a slice of cheese. To make Le Big Mac, add the sauces, pickles and lettuce. If you wish to be fully metric, then take a rain check on the ketchup and drown your French fries in mayonnaise.

#pulp fiction #big kahuna burger #reelrecipes #movie recipes

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Bruce Bogtrotter's Chocolate Cake

Matilda (1996)

"Miss Trunchbull kept the whole school late because this boy ate some chocolate cake!"

Even though the entire scene is just a tad horrific, let's face it - that cake looked pretty damn good. I'm pretty sure it had about four layers and it probably could have fed about 15 people - I know this cake isn't as huge but it's just as yummy-looking and I really wouldn't suggest trying to eat the entire thing like Trunchbull and Bruce Bogtrotter did. It might not end well.

Ingredients:

200g (7oz) butter

200g (7oz) caster sugar

3 large or 4 medium eggs

150g (5oz) plain flour

3 tbsp milk

50g (2oz) cocoa powder

3 tsp baking powder

For the icing:

125g (4oz) butter

75g (3oz) cocoa, sieved

300g (11oz) icing sugar, sieved

milk, to slacken the texture

Serves 8

1. Preheat the oven to 180c (160c fan oven) mark 4. Line a 20cm (8in) loose-bottomed cake tin with baking parchment.

2. Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until pale and fluffy. Beat in 1 egg and 1 tbsp flour. Repeat with the remaining eggs.

3. Stir in the milk and sift in the flour, cocoa and baking powder. Using a metal spoon fold in the dry ingredients until well combined. Pour into the prepared cake tin and bake for 40-45 minutes until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the cake. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then place on a wire rack until completely cold.

4. To make the icing, melt the butter in a large pan and tip in the cocoa. Cook, stirring for about a minute, then remove from the heat. Beat in the icing sugar. Add the milk, a little at a time, until the icing flows easily. Tip over the cake, and allow to cool.

#matilda #movie recipes #reelrecipes #chocolate cake

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Liver, Fava Beans (and a nice Chianti)

Silence of the Lambs (1991)

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."

Whether you've seen this movie or not, you'll probably have heard the most famous quote from it somewhere along the line, and Hannibal Lecter is arguably more famous than the real villain in one of the most iconic thrillers of the modern era. With barely fifteen minutes of screen time, Lecter leaves a lasting impression and it's his mention of what happened to the census taker that stays in your mind for a while after. So, why not make a recipe out of it (although I really wouldn't recommend using the same meat source)?

Ingredients:

250g (9oz) broad beans, shelled

a bowl of iced water

splash of vegetable oil

350g (12oz) lambs' liver, cleaned, trimmed and cut into slices

2 knobs of butter

salt and ground black pepper

a glass of nice Chianti, to serve

Serves 2

Apparently the best accompaniments to this are a pile of creamy mash and caramelised onions, but I doubt Lecter would've thought so.

Instructions:

1. Place the broad beans in unsalted water and bring to the boil for 2-3 minutes. Drain and place in a bowl of iced water. When cold slip the beans out of their skins. If the skins are tough, you may need to nick them with a sharp knife. Pop the bright green beans into a separate bowl.

2. Heat a frying pan until hot and add the oil to the pan. Season the liver with salt and pepper, then briefly cook over a high heat, turning to cook on both sides. Quickly cook the liver over a high heat for a moment or so on each side. The liver should be a little crisp on the outside but still pink in the middle. Add a knob of butter to the pan, turning the liver all the time to coat. Remove from the pan and place on a warm plate to rest.

3. Add the second knob of butter to the pan and when melted toss in the broad beans. Combine well with the butter and liver juices and warm through.

4. Serve the liver and fava beans on a warmed plate with a glass of Chianti (if you want to you could deglaze the pan with a little Chianti and yet another knob of butter. Reduce down rapidly and serve as a red wine sauce with the liver and beans).

#reelrecipes #silence of the lambs #hannibal lecter #movie recipes #liver and fava beans

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Really sorry guys, I'm having terrible trouble with the recipes tonight - for some reason tumblr's deleting whole sections of the recipes when I post them and I have no idea what's causing the problem, so until the issue's fixed, I'm afraid we're going to have to sit tight and hope for the best.

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Blue Soup

Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001)

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.”

Although not one of the more famous (or infamous) moments in the movie, I always wondered - how on earth does someone manage to make soup blue? Everyone can relate to something in Bridget Jones’ Diary, whether you’re dating your scumbag boss, whether you’re single and eating Ben & Jerry’s in your pajamas for a week or whether you just can’t cook and your food mysteriously turns blue - the film’s popularity stems from the fact that everybody has off days and let’s face it, it’s hard not to love Bridget.

Ingredients:

350g (12oz) leek whites, finely sliced (save the green tops for another dish)

150g (5oz) onion, finely chopped

250g (9oz) blue potatoes, finely chopped (salad blue is a good variety to use)

large knob of buttery

1 glass white wine

2 wine glasses chicken or vegetable stock or water

300ml (1/2 pint) milk

salt and white pepper

blue food colouring

a few cooked noodles, to serve (optional)

Instructions:

1. Melt the butter in a large lidded pan and add in the vegetables. Cover and fry gently for 5 minutes to soften.

2. Tip in the wine and cook for 5 minutes (this will allow the alcohol to burn off and therefore doesn't count towards Bridget's daily tally in her diary). Add the stock or water and cook for 20 minutes, or until the potatoes begin to break down and become mushy.

3. Add the milk and stir to combine. Cool slightly, then blend using a stick blender (if you want to use a liquidiserm remember that hot soup in a blender can lead to a huge mess on the kitchen walls, floors and ceiling, and possibly second-degree burns. You have been warned!).

4. If the soup isn't blue enough, add a little food colouring. If you want to be even more authentic add a few strands of cooked noodles ro replicate the string that caused Bridget's culinary oddity.

5. Count your blessings, this won't take four hours to cook, nor will it give you a bottom the size of Brazil.

#reelrecipes #bridget jones #bridget jones diary #movie recipes #blue soup

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Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't posted any recipes for a couple of days, I've just moved back to university so I haven't been able to get onto my laptop, but there'll be several new recipes uploaded today and hopefully I'll upload them fairly regularly from now on! Thank you for waiting~

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#breakfast #foodporn

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Minny's Chocolate Pie

The Help (2011)

"You is kind, you is smart, you is important."

Having recently seen this movie and fallen in love with it, this seemed like a great place to start. The Help's ending hinges on a secret involving Minny's famous chocolate pie, and even if you've seen the movie and know what the secret is, don't lie to me and say you didn't wonder how the pies tasted!

Ingredients:

1 packaged pie dough crust, such as Pillsbury

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

2 large eggs, beaten

3/4 cup evaporated milk

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon salt

Whipped cream, for serving

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Ease the pie crust into a 9-inch pie plate and crimp the edges decoratively. Prick the crust lightly with a fork. Line the crust with foil or parchment paper and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake for 15 minutes or until set. Remove the foil and weights and bake for about 5 minutes longer, just until the crust is dry but not browned.

2. Meanwhile, in a bowl, whisk the sugar with the cocoa powder, butter, eggs, evaporated milk, vanilla and salt until smooth.

3. Pour the filling into the pie shell and bake for about 45 minutes, until the filling is set around the edges but a little jiggly in the center. Cover the crust with strips of foil halfway through baking. Transfer the pie to a rack and let cool completely before cutting into wedges. Serve with whipped cream.

NB: depending on how much accuracy you're going for here, I really wouldn't suggest adding Minny's secret ingredient... well, I suppose that depends on who you're baking it for.

#chocolate pie #the help #recipe #movie recipe #reelrecipes

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Well, here it is! The blog's a work in progress at the moment so please excuse the mess while we tidy things up a bit.

This blog will regularly have recipes added to it and in between recipes I'll be uploading pictures of delicious food. At the moment only a few of the recipes are my own and the majority of them come from various places, so I can't claim to be some culinary genius who makes up all these recipes :I

If you have any questions or suggestions for this blog, then don't hesitate to send me a message!

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