Merry Christmas to you too commis I'll type the recipe (s) up when I get time to spit lol ;D

Ok, veggies...yeah. Please tell me you'll use real lard in the pastry?

PMSL!
Sorry, P&J....pastry is all butter......but I will be doing the roasties in goosefat there'll be dauphinoise on offer too but I'll bet a tenner he'll have a roastie lol

We're going to the Prashad early in the New Year ;D Either 7th or 14th Jan...

-8c...LUXURY! (a la Monty Python's 4 Yorkshiremen sketch ) It was -17 here last week. Got snowed in last week but only a couple of inches so far this week ;D As long as I can get to the farm shop next week I'm happy We're lucky to have so many farms around our area, the farmers all keep the roads gritted and clear, thank Gawd we don't have to rely on the council!

Allen Diwan is an expert in Indian cooking. Diwan has been cooking since he was 14, but for the past six months, he has been training in London with Atul Kochhar, the first Indian chef to be awarded a Michelin star. He has opened a number of Indian restaurants in Budapest, including Diwan Tandoori, Kama Sutra and Kasmir. Allen regularly gives cooking classes in which he introduces the public to the world of Indian spices and shares the secrets of the Indian kitchen.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2297869_preparing-rice-chicken-biryani.html

There's 15 videos in this series....

A veg rosti doesn't sound too exciting though, Axe - more of an accompaniment than the main show really? I'm looking for something with a bit more of a "WOW" factor really, something that requires a bit of effort (or looks like it does ).....I just don't know what......most of the best nut roast recipes I click on lead to the same recipe, posted on different boards so I guess it must be decent (or maybe there's only one lol) I may combine that with the mushroom wellington idea though I'm waiting on commis's recipes