Restaurant food at home
I may have mentioned in the last post or two that we are about to embark on a new kitchen refurbishment. This has led me to trawl through my archives of dishes that I hadn’t blogged about. This gorgeous looking dish got my eye. Not only does it look great, […]
I’ve been fairly busy of late. Well, I say busy, but I’ve been on the beach for a week. All in the name of work. It does mean I’m away from the computer for a while and then I spend my days off chasing my tail. Of those days off […]
For those of you that follow this blog regularly, you will know that I enjoy playing with my food. This is often a necessity if trying to make a tasty dinner out of cheap mundane ingredients. See my latest Instagram post (bottom of page) for evidence of playing with chicken […]
“Iberico Presa?” I hear you ask. It’s quite simple, my local butcher has started getting some more trendy/unfamiliar cuts of meat. These all come from a company called Basco Fine Foods. They are specialist importers from Spain, and even though it all comes frozen. The quality is superb. We’ve […]
I’ve been wanting to make this dish for ages, but for some reason I never got around to it. I actually combined the two dishes I know that involve poaching in red wine. Oeufs meurette and halibut poached in red wine. Oeufs meurette is a Burgundy classic. It’s an especially […]
I just wanted to put into print what I’ve discovered about certain cheeses. If you read the blog readily you might remember I became lactose intolerant last year after visiting Cuba. I assumed it would be fine once it settled down. I’ve always eaten Parmesan and then started eating some […]
This dish of slow cooked shoulder of lamb and fillet is so straight forward to do. It looks great and can be done with pork or beef too. The shoulder is braised for a few hours, the meat is then forked apart and wrapped tightly in cling film. […]
This is and old recipe from a few years back. I’m re-posting it because I’ve set up my Youtube channel. I guess I should have done this years ago, but hey ho. Let me know what you think!! A new feature of this theme is a smart shopping list. […]
Despite it being 2°C overnight in the UK, I do believe we are going to get an elongated Indian Summer in the next couple of weeks. I thought I’d take the opportunity to blog about this summery dish before the snow arrives. Super simple, bursting with flavour. I love to […]