Restaurant food at home
“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 […]
It was my next significant birthday this week. My lovely wife organised a great twenty four hours in Manchester City centre for all the family. It started with a visit to Breakout, Dinner at Mr Coopers and brunch at Refuge. Breakout is a brilliant idea, as you get locked in […]
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 […]
The Allotment Vegan (and gluten free) Restaurant has opened in Stockport with quite a lot of noise. I’ve never known a new restaurant get so much attention without paying for it. All of this is good and very worthy. Anyone who opens a vegan restaurant certainly gets a big pat […]
I wasn’t in the mood for rice or potatoes, but still wanted a starch and texture to finish off this dish. A granola would be perfect I thought, but I’ve never really seen a savoury one. As I make plenty of my own homemade granola, how hard could it be […]