I must confess that I have no idea where surf and turf originated. As if a steak dinner wasn’t expensive enough, why not throw in half a lobster to bump up the price a bit. I would be inclined to agree that it’s not exactly a match made in […]
Tag: Cream
Hazelnut Crusted Salmon, Rosti, Artichoke Puree and Chestnuts.
My new favourite thing is to crust fish. Whether that be with a beer batter, tempura or breadcrumbs I don’t think you can beat a crust followed by lovely light fish flesh. As you may know from following the blog, we are avoiding gluten, so a nice floury or breadcrumb […]
Roast Chicken with a Morel and Three Peppercorn Sauce.
The old adage of not playing with quality ingredients holds strong in this dish of chicken and morels. Morel mushrooms are actually harder to find than truffles, fresh ones especially. I’ve found them online at Fine Food Specialists in Covent garden, but they are roughly £100/kilo. Ouch. Amazingly though, I […]
Buttermilk Panna Cotta and Honeycomb Sandwich.
It’s almost Spring here in the UK, a little bit of wishful thinking never hurt anyone. I’ve never been a big panna cotta lover. Maybe too many have been too hard. If I wanted to eat cold hard cream, I can’t usually see past ice cream. I came across this […]
Sunday Roast.
People often ask me when they see my blog, “Do you eat like this every day?”. I wouldn’t say every day, but certainly most. This dish was my interpretation of a Sunday Roast. It could be called Roast Chicken with Manchego stuffing balls, Parmesan Crisp, Asparagus Puree and Mushroom […]
Chorizo and Tomato Raviolis with Sage Wrapped Pork Fillet.
Last year in my annual Xmas hamper I received some tomato powder. I hadn’t the faintest idea of how to use it or what to do with it. I was thinking of making a tomato ice cream. Luckily, before I did that I thought of this, tomato pasta. I […]
Scallops with Broccoli and Cauliflower risotto.
It has been a while since I have posted any starters. It doesn’t give you a particularly balanced dinner party without one. I wanted to create a scallop main course, I still can’t think of one apart from some pasta, chorizo and scallops. Hence I made two scallop starters instead. […]
Morel Mushroom Risotto
This mushroom risotto follows the form of my Cauliflower risotto and Crab Risotto. Mainly making a mushroom flavoured stock and veloute which are used to cook and enhance the risotto respectively. I used some dried morel mushrooms. I believe these are an excellent reconstituted mushroom, not like the porcinis […]
Imam Bayildi with Scallop Tortellini.
This Arabian aubergine stew has become one of my favourite dishes. It is quite rich tasting and can be quite spicy, hence a nice creamy scallop mousse in the pasta to counter balance it. The large tortellini is very filling and so one will be enough for a comfortable […]