Restaurant food at home
This Venison and Chestnut Pie dish was inspired from seeing pork pies being made. They are made with a hot water pastry using lard as well as butter. It’s not my favourite pastry, nor my favourite filling. I decided to use a simple puff pastry, which always tastes better and […]
This dish of blue cheese croquettes came about from a little retro thinking. I love experimenting with potatoes and cooking the endless different recipes there are. Some of these recipes though, are confined to age old cook books as our memories of bad school dinners have spoiled them. Croquettes, […]
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 […]
This dish of fennel rubbed pork and truffled beans is going to be a little controversial. Not because of its content which was quite superb, but because of the conversation it invoked. I will eat anything. My wife on the other hand is half Egyptian and shuns pork products due […]
This is a perfect cook ahead dinner. Everything except the peas are either made well ahead of time or slow cooked and ready to go. Salt baking is used quite extensively these days. I’m pretty sure you can use the method for everything from vegetables to meat. This method makes […]
This crab risotto and avocado ice cream is my lastest creation. I love trying to make a risotto a bit more dimensional rather than just a bowl of rice. There is a little bit of effort required to create this dish, but all can be done ahead of time. You […]
I love Japanese cuisine but it does tend to look unspectacular. I’ve seen three michelin star restaurants in Japan and all you get is a different flavoured nigiri after nigiri. Nothing exciting about that. This tests my imagination to create something tasty, colourful and overall look like fine dining to […]
Ok, I thought I’d give you the full title of this rather than simply calling it Bangers and Mash. Does the humble sausage have a place in a fine dining blog? Well, there are always things that can be done to make normal food taste a bit better. I love […]
This dish is so versatile it can be made with lamb, chicken, fish or vegetables. It would even work well with paneer. If you don’t want to use lamb, just substitute your favourite protein source and follow the recipe. The most difficult part of this dish is actually the poppy […]