Restaurant food at home
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 […]
I’ve decided to add this wild mushroom risotto to the blog, so that it gives vegetarians an inspiration for a Christmas dinner rather than a plate full of roasted vegetables. The recipe is straight forward once you’ve made the stock. A lot of effort goes into christmas gravy and all […]
This has to be the best rack of lamb I’ve ever had. I would love to say I invented it, but it was my butcher. Or more to the point, my butchers wife. I just made the courgette cannelloni and some fondant potatoes. The lamb has been marinated in a […]
My wife made a wonderful orange/beef/rice dish a couple of days before we had this. The rice was excellent but the beef needed some work. Needless to say I went about interpreting the dish my own way. Plus trying to make it look a bit more elegant at the table. […]
I have been asked to write an article on how I go about my business using up all of my ingredients. In todays world, waste is a real crime and we all do it from time to time, but with a little forethought we can all help use up even […]
Following on from my last post Pumpkin Veloute and Onion Bhajis, I mentioned I had an inspired main course from Dan Moon of Ston Easton Park. The plate I’d picked out from Dan was horseradish gnocchi, blue cheese and beetroot. I was truly inspired by this, I basically copied his […]
I saw a well known Italian chef, Francesco Mazzei making this Lasagne Pastachina dish. He serves this up at his restaurant L’Anima in London Town. It’s highly complicated with many steps to create, making your own beef sausages and two different types of pasta. I wasn’t quite in the mood […]
I’ve seen a few versions of encased pastry dishes made with brioche rather than puff pastry. I’ve made a brioche before and hence when I was looking for a Salmon Coulibiac dish the two blended together and ended up with this. For once though, I have step by step photographs […]
This fish dish is from a Welshman called David Kelman of Ellenborough Park. He is competing in this years Great British Menu on BBC2. For those abroad and not aware of this competition, each year a theme is created which the chefs must design their dishes around. Three chefs from each UK […]