Restaurant food at home
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 […]
To say its been a busy few weeks is an understatement. There’s no let up in the weeks ahead either. It hasn’t been all work though. I have been away for our annual cycling pilgrimage to France. This year we visited Bordeaux. What a beautiful place. Most of France is […]
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 […]
I have finally started to make my own cheese. The main reason for this, is that I wanted to make a burrata. A burrata is a filled mozzarella with creamy cheese curds. I had one attempt and the main point of the exercise is to handle the curds as little […]
Following on from the Great British Menu fish course that I brought you, we now have another dish from David Kelman. David is the executive head chef at Ellenborough Park, and is representing Wales in this years competition. This years theme being to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day […]
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 […]
I cooked this cod rarebit dish when I had my parents visiting. It must have been good as my mother couldn’t stop talking about it! It’s such a straight forward dish to prepare and can be ready in 10minutes if prepared ahead. For those that haven’t come across rarebit before, […]
Osso Bucco literally translates as “Bone with Hole”, this is quite obvious from the photo. The bone is filled with marrow and over slow cooking the marrow melts into the sauce. This cut is traditionally done with veal shank. It can be used with other cuts, but if you can […]
This dish is one of my favourites. Monkfish is a superb fish, it’s just a shame its rise in popularity has been directly proportional to its price. I also love lentils, the only place most of us ever eat them is in while having a curry. They offer a great […]