Restaurant food at home
I don’t usually succumb to demands from my wife about what dishes to post on the blog. I like to keep to my theme. Blogs are basically about sharing information and new ideas to everyone though, so since we’ve made a breakthrough it deserves to be posted. For those people […]
I was approached by www.travelsupermarket.com and asked if I would like to enter their current Holiday Flavours competition/campaign. It essentially focuses on the great dishes we discover when on holiday. The competition is open to everyone without a blog too. All you need to do is post a photo of your favourite […]
As the maximum temperature in Manchester yesterday was 8°c, I think it’s fair to say winter is on its way. Bearing that in might I have a wonderful, cheap winter warmer. I love pork but I find it the most difficult meat to get right, as it will dry […]
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 […]
Strictly speaking this isn’t a classic Duck a l’Orange. I don’t think I’d ever eaten one as I have visions of it being overly sweet and orangery like a lemon chicken from the Chinese is. How wrong I was. The sauce is very simple to make but if you […]
Continuing the lighter themed meals after we’ve all been indulging over the past 10 days or so. I have created this taste of the sea dish. It will be work with any kind of fish, I just happened to get a good batch of sea bass this day. It isn’t […]
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 […]
My idea for Tea and Orange Marinated Rump steak came from a 50-50 success rate eating this cut. The general rule of thumb for any meat is the tougher it is the tastier it is. Also the cooking time required is directly proportional to this too. I have had some […]
Unfortunately we can’t eat Beef Wellington’s and White Chocolate fondants everyday, so on the days of eating much healthier food it just means we have to try a little harder in order for it to be great. This dish is so versatile, it is basically lightly cooked vegetables in a […]