Restaurant food at home
This is not a post for Valentines Day. If you want to impress anyone, there are plenty of recipes on this blog that will tick the box for that occasion. It is a wonderful alternative to a chocolate fondant though. For those that have followed this blog for a while, […]
After my last blogpost of Oustau de Baumaniere I commented that the meal was let down by its “exceptional” millefeuille dessert. I promised that I could knock one up in no time and make it better. Well, here’s my take on the dessert. Firstly, the ice cream wasn’t bitter. Secondly the […]
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. […]
This crab cannelloni came about from one of my favourite starters and also from finding all sorts of unique cannellonis in restaurants. The most amazing cannelloni I have eaten was made out of a lobster jelly rolled around a seafood filling. I’m not saying this is beyond me, but it […]
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 […]