Restaurant food at home
When people see my blog or photos of what I cook, a common question is where do I get all my ideas. I seldom copy a recipe ver batim, unless it’s teaching me a new technique, like the consomme I’m making today. I tend to be more inspired from pieces […]
For those of you that follow my blog, you will know it’s very rare that I ever cook something traditional. I believe the entire point of my blog, and the blogging community is to share our new ideas and finds. There are a million recipes for bolognese and it’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]