Restaurant food at home
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 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 […]
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, […]
To create this maple and orange pork tenderloin with pea pesto I wanted to enhance the dry pork fillet. My favourite way of moistening meat is to brine it. I was a little wary of doing this to pork as I may have ended up with a large bacon fillet. […]
Ok, I thought I’d give you the full title of this rather than simply calling it Bangers and Mash. Does the humble sausage have a place in a fine dining blog? Well, there are always things that can be done to make normal food taste a bit better. I love […]
I think the photo and colours of this dish speak for themselves. The steamed white fish, orange chicory, green pea puree. There is quite a lot going on, but all quite straight forward. I found a kohlrabi in a deli and had never used it before. A cross between a […]
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 […]
This looks quite a straight forward dish, which it is, if you plan ahead. There are two main parts that make this stand out from the crowd. Firstly a homemade chicken stock and fresh gnocchi need to be made. One trick I’ve found with gnocchi is to not cook them […]
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