A sauce for pasta
what a salmon and cream pasta might look like were it a pig-shaped mosquito coil burner Olive oil, thinly sliced clove of garlic, two slices of chopped…
italian
Before I forget
venison pate with sourdough baguette and olives mashed potato and hazelnut pesto with black pig prosciutto, asparagus and broad beans duck, forest mushroom…
Ducklava
Birthday necessitated dinner party as part of week long 'festival of birthday'. Ducklava Don't know where this idea came from. I guess if you…
Polaroid 690 and a recipe for sausage and fennel risotto
I bought this Polaroid 690 maybe 10 years at a second hand camera store in Shinjuku for about ¥20,000. It folds down neatly into small booklet that hangs…
Lazy Sunday Late Lunch
Duck Liver and Pork Terrine A terrine is a nice enough way to get back into cooking and it gave me a good reason to give my 70's moulinex a bit of a…
Lasagne
Lasagne. Potentially so much more than a vehicle for bolognese and cheese. I think it should be more regarded as a kind of baked pasta based dagwood opening…
Pesche Fritte – Mascarpone Stuffed Deep Fried Peaches with Vino Cotto
I hate peaches. Their fuzz reminds of the cheap hard plastic toy animals from sideshow alley or cheap jewelry boxes. They also remind me of boarding school…
Freshly Made Beetroot Fettucine with a Gorgonzola Sauce
Despite having had this pasta maker for over a decade, I've never made good pasta. Most of my rolled pieces looked like they'd been made love to by…
Celeriac and Brussel Sprout Risotto with Lamb and a Salmon Mousse starter.
This is post number 502. This would make number 500, me eating a frozen dinner. How auspicious, ah well. Doesn't time fly. Dinner for six on the Sunday…
WTFDYWMTDWT/EoMEoTE/IMBB – Fried Green Tea Ravioli with a Red Bean Paste Filling as part of a dinner party that included Spanish Mackeral and Fettuci
A quick apology for the rather low standard of presentation but I really can't be arsed by the end of a dinner. Not that this is any excuse for a lack…