Beef Wellington, Topless Seafood Pies, Rice Pudding
Ha! The French, inventing a dish that used the favourite meal of the English, therosbif, and then naming it after a waterproof boot. Touché! as they say This…
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Backstrap lamb with sherry and saffron sauce with eggless quiche lorraine and roasted tomatoes
Yeah sorry not the best pic but hasn't it been a while? A brief respite while the mag pops into a bit of a canter. Lamb backstrap, don't know…
Beer Variations – Steak and Scallops
I'm doing a cooking workshop next month on cooking with beer and have been doing a bit of experimenting to find someting that'll work. This is an…
Spanakopita
Spanakopita [from the Greek spanos – spinach, and kopita – pie] it pretty easy. Lightly blanch a couple of bunches of spinach and chop up. Chop up a few…
Porc a l’orange with braised fennel
Obviously I don't blog everything I've cooked for the past week but in this case, apart from poached eggs, this is everything I've cooked. A…
Tart Sandwich
Fack! A perfectly good post down the cyberhole after a frozen firefox. I think I'll go and sulk and fill in the bits later when I get a moment/cheer up.…
Salmon Salad with a Soy Ginger Dressing
Salad salad salad. There are a lot of platitudes about healthy food but it does make sense. Every time we eat we have an opportunity to eat what will do us…
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…
New Year’s Eve Dinner – spatchcock marinated in pomegranate syrup stuffed with lemon and thyme with poached baby pears, fig, and rosti.
I'm backtracking here [cue waviness] but I should keep the recipe count up a bit and, as I didn't get much of a chance after the New Years Eve…
Le Scotch Henri IV and Homemade Pizza
This is straight offa page 266 of the Cordon Bleue at Home. It seemed like a nice idea at the time for Sunday dinner but it took forever because of poor…