On our arrival in Palma de Mallorca almost the first thing we did was call in at one of our favourite restaurants, Caballito de Mar. The tempura batter needs to be very freshly made, it doesn’t need to rest and it…
I didn’t finish this post before we went away for 4 days: but I am back now. I needed a take-away for students going back to Uni . The french purists would probably not be best pleased if they saw what…
The clocks went back last night to signal the end of Summer time but I was awake anyway. So I made these: the choice of chocolate is entirely up to you – the younger of the girls prefers milk chocolate…
Hey, it’s Saturday morning and we are going away for a city-break on Monday: adults only. So, I have to use up anything in the fridge & freezer that won’t last until we get back next Friday. I like this dish as it…
When I was growing up a ‘fishcake’ was a peppery grey slab of fishy tasting paste covered in a vidid organge crust which was supposed to be breadcrumbs. I still loved them though. For the fish it is really up to…
As we had a busy day on Wednesday and ‘we’ are still on a high protein diet I needed to make something quick & high in protein and I had some pork and apricot sausage in the fridge. If the sausage…
Recently I have become a huge fan of slow cooking at lower temperatures. I would use a ‘chicken brick’ if I had one but I have an oval enamelled casserole that does the job. My other option is to spatchcock the…
Why ‘Smugglers Pie’?: simple – this is one way to smuggle vegetables into the teenagers diets. Last Sunday I made this to send back to University with the students. The actual meat constituent is up to you – we only had beef…
We recieved a bunch of students back from University who decended last night unannounced. As they are physically incapable of climbing out of bed before noon I thought a filling and nutritious brunch would fit the bill nicely. Not half bad…
As she is still following a reduced carb diet I needed to do something really tasty for Saturday lunch that still had a decent helping of protein. Then I had this idea. I don’t really like this soup too thick…
I think the ability to make a half decent bolognaise Ragù should be taught to every child. Here we will be using it tucking it up in sheets of lasagne but I don’t mind if you want to spoon it…
One of my favourite dinner party desserts: from Michel Roux book of sauces. Served like this ….. Ingredients 1 tbsp. instant coffee 4 egg yolks 50g caster sugar 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon Method Make a bain-marie by half filling a…
Pork tenderloin – also sold as Pork Fillet is a tender cut from within the loin. Akin to beef fillet it is a lazy muscle so is lean and tender. I think it is best served slightly pink but if…
I make half a dozen variants on ‘meatballs’ varying the meat content and the herbs and spices and shaping in different ways. For the basic recipe I use 50/50 mix of beef and pork – the higher fat content of…
I’ve had a couple of e-mails asking for my version of Delia’s Feta Cheesecake. This makes a cheesecake 20cm across and 5 cm deep. Here is the Delia version – my tweaks are in the variants section. Please note: this…
I am making braised leeks with dinner but the planned excess of leeks will then become leek soup: leaving the green leaves will affect the colour of the finished soup, so if this is for a dinner party you may…
It is Sunday and we have a lot of cooking to do today: one child at University has requested a delivery meal for tomorrow as her mother is visiting: so I am sending her the Spinach and Ricotta cannelloni so she…
I am pleased to say that this recipe is now doing the rounds after Nigella made a chocolate version. I got it from a fellow Masterchef competitor about 18 years ago. This is the favourite flavour for the adults in our…
I had planned to be back late from the office so decided we’d have Monkfish curry but we ended up with a guest so I needed to add in some other fish. Any firm fish works – normally I use…
I first made this about three years ago when there was a late summer glut of pineapples in the greengrocer – so they were very inexpensive as well as being ripe. I also found a set of four preserving jars…
Absolutely Delicious 