We had a visit today from Cheeky Monkeys Nursery in Keswick, they all seemed to have great fun. We let the kids have a go at a little bit of cooking we made some chocolate and orange cookies, we used a recipe that I developed with Poppy using general store cupboard ingredients. While the cookies [...]
In light of it currently being regional heats of the uk Barista championships I thought I would experiment with some latte art
As promised on my twitter page the recipe for todays Tuscan style chicken ragu, we made this dish in the cafe today as it was a blindingly cold day and i forgot my coat so when i got to work all i could think about was cooking something hot and tasty for lunch. Ingredients to serve [...]
Béchamel sauce Introduction I remember this sauce was the very first thing I learnt to make in catering college so it seems like a good place to start, It worked for me ! Ingredients 600ml milk 1 bay leaf fresh or dried 50g butter/marg 40g plain flour ½ tbsp of ground white pepper Method Pour the milk into a pan with the bay [...]
