Mar 9th
Roasted garlic bulbs are a fantastic way to give a beautiful punch of sweet garlic flavour to any dish.
Ingredients
6 bulbs of garlic
200ml vegetables oil
4 springs of thyme
4 springs of rosemary
Method
Place the garlic into a small roasting tray
Pour the oil over the garlic
Add the springs of [...]
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Feb 24th
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 [...]
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Feb 9th
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 [...]
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Feb 1st
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 [...]
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Jan 28th
I cooked this dish the other day and I have to say it was fantastic and great British lunch at its best.
Toasted Crumpets with marmite and melted mature cheddar cheese it might be simple but they are usually the best, if you have a go at this recipe please let me know how much you [...]
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Jan 25th
Today I made cookies with my daughter Poppy for the first time. My wife Emma was working today at the local school so I thought it was a great opportunity to do something different with poppy, something special that I can do well with her, so cookies it was. I used a recipe that did [...]
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Jan 25th
This recipe is a great dish to get ready the night before if you know you are going to be home later or if you have a mid week dinner party and no time to spend in the kitchen
Ingredients
Serves 4
4 salmon fillets skinned and boned
2 courgettes
2 carrots
2 shallots or [...]
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Jan 21st
Just finished a two day photo for a new pasta book, I had great fun making some fresh pasta so I urge you to get your own machine out we all have them tucked away in the back of the cupboard
A simple Recipe
250g OO pasta flour
5 large free range eggs
1 yolk
Method [...]
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Jan 21st
I took a simple E-Mail enquiry about some out side catering and if we were able to help, so I checked for availability and all was ok so I emailed back and said not a problem and we look forward to cooking there. It was a birthday party meal for seven and they were staying [...]
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Jan 20th
Well I have just finished another two day photo shoot for my new cookery book. It going to be a pasta book, it will be split into the 4 British seasons, so it will help you make the most of British seasonal produce but cooked in a very simple quick and fresh way so if [...]
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