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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Making your own salami is not as hard as you might think its just about getting good ingredients and preparing them properly. Ingredients Coursely minced shoulder of pork 500g Minced back fat 200g Fennel seeds 1/2 tbsp Salt 1/2 fennel seeds Sausage casing If you want to make chorizo leave out the fennel seeds and replace with 1 tsp of smoked paprika Method Mix [...]
I found this great website that helps you find out what is in season and when in the UK http://eatseasonably.co.uk/pdfs/Calendar_A4.pdf
No kneed bread There has been alot of talk about this no knead bread, so i thought i would look into it for you and see if i could come up with a good recipe for you. 500g strong white flour 15g fresh yeast / 7g dried yeast 1 tsp of salt 1 tsp of sugar 370ml [...]
This bread is a great combination of two flavours, sweet plump sultanas and that perfumey fennel taste all wrapped up in a fantastic crusty bread. For this recipe you need to use a good extra strong flour to help achieve a good crust. Ingredients 500g Extra strong white flour 480ml water 7g dreid yeast or 14g [...]
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