Recipes & other Stories
This week, it’s all about pairings and canapés
A few days ago, while perusing for a birthday present for a friend in the lovely Prep cooking shop in Stoke Newington, I came across a brilliant book. ‘The flavour Thesaurus‘ by Niki Segnit is a wonderful compendium of “pairings, recipes and ideas for the creative cook” packed full with an array of entertaining anecdotes…
Read MoreA risotto with wood fired umami & a fennel salad to match
At the weekend we lighted up the wood fired oven and had a roast. The weather was grim and we needed some comforting foods, so we slow roasted a chicken in a pot with onion, celery, carrot and a splash of white wine. We also had some potatoes, parsnip and beetroot on the side, wonderfully smokey…
Read MoreMorocco VS England on a bed of rigatoni
This dish brings together Italian heritage, North African influences and a British staple vegetable, the sweet and aromatic parsnip. Combining the flavours of Morocco or the Middle East with the cuisine of my home country is relatively easy and is something I do quite often. I then thought adding parsnip would have worked quite well.…
Read MoreA party weekend and a veg feast
So Halloween has passed. On Saturday night we had kids banging on the door for trick or treat while I was busy getting the party ready and my friends were doing their make up in the bathroom. It felt like being teenagers all over again, running up and down the stairs with make up and…
Read MoreCaledonian cream Italian style with Amaretto and biscotti
I had this in mind for a while, since I listened to the Kitchen Cabinet show with Jay Rayner and Rachel McCormack discussing Caledonian cream. The way orange and whisky complement each other is brilliant and the whole process of making this recipe is so easy I can’t see why I never made it before.…
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