Posts Tagged ‘recipe’
Cold & rainy? Start your feast with a flan
Last Friday I hosted my first Dining at the Foot of the Hills event. It was a great opportunity to see how the dishes worked and understand what needed tweaking. Speaking to my guests afterwards, it looked like I made only one mistake: there was too much food! I really took this on board and from…
Read MorePasta love in 2015…& a great tool for the new year
Pasta. Just as rice conjures up the image of tiny bouncing grains, with pasta the name itself suggests the act of eating it. “Pa”, opening your mouth to welcome its uncompromising fullness, “s”, for the slurping and savouring of sauce, “ta”, suggesting the satisfying sensation every mouthful brings. The first record of pasta manufacturing dates…
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.…
Read MorePumpkin farinata and baccalà salt fish
On Monday night I cooked a mini feast: we had many evenings planned this week so that was my only chance to get loose in the kitchen. Also, on Saturday we went to Borough Market and while browsing in the fabulous Brindisa deli, I could not resist the temptation to buy a piece of salt…
Read MoreTangy orangey gluten free cake
Apparently this week is “Afternoon Tea Week” and before this became my knowledge at the weekend I did something very rare: I baked a cake. Restricting my sugar intake for health reasons has never been a problem for me since I definitely not possess a sweet tooth. But for some mysterious reason on Saturday I…
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