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Pappardelle with Rabbit
Yesterday we cooked rabbit casserole, and part of Ginger’s great rabbit-related master plan was to make left over casserole into pasta sauce today.
We reduced the leftover casserole down until the liquid was about a third of the original amount. We shredded the meat, then returned it to the reduced liquid and added about 150ml [...]
Rabbit Casserole
We’ve only cooked rabbit once before because we find it so difficult to track down in the shops; last time we managed to find a tame rabbit in Selfridges Food Hall and it’s probably the most expensive piece of meat we’ve ever cooked. Imagine my delight when my mum told me she’d found someone [...]
Read More..>>Chicken and Leek Pie
Fred and I went to visit my mum this weekend and decided to make pie for dinner. As my nieces were also coming to visit, we thought we’d make them a pie of their own and put their names on the top.
There were seven of us in total so we bought two chickens and [...]
Roast Pork
Yesterday we had friends over for lunch and cooked roast pork with stuffing, roast potatoes, cabbage, leeks, carrots and peas. We also deep-fried some sage leaves and served these with the pork. I’d had these earlier in the week at a really good pub but ours didn’t turn out the same way. [...]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken (and Chicken Stock)
As you know, this is a firm favourite in our house and after our first week of healthy eating we were both looking forward to it. Aside from over-cooking the roast potatoes, it lived up to our expectations and we both left the table feeling full and content.
With the leftover carcass we made chicken [...]
Party
You’d be forgiven for thinking that things have been a bit quiet around here lately. Both Fred and I were out on Thursday and regrettably there was no food involved, only wine. And mojitos. For that reason, Friday saw us give in to the temptation of the supermarket pizza. As you [...]
Read More..>>Broad Bean, Pea and Mint Salad (with Lamb Chops)
The broad bean season is so short and we’re both big fans but for some reason we don’t tend to use them that often. Determined to do something interesting this week, we put them in the shopping basket on Saturday which forced me to spend some time looking at things to do with them. [...]
Read More..>>Salmon with Broad Beans and Tomatoes
I saw this salad on a food blog somewhere but can’t remember which one, I tracked the original recipe down to here though and set about cooking it last night. It was very simple and tasted really good, if a little too densely flavoured. Our version looks nothing like the picture either and [...]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Broad Beans, Prosciutto, Roasted Cherry Tomatoes, Pine Nuts and Basil
Ginger thought of this recipe when we recently made some disappointing asparagus spaghetti and we tried it last night.
We roasted some cherry tomatoes, steamed some broad beans, toasted some pine nuts, grated some parmesan, tore up some basil leaves and cooked some spaghetti. When the spaghetti was done, we mixed all the [...]
Scotland
We’ve just got back from a week in Scotland where we visited both Aberfeldy and Edinburgh. The main purpose of our trip was to relax and eat some good food, both of which we achieved.
One of our favourite places was the Courtyard, a bar/restaurant near to where we were staying in Aberfeldy. [...]