Archive for June, 2007
Lamb Kofta
Yesterday afternoon, while we were cooking lamb, we also made up some lamb kofta to have this evening. I like to have something quick and easy for a Monday evening, sort of a homemade ready-meal. I used the same recipe that I always do but the results weren’t so great. We used some new-season lamb […]
Read More..>>Rack of Lamb with Sauteed New Potatoes and Asparagus with Pine Nut and Herb Sauce
A long title today because it all deserved mention. We started with asparagus with a pine nut and herb sauce. It turned out as more of a relish than a sauce really. It contained pine nuts (obviously), red onion, parsely, mint, olive oil and vinegar. This went very well indeed with the asparagus; next time […]
Read More..>>Boiled Egg
Not just any old bolied egg but a goose egg. Stephen had it for breakfast this morning, with soldiers. He said it was tasty, like a very good chicken egg. It needs to be boiled for 11 minutes meaning the white went quite hard but the yolk was nice and soft.
Read More..>>Seafood Paella
After having a really good paella at Taxidermista in Barcelona last week, we bought a paella pan and brought it back with us. Tonight we tried our own. We had a seafood paella with langoustines, prawns, mussels and squid. The raw ingredients: In the paella pan: Served up: And with it we drank a really […]
Read More..>>Bocadillos
While in Barcelona we ate some brilliant baguettes that were rubbed with tomato and garlic, filled with jamon and drizzled with olive oil. We decided to recreate them for lunch today with some Spanish ham we bought from our local deli. They were really good but the weather could have made more of an effort.
Read More..>>Broad Bean and Pancetta Salad
Broad beans are so good when they are in season and we bought a load of them this evening. We both had big lunches so felt something light tonight would be enough. Broad beans and pancetta salad with rocket, served with a simple vinaigrette and some toasted olive ciabatta. It was good, but the rocket […]
Read More..>>Chocolate Brownies
I was quite flattered today to be asked to bake something for a colleague who is leaving on Friday. Flattered but frightened because I’m not much of a baker. Something about the preciseness of the measuring and the weighing and the mixing and the folding. I like to taste as I go along and add […]
Read More..>>Stir Fried Fish
Continuing our quest to ear healthily, we chose stir fry for dinner this evening. Stephen took control of the wok, while I chopped and made marinades. We used a random recipe we found online which involved the usual soy and oyster sauces, ginger, garlic, onion etc. The haddock marinated for a short while, then was […]
Read More..>>Paprika Pork Chops with Roasted Vegetables
Tonight, we roasted a mountain of vegetables (peppers, onions, sweet potato, aubergine, courgette, carrot, mushroom) with garlic and rosemary and served them with paprika pork chops. The flavours complimented each other well but overall there was a lack of crunch. We had added some sesame seeds to the vegetables but not a mountain-sized amount, so […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti Bolognaise
Stephen and I read the same novel while on holiday (Mark Haddon’s “A Spot of Bother”, very funny) and there were a couple of mentions of spaghetti bolognaise which led us both to crave it. This used to be something I ate on an almost weekly basis, particularly when I was a student, but neither […]
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