Archive for January, 2008
Steamed Sea Bream
This was based on a Jamie Oliver recipe that was reproduced in the Observer Food Monthly some time last year. The original recipe called for the bream to be fried but in the intersts of being healthy we decided to steam it. Despite the huge amount of garlic, chilli, ginger, lime, lime leaves, lemongrass and […]
Read More..>>Beef in Mirin and Soy
Yesterday heralded the start of our new year healthy eating plan. In honour of the occasion I spent some time on Sunday going through our recipe files looking for low-fat dishes that looked exciting. I find it helps to be organised about what you’re eating so those mid-afternoon lows aren’t too difficult to get over, […]
Read More..>>Pot Roast Pork Loin with Cider
Stephen was given Mark Hix’s book British Regional Food for Christmas last year and while we’ve both enjoyed reading it, we’ve never cooked anything from it. So today, when we decided to roast something for lunch we thought we’d make this dish which hails from the South West. We bought a piece of pork loin […]
Read More..>>Chocolate Fondant
Did I say we were starting our new year diet on Monday? In the spirit of going crazy we decided to make something chocolatey for dessert and opted for these chocolate fondants from the James Tanner book that I received when I did the Cook The Books show for Channel Five. Serves Two: 65g chocolate […]
Read More..>>Tartiflette!
I’ve been really excited about this all day, it’s been on our “Things To Cook Soon” list since last year but the amount of cheese and cream has always given us an excuse not to cook it. However, our new year diet starts on Monday so we decided to go crazy this evening and this […]
Read More..>>Stuffed Mushrooms
Stephen bought some enormo-mushrooms yesterday for the stew but they looked too good to slice up so instead we stuffed them and had them for lunch today. I part cooked them in the oven before stuffing them with a mixture of cheese, garlic, breadcrumbs and pancetta. We served them with some lighly toasted brown bread. […]
Read More..>>Beef and Stout Casserole
Neither Stephen nor I were at work yesterday so we took the opportunity to cook something slow. We chose a beef dish from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Meat book which used stewing beef and Guinness. Recipe below serves 8-10 which we obviously scaled back. 1.5kg stewing beef 250g bacon 50g butter 500g onions 50g seasoned flour 1 […]
Read More..>>Scallops and Pancetta with Jerusalem Artichoke and Potato Rosti
Does that win the prize for longest-ever-blog-post-title? We had some Jerusalem artichokes languishing in the fridge, Stephen had picked them up to go with the lamb on Sunday but we forgot them. We weren’t sure what to do with them but a quick search threw up lots of options for pairing them with scallops, never […]
Read More..>>Marinated Cucumber and Wild Boar Chops with Noodles
On Saturday, while searching for lamb shanks, I also discovered some wild boar chops and of course had to buy them. My memory told me that the sign had said that they were marinated in sesame and ginger, so we planned some Oriental side dishes. On opening the chops, we found bits of thyme in […]
Read More..>>Lamb Shanks with Dauphinoise Potatoes
While browsing some of my favourite food blogs last week, I came across Pixie’s post about lamb shanks. I really wanted to make them there and then as they looked so good but it was a school night and I knew Stephen and I would want to eat as soon as we got home and […]
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