Archive for October, 2008
Anchovy, Chilli and Spinach Quiche
This was Kerri’s idea, adapted from another recipe. She initially wanted to use watercress, but couldn’t find any when she went shopping today, so we went with spinach. It turned out rather well, with lots of flavour. Although if you don’t like anchovies then it’s not a dish for you as they were quite prominent. […]
Read More..>>Figs with Tallegio Cheese and Parma Ham
It was Stephen’s birthday yesterday so we decided to cook a special dinner at home. He requested roast beef as that’s what he always had for his birthday dinner when he was small. He also requested a starter which was quite difficult to decide upon as roast beef is quite heavy and we didn’t want […]
Read More..>>Baked Potatoes and Chilli
I know, baked potatoes again but we do have a big bag to get through and I’ve never had chilli with baked potatoes before. And it’s cold out and I’ve had a horrible day so this seemed like the very best kind of comfort food. I made the chilli yesterday during my mammoth day of […]
Read More..>>Chicken Casserole
I was home from work today so decided to use the time wisely and do some batch cooking. We bought a whole chicken yesterday which Stephen jointed last night, saving the carcass for stock. I made an early start on the stock so that I could use it in today’s casserole and when it was […]
Read More..>>Baked Potatoes
Stephen and I were away this weekend and arrived home last night. We’ve eaten a fair amount over the past few days so decided on something simple and relatively plain: baked potatoes with pancetta, cheese and mustard. We scooped out the filling and combined it with the grated cheese, mustard and crispy pancetta then piled […]
Read More..>>Parmesan Parsnips
I love parsnips and apart from the risotto we made recently, we haven’t had any for ages. We bought these last week with no particular idea about what we were going to do with them and they’ve been in the fridge ever since. I decided to steam them and then roast them in the oven […]
Read More..>>Individual Cauliflower Cheese!
This week has so far been all about using up leftover things from the weekend. We’d originally intended to make cauliflower cheese with bacon but I was worried that we’d be hungry later on so decided to forgo the bacon for chicken instead. We roasted some chicken thighs with some onion, garlic and thyme but […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti Puttanesca (Almost)
After our lamb shanks last night, we ended up with some left over ingredients: half a tin of anchovies and half a tin of tomatoes. Kerri pointed out that that was the beginnings of puttanesca sauce which we have cooked many times before and love, so we stuck with that idea. Compared to our usual […]
Read More..>>Lamb Shanks with Sauteed Potatoes
After yesterday’s kitchen nightmare, we were determined to do better today. And we did, which is good but isn’t actually saying very much. We did start off with a slight worry though when we re-read the recipe and found that it said to cook for 12 hours. Twelve hours is a long time. And also […]
Read More..>>Scallops with Cauliflower Purée and Truffle Oil and Partridges with Rosti and Mushrooms
The title makes this meal sound rather like something from a good brasserie menu. However, this would have been a brasserie with Basil Fawlty at the helm as it turned out. Let’s start with the scallops. Both because we had them as a starter and also for reasons which will become clear later. We thought […]
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