Archive for November, 2008
Bonfire Night Sausage and Baked Potato
A short while ago when visiting my sister, we wandered into a butcher that stocked a lot of South African produce. We bought a wheel of boerewors, which is brilliant on a barbecue (or braai in South African terminology). However, here in England winter is of course on the way and we ended up putting […]
Read More..>>Stir Fried Beef with Green Beans and Basil
This was very quick and simple to make, perfect for a cold, wet, Monday: 1 red chilli, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped Tablespoon ginger, chopped 3/4 red pepper, sliced Handful green beans, chopped Medium steak, sliced Tablespoon soy sauce Tablespoon fish sauce Four tablespoon stock 10 basil leaves Pound together the chilli, garlic and ginger […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken with Anchovy, Chilli, Caper and Basil Rub
Those of you who read yesterday’s post will see what we made a “puttanesca pizza”, which is based on pasta puttanesca. Doing so meant that we had some left-over anchovies, which we used up today. We used them up by combining them with chilli, capers and basil in a mortar and pestle, making a delicious-smelling […]
Read More..>>Pizza Puttanesca and Pizza with Mushrooms and Truffle Oil
Given our great love of pasta puttanesca with all of its brilliant anchovy-chilli-capery-oliveyness, we figured that the various components would make a good pizza topping. We made the dough from Jamie Oliver’s pizza dough recipe, which we’ve had some issues with in the past, but it turned out rather well this time, done in a […]
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