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Khmer Chicken Samla with Coconut Milk
This is one of the first Thai dishes I ever ate, cooked by Stephen’s sister. I really enjoyed it and they subsequently bought us the book they found the recipe in: Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet by Jeremy Alford and Naomi Dugold. We’ve cooked it ourselves but neither of us remembered that until we started cooking. […]
Read More..>>Chicken Kiev
Chicken Kiev has become something of a byword for outdated, retro-but-not-cool food along with prawn cocktail and similar dishes that were once considered the height of fashion but have since fallen from grace. It’s a shame really, as when they are done well, they can be very good. I used to like chicken kiev when […]
Read More..>>Lamb Chops Provencale with Ratatouille
After a brief Messenger conversation this afternoon we decided on lamb chops provencale, mainly because we had lamb chops in the fridge and we have enjoyed cooking crumbed cuts of meat in the past. Ratatouille sounded like a very good accompaniment to lamb chops provencale, as did sautéed potatoes, so we cooked both. For the […]
Read More..>>Baby Pears and Ice Cream
Some friends gave us baby pears preserved in sweet wine as a Christmas present. I thought that they would go well with some vanilla ice cream, so that’s what we did. When I opened the jar I realised that the baby pears were a lot more baby than I thought they’d be; they were very […]
Read More..>>Carbonara
Both Stephen and I were home late last night and we didn’t have anything planned for dinner. It’s been a bit of a challenge to find interesting things to eat since I had my wisdom tooth out, I’ve been craving lamb chops but don’t think I’ll be able to chew them. I ended up in […]
Read More..>>Salmon with Horseradish Mash
Kerri was feeling unwell today as a result of having one of her wisdom teeth out last week, so it was just dinner for me. And coincidentally it was fish, greens and potatoes, much like last time I was just cooking for myself. Salmon seasoned with paprika and salt this time though, and horseradish mash. […]
Read More..>>Barley Risotto with Root Vegetables
Looking at our “this week last year” list, there is only one entry this week – Scotland. Because that’s where we were on holiday last year. A quick browse through the pictures revealed ballotine of pheasant with barley risotto. I remember that barley risotto as being rather good, but it was normal (i.e. rice) risotto […]
Read More..>>Cottage Pie with Three Cuts of Beef
After our big success cooking shepherd’s pie with more than one cut of lamb, we decided to try the same with beef using minced beef, beef shin and calve’s liver. We topped it with mashed potatoes with a little mashed cauliflower mixed into it for some extra flavour, and brushed with egg wash to give […]
Read More..>>Pan-Fried Tilapia with New Potatoes, Spring Greens and Salsa Verde (of sorts)
Kerri had one of her wisdom teeth taken out today, so she’s not really capable of eating much and had mashed potato for dinner. I wasn’t sure what to have, but given that we had planned to have fish at some point this week and hadn’t yet succeeded in doing so, thought that I would […]
Read More..>>Roast Pork Belly
Kerri has been saying for a while that she has been craving pork belly. We did have it at friends last weekend, but still decided to cook it again today. We looked back to last time we’d cooked it, which was more than a year ago! The rub that we used had given it really […]
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