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Smoked Salmon
Yesterday we bought a really nice piece of salmon from our fishmonger and today we smoked it on the barbecue. Accompanied by smoked corn and crushed new potatoes. The salmon was really good, but not hugely smoky. Next time we’ll try a thinner piece and remove the skin from the bottom to get more smoke […]
Read More..>>Cheese and Ham for Breakfast
A quick breakfast of cheese and ham this morning, with some ciabatta rolls. It was just warm enough to eat outside.
Read More..>>Barbecue – Lamb Kofta and Chicken Kebabs
Another sunny Saturday; another barbecue. I’m starting to worry that we’re running out of luck and that next weekend it is going to be snowing. But hopefully that is just paranoia. We made some lamb kofta on skewers, similar to our previous recipe (but with a heavier hand on the seasoning which worked out well) […]
Read More..>>Cheese and Ham
On the left is a creamy Italian cheese the name of which I have forgotten. On the right is Comte. In the background are Serrano ham and a piccante Napoli salami.
Read More..>>Roast Pork
We bought a deboned leg of free range pork from our butcher yesterday, planning to have it for lunch today. Today we rubbed the skin with salt and roasted it high, then lower. Two and a half hours later, it was done and it was really good. Served with sage and onion stuff made by […]
Read More..>>Steak with Butternut and Caramelised Onions
We decided that steak with salad would be fairly healthy for a Friday night. We had a couple of sirlion steaks and roasted some butternut pieces and mushrooms to go with them. We also cooked down a red onion until it was quite gooey and caramelised with just a few “intentional” black bits. And there […]
Read More..>>Thai Green Curry with Chicken
We had been planning to make Thai green curry for a few days, and when the day came, we found ourselves in Chinatown buying ingredients. We had a jar of green curry paste from the shop, but after my purchase of a long-coveted “real” mortar and pestle from New Loon Moon in Chinatown, I was […]
Read More..>>Chiang Mai Curry Noodles
I had a craving for some more Thai food last week, so I attempted to make “Chiang Mai Curry Noodles”. It didn’t go quite according to plan. I couldn’t get exactly the right noodles and I couldn’t get red curry paste because for some reason none of the shops had it at the time. I […]
Read More..>>Lamb Chops with Roasted Vegetables
Tonight we had planned to make lamb kofta, but the lamb mince that we’d bought on Saturday had not lasted well so we bought some lamb chops at the last minute. We seasoned the lamb chops with salt and garlic and pan-fried them, then sprinkled them with parsely and a squeeze of lemon juice. We […]
Read More..>>Beef Stroganoff
After the huge success of our pork stroganoff a while back, we decided to try it with beef instead. We found a recipe and followed it, but the result was not as good as the pork stroganoff. We’ll try it again using exactly the same recipe that we used for the pork, except use beef […]
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