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Shooter’s Sandwich
Stephen and I have been keeping a keen eye on the weather all week and when we realised it was going to be 23 degrees today, we started planning some outdoor food. We initially considered a barbecue but eventually settled on a picnic in the park: much less effort which would result in more time […]
Read More..>>Asparagus and Trout Quiche
Since it was St George’s Day, Stephen suggested we cook some asparagus. Not needing much of an excuse to eat asparagus, I happily agreed but remembered that it’s still a bit early and the spears are a bit tough. I decided to use the asparagus in a quiche, hoping the baking would sweeten and tenderise […]
Read More..>>More Ultimate Chilli
This time, with rice. I actually had a baked potato, Stephen had the rice. We wanted something quick and easy tonight so pulled this out of the freezer to defrost this morning. Freezing had made the meat even more tender and the sauce had improved, as these things always do with storing and re-heating. The […]
Read More..>>Christopher’s – The Burger
We’ve long suspected this is the best burger in London but the last time we visited we were without a camera, knowing how infuriating a post without pictures is we decided to delay the write-up until we could capture the burger in all it’s glory. It took a while but a Friday night shopping trip […]
Read More..>>Asparagus and Chicken Risotto
I spotted the first of the English asparagus in Waitrose yesterday so eagerly grabbed some without giving much thought to what I was going to use it for. It seemed too early for asparagus but looking back at last year’s posts, we had the first of the season on the same week of the year. […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti alla Vodka
This is one of those acclaimed pasta sauces that only takes as long to cook as the pasta does, the kind of dish I normally ignore in favour of long, slow-cooked ragus. I’m glad I stopped ignoring this though because I really enjoyed it and would happily eat it again tonight. The combination of the […]
Read More..>>Chorizo and Cannelini Beans
I was about to say that we’ve made this so many times before that I won’t bother writing up the recipe but it seems that we’ve actually only made it once and I couldn’t remember the recipe when it came to posting. We had a change of plan on Sunday and had to make do […]
Read More..>>The Ultimate Chilli Con Carne – Take Two
I should probably start by saying that this wasn’t an attempt to create something authentically Mexican (indeed, many would argue that no such dish exists in Mexican cooking) but more a convenient way of turning some cheap beef skirt I found in Waitrose on Easter Monday into something interesting. It was also a good opportunity […]
Read More..>>Slow Roast Shoulder of Lamb
Easter equals lamb, just like Christmas always used to equal turkey until everyone realised it was tasteless and quite difficult to cook it evenly without drying the whole thing out. Of course, lamb can dry out too but not if you cook it this way. Well, it might do if you left it too long […]
Read More..>>Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
Steak. The one thing guaranteed to smoke out the entire flat and really test the batteries in the smoke alarm. Even with all the windows and doors open, the smell lingers for what seems like days and the entire kitchen becomes covered in grease. It’s a good job we knew these were going to be […]
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