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Pea, Broad Bean and Bacon Salad
I’m not entirely convinced that salad is the right term for this dish, given that the vegetables were pretty heavily outweighed by bacon, cheese and bread fried in olive oil but, as I can’t think of anything better, that’s what we’re going with. Very easy to put together, just steam the peas and broad beans […]
Read More..>>Where’s My Pork Chop?
Where’s My Pork Chop is Dan from Food Urchin‘s little side project. He works nights and doesn’t often have time to prepare something decent to eat in the evening so wondered if he could convince fellow bloggers to swap a portion of something tasty from their kitchen for some wine or something similar. I hate […]
Read More..>>Barbecued Lamb
Another sunny weekend so, somewhat predictably, another barbecue. We spent the weekend in Kent with my family and Stephen butterflied this leg of lamb and marinated it overnight. A generous glug of oil, some rosemary and oregano, garlic and some salt and pepper was all that needed before this went onto the coals for about […]
Read More..>>Beefeater Distillery Tour
I don’t know much about gin, apart from that I like the occasional gin and tonic and I really don’t like Bombay Sapphire, so was really looking forward to visiting the Beefeater distillery and learning a bit more about how gin is made. The distillery isn’t open to the public and is based in a […]
Read More..>>Pasta with Pancetta and Broad Beans
Early dinner this evening so that we can take advantage of the last of the sun in the park. We saw these tennis racquet pasta shapes in our local deli recently and thought they would be fun to eat during Wimbledon fortnight. The dish itself was a little claggy from the cream and would have […]
Read More..>>Pork Pie
There’s nothing more perfect for a picnic than a pork pie. This one was sent to us for review from Abel and Cole which we took along to eat while Stephen played cricket yesterday. Well, I mostly ate it while Stephen was busy but, as it was so large, there was plenty left over when […]
Read More..>>Burgers on the Barbecue
This was our third attempt at perfecting our hamburger recipe and by jove, I think we have it. What was important to us was a burger that retained its meaty flavour but had just the right amount of other flavours to complement it. Once the basics are there then we can play around with the […]
Read More..>>Lentil Crumble
On Sunday, I finally got round to working my way through the huge stack of food magazines that have been threatening to take over the lounge. I thought I’d stopped buying food magazines for this very reason but I must go into some kind of trance when I’m in a newsagent because I always seem […]
Read More..>>Pancetta, Sage and Broad Bean Risotto
As I think we’ve mentioned before, our sage plant is going crazy so we’ve been trying to think of ways to use it up. That, coupled with a risotto craving led us to this evening’s meal. We had some really good stock in the freezer that was made with two chicken carcasses which leant a […]
Read More..>>Barbecued Pork Chops
After the excitement of yesterday’s fermented fish, we opted for a quick dinner of barbecued pork chops, baked potatoes and salad tonight. The chops marinated overnight in lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, oregano, garlic and salt and pepper. We cooked them for five minutes each side with the lod on which was possibly slightly […]
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