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Pasta with Crayfish and Rocket
I’m the sort of person who likes to plan. I’m not very good at spontaneity, especially when it comes to food. I like to know what I’m going to be eating in advance, preferably a couple of days if possible. I know lots of people would be horrified by this approach but, where food is […]
Read More..>>Trout, Watercress and Potato Salad
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the first crop of watercress since the weather warmed up. As much as I love cabbage and parsnips and Brussels sprouts, I’m getting a little tired of them now after so many months of relying on them for comforting, hearty dishes. Watercress may seem like a funny thing to be excited […]
Read More..>>Salt Beef
While this dish requires very little skill, it does require a certain amount of love and care. You start off by salting the beef for 12 hours, rinising and then rubbing in a spice mix (including saltpetre which you need to order online) and refrigerating for 10 days. Each day, the beef has to be […]
Read More..>>Slow Roast Lamb Shoulder with Butter Beans
Slow roast lamb is one of our absolute favourite dishes, guaranteed to make us both go “mmmmm” every time it’s mentioned. It requires very little effort, is incredibly reliable, always excpetionally tasty, cheap and versatile. We spent the weekend with my mum and we know she’s a big fan too so quickly agreed that it […]
Read More..>>Lemon Sole with Crushed New Potatoes
I like lemon sole, it’s a delicate fish and I’m generally happy to eat it without too much in the way of an accompaniment and let the subtle flavour shine through. Saturday night dinner calls for something a little more special though which is why we decided to have another go at creating a white […]
Read More..>>Steak with Horseradish Crushed Potatoes
Last week’s success with the marinated lamb chops got us thinking about what else we could approach in a similar way. We don’t often eat steak and when we do, we usually just season it with a little salt and pepper beforeheand. It seemed obvious therefore that we should try marinating some steaks so that’s […]
Read More..>>Scallops, Pork Belly and Paella
We had some friends over for dinner last night to celebrate the start of the long weekend. I’ve been waiting for the right time to cook scallops and pork belly since eating it in a restaurant last year and this was the perfect opportunity. Unfortunately, I didn’t take in to account just how much the […]
Read More..>>Bombay Bicycle Club
We’ve been having some re-decoration done on our flat this week which has meant we’ve been living with lots of dust and disruption since Monday. Despite this, we’ve still managed to eat fairly well but last night we gave in and decided to order a takeaway. I was ridiculously over-excited about this prospect as, apart […]
Read More..>>Chicken Fajitas
Although we do most of our cooking together, this is definitely one of Stephen’s dishes, today however I thought I would give it a go. We haven’t had fajitas for some time though and I couldn’t remember exactly what we (well, Stephen) normally does. Looking back through the archives normally helps with this but the […]
Read More..>>Pork Ragù
As I mentioned yesterday, one of the reasons we had pork for dinner last night is because I’ve been wanting to make a pork ragù for some time. Normally, we would decide what to do with leftovers after we had eaten the main meal so this is a bit backwards but it’s a good way […]
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