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Lentil Ragu
It’s been a busy few days with not a lot of cooking going on and not much time to post. We ate this on Thursday night from the freezer, based on this recipe. There were some changes but I can’t remember what they were now – that will teach me to leave so long between […]
Read More..>>Duck Breast, Parsnip and Parmesan Rosti with Cranberry and Port Sauce and
Well, that’s a catchy heading isn’t it. Despite sounding ridiculously complicated, this was actually fairly easy to put together and not too bad in the taste department either. The sauce needs a little work (too sharp) and I’m still not completely happy with the rosti (higher temperature and finish in the oven maybe) but it’s […]
Read More..>>Sausage Casserole
Inevitably, the colder weather has led to lots of talk about warming winter dishes. We’ve been trying to keep it as healthy as possible recently but today I gave in and braved the weather in search of sausages. I found some lovely looking Cumberland sausages at the butcher and decided to give sausage casserole another […]
Read More..>>Cheesecake
We went to lunch at a friend’s yesterday and took along a cheesecake that we made on Saturday. It’s a recipe we’ve cooked a few times before and one which has always been well received. Crucially, it’s pretty foolproof and easy to transport. The original recipe comes from another food blogger who no longer posts, […]
Read More..>>Slow Roast Lamb Shanks with Butterbeans
While investigating how to cook butterbeans earlier this week, Stephen came across this recipe for lamb shanks. Although we didn’t use it at the time, we bookmarked it and used it today. The recipe calls for a leg of lamb but we used lamb shanks instead, halved the quantities of everything else and reduced the […]
Read More..>>Crunchy Chicken Breasts
I’ve been wanting to make these for a while as the crunchy pork chops we make are so good. I’m glad we finally got round to it because these were equally good. Instead of frying these we browned them on both sides in the frying pan and then transferred them to the oven for the […]
Read More..>>Lamb Chops with Tomatoey Butterbeans
As regular readers may have noticed, we don’t use a lot of beans in our cooking. You would find that hard to believe if you were to peer into our cupboards though as we’re fairly well stocked in the bean and pulse area. In order to make some room for the inevitable over-stocking of cupboards […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti Bolognaise
I don’t have a definitive recipe for this, the ingredients change each time I make it depending on what’s available. It’s a very forgiving dish though and very difficult to get wrong. I start by browning off some pancetta or lardons until the fat has rendered. Remove from the pan and drain on some kitchen […]
Read More..>>Apple Crumble
We made an apple and blackberry crumble recently and it came out really well (typically, we didn’t blog it at the time as the pictures weren’t very good). With a surfeit of apples this week, it seemed sensible to make another. We didn’t have any blackberries this time but I cooked the apples in the […]
Read More..>>Crunchy Pork Chops
This has become one of our favourite midweek meals; it’s quick, it tastes good and requires very little thought or planning. Tonight we served it with mashed potatoes and steamed greens, very much like last time. We used a different kind of chop (loin) this time which resulted in juicier meat.
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