Archive for the 'British' Category
Beef Casserole
Stephen cooked this last night to our usual recipe (although he forgot the tomatoes) which meant that all we had to do tonight was reheat it and add some vegetables. The lack of tomatoes gave the casserole a really deep, meaty flavour which was lovely. The chestnut mushrooms really stood out flavour-wise and added to […]
Read More..>>Chicken Breasts stuffed with Haggis
We’ve been planning to cook this ever since Burns Night last year. Every Burns Night we become determined to eat more haggis and try to think of things to do with it instead of just having it plain. So the time finally came and we made it. When shopping for chicken breasts, there was only […]
Read More..>>Slow-Roasted Shoulder of Lamb
Yesterday, we had decided that today we should have some roast lamb. We were in the market for half a leg of lamb when we arrived at our local butcher yesterday, but we ended up taking half a shoulder instead because there was one on display and we couldn’t remember having cooked shoulder before. So […]
Read More..>>Guinea Fowl
We’ve cooked guinea fowl a few times before but only as part of another dish; casserole or pie usually. While I was at the butcher last week I noticed they had some lovely looking guinea fowl so we decided to have one for dinner this evening. We started by browning the guinea fowl and removing […]
Read More..>>Smoked Mackerel Fishcakes
We had some mackerel in the fridge that needed using up today and while wondering what to do with it I noticed a lone potato lurking in the vegetable bowl. I decided to make mackerel fishcakes and spent a little time looking at recipes online. There was a wide variety of choice but I settled […]
Read More..>>Pot Roast Pork Loin with Cider
Stephen was given Mark Hix’s book British Regional Food for Christmas last year and while we’ve both enjoyed reading it, we’ve never cooked anything from it. So today, when we decided to roast something for lunch we thought we’d make this dish which hails from the South West. We bought a piece of pork loin […]
Read More..>>Beef and Stout Casserole
Neither Stephen nor I were at work yesterday so we took the opportunity to cook something slow. We chose a beef dish from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Meat book which used stewing beef and Guinness. Recipe below serves 8-10 which we obviously scaled back. 1.5kg stewing beef 250g bacon 50g butter 500g onions 50g seasoned flour 1 […]
Read More..>>Lamb Shanks with Dauphinoise Potatoes
While browsing some of my favourite food blogs last week, I came across Pixie’s post about lamb shanks. I really wanted to make them there and then as they looked so good but it was a school night and I knew Stephen and I would want to eat as soon as we got home and […]
Read More..>>Roast Lamb
Today we decided on roast lamb for dinner. We didn’t have any anchovies and neither did any of our local shops so we bought some anchovy paste as an alternative and mixed it with rosemary and garlic before spreading on top of the lamb. It worked brilliantly and resulted in tender, tasty lamb. We also […]
Read More..>>Kippers
Tonight saw Stephen and I wandering aimlessly around the supermarket, tired, hungry and lacking in enthusiasm. That is until we happened upon these smoked kippers at the fish counter. We quickly decided we would take them home and have them with salad. Imagine our delight when we found they had been reduced and were only […]
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