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Lemongrass Beef and Thai Curry
Last night I came home to the smell of cooking, Stephen was busy mortaring and pestling lots of different ingredients for our Thai feast. We started with lemongrass beef, which we’ve had before. We grilled the beef rather than frying and, along with the extra marinating, it really seemed to help the flavour. This was […]
Read More..>>Fish Stew with Peppers, Almonds and Saffron
Otherwise known as Romesco de peix. We cooked this from a recipe in the Moro cookbook. Onions, thinly sliced red peppers and garlic, cooked down together. The aroma of these ingredients cooking together is delicious and comforting in a savoury but distinctly unFrench style. Added bay, rosemary, paprika, saffron, tomatoes, white wine and finally ground, […]
Read More..>>Lamb Chops
A quick dinner this evening of lamb chops, marinated in garlic and rosemary, fried and served with some leftover tabbouleh and pitta bread. Tasty but two chops each would have been better.
Read More..>>Le Creuseted Chicken
On Sunday, we use our new casserole dish to roast a chicken. We began by browning the chicken on all sides and removing if from the pot. Next, we sweated off some carrot, celery, onion and garlic. We then added the chicken back to the pot with some sage, thyme and bay. We added about […]
Read More..>>Rib of Beef
As it was St George’s Day today, we decided a celebration was in order. We started with some Nyetimber, an English sparkling wine made in West Sussex: We’ve had this before and this bottle has been sitting on the wine rack waiting to be drunk for a while. It’s a really good wine, easy to […]
Read More..>>Slutty Spaghetti
Or Tart’s Spaghetti. Or Pasta Puttanesca. I’ve never made this before, I’ve no idea why as I love pasta and all the ingredients contained within this dish. Stephen was out tonight so I thought I’d give it a try and I am so glad I did. This is officially my New Favourite Thing. It’s so […]
Read More..>>Salmon with Salsa Verde
The warm weather is definitely having an affect on our eating habits. No longer are we craving casserole or pie but instead lighter, fresher food. Tonight we went for salmon with salsa verde and salad. The salsa verde was just mint, parsley, capers, anchovies and garlic all pounded up and spread between the pieces of […]
Read More..>>Roast Pork
We bought a deboned leg of free range pork from our butcher yesterday, planning to have it for lunch today. Today we rubbed the skin with salt and roasted it high, then lower. Two and a half hours later, it was done and it was really good. Served with sage and onion stuff made by […]
Read More..>>Thai Green Curry with Chicken
We had been planning to make Thai green curry for a few days, and when the day came, we found ourselves in Chinatown buying ingredients. We had a jar of green curry paste from the shop, but after my purchase of a long-coveted “real” mortar and pestle from New Loon Moon in Chinatown, I was […]
Read More..>>Pheasant au Vin
Yesterday, we bought a pheasant at our local butcher with the intention of cooking it today. After considering a few pheasant-related recipes, we decided to make something up and do a “pheasant au vin”. I’m glad that we did because it was really, really good. Joined the pheasant, then marinated it in some red wine […]
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