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Chocolate Mousse with Coffee Baileys
Shortly before Christmas the people at Baileys asked us if we would like to receive a bottle of their “Baileys with a hint of coffee” to use while cooking, I knew my mum would love it so accepted their kind offer. Unfortunately we forgot to take it away with us for Christmas so my mum […]
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..>>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..>>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..>>Salmon and Leek Quiche
It was my niece’s second birthday party yesterday afternoon. We knew there would be lots of tasty party food on offer so, in order to avoid overdosing on chocolate Fingers and fairy cakes, we thought we would eat a reasonable sized lunch before we went. We used ready-made pastry again as we still haven’t summoned […]
Read More..>>Sandra’s Christmas Puddings
I’ve never made a Christmas pudding before, as a child I didn’t really like it and have only come to appreciate it in the last few years. I was keen to make my own this year so started looking around for recipes when my mum mentioned that her very good friend Sandra made very good […]
Read More..>>Pizza Puttanesca and Pizza with Mushrooms and Truffle Oil
Given our great love of pasta puttanesca with all of its brilliant anchovy-chilli-capery-oliveyness, we figured that the various components would make a good pizza topping. We made the dough from Jamie Oliver’s pizza dough recipe, which we’ve had some issues with in the past, but it turned out rather well this time, done in a […]
Read More..>>Pappardelle with Rabbit
Yesterday we cooked rabbit casserole, and part of Kerri’s great rabbit-related master plan was to make left over casserole into pasta sauce today. We reduced the leftover casserole down until the liquid was about a third of the original amount. We shredded the meat, then returned it to the reduced liquid and added about 150ml […]
Read More..>>Rabbit Casserole
We’ve only cooked rabbit once before because we find it so difficult to track down in the shops; last time we managed to find a tame rabbit in Selfridges Food Hall and it’s probably the most expensive piece of meat we’ve ever cooked. Imagine my delight when my mum told me she’d found someone locally […]
Read More..>>Chicken and Leek Pie
Stephen and I went to visit my mum this weekend and decided to make pie for dinner. As my nieces were also coming to visit, we thought we’d make them a pie of their own and put their names on the top. There were seven of us in total so we bought two chickens and […]
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