Archive for the 'Seasonal' Category
Roast Pork with Caramelised Apple and Chorizo Stuffing
Firstly, this was really good. I felt I should say that just in case the rest of the entry doesn’t convey it and I forget to add it. That said, what we had was roast pork with a caramelised apple and chorizo stuffing, cooked from this recipe, and also potato and parsnip rosti cooked from […]
Read More..>>Parkin
Like many other bloggers, we decided to make parkin in honour of Guy Fawke’s Night. Neither of us had eaten it before so weren’t sure what to expect, the combination of ginger and cinammon sounded irresistable though so off we went to purchase the huge amounts of sugar, butter, treacle and syrup we needed. I […]
Read More..>>Scallops with Cauliflower Purée and Truffle Oil and Partridges with Rosti and Mushrooms
The title makes this meal sound rather like something from a good brasserie menu. However, this would have been a brasserie with Basil Fawlty at the helm as it turned out. Let’s start with the scallops. Both because we had them as a starter and also for reasons which will become clear later. We thought […]
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 […]
Read More..>>Roast Pork
Yesterday we had friends over for lunch and cooked roast pork with stuffing, roast potatoes, cabbage, leeks, carrots and peas. We also deep-fried some sage leaves and served these with the pork. I’d had these earlier in the week at a really good pub but ours didn’t turn out the same way. A lot of […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken (and Chicken Stock)
As you know, this is a firm favourite in our house and after our first week of healthy eating we were both looking forward to it. Aside from over-cooking the roast potatoes, it lived up to our expectations and we both left the table feeling full and content. With the leftover carcass we made chicken […]
Read More..>>Party
You’d be forgiven for thinking that things have been a bit quiet around here lately. Both Stephen and I were out on Thursday and regrettably there was no food involved, only wine. And mojitos. For that reason, Friday saw us give in to the temptation of the supermarket pizza. As you might imagine, it wasn’t […]
Read More..>>Broad Bean, Pea and Mint Salad (with Lamb Chops)
The broad bean season is so short and we’re both big fans but for some reason we don’t tend to use them that often. Determined to do something interesting this week, we put them in the shopping basket on Saturday which forced me to spend some time looking at things to do with them. Seeing […]
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