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Goose Pie
Having half a goose left after our pre-Christmas dinner yesterday, we embarked on a goose pie project. Kerri had seen Jamie cooking a turkey and leek pie, which served as partial inspiration. We only had one leek though, so we added an onion. And we didn’t have creme fraiche, so we used chicken stock. And […]
Read More..>>Pre-Christmas Dinner – Roast Goose
It’s become something of a tradition (if twice counts as a tradition – a tradition in the making maybe) for me and Kerri to have a pre-Christmas dinner with my sister and her husband shortly before we disappear off elsewhere for Christmas itself. Last year we had roast salmon with salsa verde; this year we […]
Read More..>>Carrot Soup
One of my favourite light lunches is a bowl of soup with a slice of buttered toast. When I was a kid, I used to eat gallons of soup whenever my mum made it; I think she despaired of it a bit. As we had carrots in our vegetable box but didn’t have any plans […]
Read More..>>Pot Roasted Pheasant
This is another recipe from Nigel Slater’s Kitchen Diaries which unfortunately didn’t work out as well as the previous quail dish. The pheasant is browned in oil and removed from the dish, then some vegetables (celery, garlic, carrots and sage) are added along with the vermouth. The pheasant is returned to the pan and the […]
Read More..>>Mince Pies
Yesterday we spent the day decorating the house and the tree. It seemed fitting to have some mince pies while we did so and luckily we had some mincemeat in the fridge that we’d made a week or so ago, to our usual recipe. We didn’t quite get the sizes right, our cutters were either […]
Read More..>>Pancetta, Butternut and Chestnut Risotto
We bought some chestnuts last week without really knowing what to do with them so I spent a little time looking for recipes online. I found a Jamie Oliver risotto recipe that I liked the sound of but it sounded pretty complicated so we decided to take the basic elements and do our own version. […]
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..>>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..>>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..>>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 […]
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