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Barbecue
I think summer has arrived. I could be wrong but in the interests of making the most of it while it lasts, Stephen and I barbecued yesterday. We’d been talking to a friend on Friday night about how good barbecued mackerel is so decided to have that, along with some bream. We also had corn, […]
Read More..>>Chicken Basque
Today was really rainy and evil and nasty. We went out for lunch and were completely drenched going three blocks to the pub even though we had umbrellas. (Tip: If you have wet socks in the office, hang them behind your PC to get dry; the outflow from the fan is quite warm and will […]
Read More..>>Barbecued Burgers
This afternoon we had burgers on the barbecue. We bought some beef mince and Kerri made up some burgers with onion, parsely, salt, pepper and mustard. To start, we had some salad with borage, which was apparently “herb of the week” at Waitrose. Normally, I’d be quite put off by such blatant marketing tactics, but […]
Read More..>>Barbecue
It was a warm and sunny day today so we decided to barbecue some fish. Stephen went off to the fishmonger and came back with a bumper bag of prawns, langoustines, sea bass and bream. We started off with the prawns (marinated in onion, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil) and langoustines and some garlic […]
Read More..>>Chicken and Vegetable Stirfry
We had a fair amount of left over chicken from last night to use up, so we decided on a stir fry. To the chicken we added two cloves of garlic, some ginger (dried unfortunately; we didn’t have any fresh), a sauce mixture (soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice wine, sesame oil and sesame seeds) and […]
Read More..>>Rack of Lamb with Sauteed New Potatoes and Asparagus with Pine Nut and Herb Sauce
A long title today because it all deserved mention. We started with asparagus with a pine nut and herb sauce. It turned out as more of a relish than a sauce really. It contained pine nuts (obviously), red onion, parsely, mint, olive oil and vinegar. This went very well indeed with the asparagus; next time […]
Read More..>>Seafood Paella
After having a really good paella at Taxidermista in Barcelona last week, we bought a paella pan and brought it back with us. Tonight we tried our own. We had a seafood paella with langoustines, prawns, mussels and squid. The raw ingredients: In the paella pan: Served up: And with it we drank a really […]
Read More..>>Broad Bean and Pancetta Salad
Broad beans are so good when they are in season and we bought a load of them this evening. We both had big lunches so felt something light tonight would be enough. Broad beans and pancetta salad with rocket, served with a simple vinaigrette and some toasted olive ciabatta. It was good, but the rocket […]
Read More..>>St John
Last night, Stephen and I went to St John for dinner. It’s my second visit there and, once again, the food was excellent. We arrived slightly early and had a drink in the bar, their house Champagne (Jean Milan brut) which is brilliant and then a glass of Muscat Sec which smelt a lot like […]
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