Parma Ham, Peashoot and Pesto Pizza
This was originally going to be something and watercress pizza but something went wrong with out shopping order and we ended up with peashoots instead. I had selected watercress because the English stuff is just coming into season, these peashoots were from Portugal so not exactly food-mile friendly but tasty nonetheless. We tossed the raw […]
Read More..>>Purple Sprouting Brocolli Pizza
Pizza is a Friday night staple in our house. It’s fun food, the varieties are endless and it’s also quick and easy which is perfect for a relaxing night at home following a busy week. I was out on Friday night though and since we had decided to try the purple sprouting brocolli topping and […]
Read More..>>Cheese Scones with Bacon Jam
Yep, BACON jam. Jam, made of BACON. It’s jam but it’s got BACON in it. How great does that sound? I’ve had variations of this recipe saved for ages since it was doing the rounds of the American food blogs a couple of years ago. It was only during the recent recipe-clearout that I came […]
Read More..>>Pizza with Jerusalem Artichokes
This was so good, we ate it two nights in a row. Admittedly, we did have pizza dough left over, as well as a surplus of artichokes but this really was worth cooking again. Unlike the artichokes we cooked when making salad, we didn’t parboil these but just sliced them finely on a mandoline and […]
Read More..>>Halloumi, Avocado and Lentils on Toast
Today’s tube strike meant that any exciting plans we had for dinner where shelved fairly quickly since both of us got home too late and too tired to do anything other than the bare minimum. The lentils, avocado and halloumi we had a couple of weeks ago was a huge success and it was the […]
Read More..>>Hotel Terravina
I first heard about Hotel TerraVina online some time last year. It’s a boutique hotel situated in the New Forest and was devised by the people who put together the Hotel du Vin chain. The emphasis is on good food and wine (two of our favourite things) and while staying there, you can also learn […]
Read More..>>Cavolo Nero Pasta
Another week without any posts. This is becoming embarassing. And, as is usual when this happens, there isn’t anything particularly worth waiting for. This had potential but I can’t quite remember what that potential was since it was so long ago that we ate it. There was chilli, garlic and anchovies in here, along with […]
Read More..>>Cavolo Nero Pizza
I’ve been thinking about this for a while but wasn’t entirely sure it was going to work. I considered swapping the cavolo nero for spinach and making a more traditional fiorentina pizza but was intrigued enough by the idea to continue and risk ruining our favourite Friday night dinner. We both love the rich, irony […]
Read More..>>Halloumi with Lentils and Avocado
We always keep halloumi in the fridge since it has a long shelf life and it’s so useful if you find yourself in a cheese-based emergency. It wasn’t exactly an emergency this evening but we had planned to go out and changed our minds at the last minute. There wasn’t much else around the kitchen […]
Read More..>>Tomato and Mozarella Pasta
We met up with a friend for lunch yesterday and while waiting for him, popped into a small Italian deli for some coffee. I love the unusual pasta shapes you can find in these kinds of places and managed to limit myself to buying just two. This type is called caserecci and has a great […]
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