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Pan-fried lemon sole with a light mushroom risotto
2007-03-19 08:46:00 A quick rant about menu terminology... then another risotto recipe... mushroom risotto made light with lemon zest and topped with lemon sole and sauted mushrooms More About: Lemon , Mushroom , Light , Risotto , Room
What no puddings?
2007-03-12 18:15:00 Regular readers will have noticed, I'm sure, that I don't have many recipes for puddings - or sweet things in general. The one exception at the time of writing is the vanilla ice cream w More About: Puddings , Pudding
Another Sea Bass Recipe - with ginger and spring onions
2007-02-27 15:47:00 Why is it that I find myself cooking more bass than any other fish? I think in part it's because it is such a handsome fish - sleak, athletic and silver skinned. But also, I love that texture the meat has - I can only describe it as p More About: Recipe , Spring , Ring , Bass , Another
Scallops with Iberico Ham, Hazelnut and Sherry Vinegar Salad
2007-02-20 17:11:00 This was our Valentine's treat (along with great chocolate puddings and a nice bottle of Pol Roger!). To my mind, scallops are a real indulgence - I love everthing about them except the price. It is important to try and buy hand-dived More About: Salad , Sala , Call , Vinegar , Haze
Goats Cheese Tart
2007-02-20 17:10:00 I was initially going to do this on Valentine's day but the scallops won over (recipe to follow), so instead we had it for lunch on Saturday with my parents.I wanted to create a tart with a just-set custard-like filling, and I think it came off.& More About: Cheese , Tart , Goats , Oats
Shrove Tuesday, AKA Pancake Day
2007-02-20 13:44:00 It has become traditional to eat pancakes (crepes really) on Shrove Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday) in this country. Up and down the land, anxious parents will be watching children tossing fried batter in the air and hoping it will be ca More About: Pancake , Cake , Rove
Down in the dumps - lost my little black book
2007-02-15 16:31:00 I had a bad day at work yesterday and was keen to get home to spend Valentine's evening with Spud, some scallops and a bottle of Pol Roger. My train was delayed for forty minutes and I stupidly left my bag on it. The bag contained my little More About: Lost , Book , Black , Down , Little
Stock - Part 1 - Fish Stock
2007-02-06 09:26:00 A good stock is the basis of many dishes - it's the essential building block in so many sauces. Not many of us spend our days at home roasting veal bones and boiling pots for eight hours at a time, but when we do the results can be fantasti More About: Fish , Stock , Part
Balls! (Risotto balls, that is)
2007-01-30 08:47:00 I don't know what the proper name is for these - I'm sure there is a correct Italian term (and I'd be glad if someone could tell me) but they have become a firm favourite in my family.In fact, whenever Spud finds out I'm making risott More About: Balls , Risotto , That , Riso , Ball
Traditional Spiced Beef
2007-01-25 14:29:00 There is a long tradition of preserving meats in this country (and most other countries) - perhaps salting meat is the best known (think of corned beef, ham, bacon etc). However, salting meat alone does little to improve the flavour - it simply More About: Beef , Spic , Spice , Traditional
Vension Wellington
More articles from this author:2007-01-15 17:13:00 The idea of doing a venison wellington for Christmas lunch just kind of came to me (fortunately a long time before Christmas). I was looking to do something different to the ubiquitous turkey - something local, rich and exciting. The cons More About: Sion , Wellington , Well 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
