Bulletproof Recipe For Pate Brisee
This is a classic French pie pastry, which works well for both sweet and savoury dishes. It’s almost the same as traditional short crust pastry – which uses one portion…
Venison And Wild Boar Pie
We made this for a mediaeval banquet for the catering college’s restaurant – I’m not sure what is particularly mediaeval about it. But it is a great recipe nonetheless, and…
January Vegetables And The Healthiest Ways To Cook Them
The following are some of the main seasonal vegetables for January: Kale Type: Leaf vegetable Cooking: Kale can be cooked in a number of ways, including stir frying, steaming, microwaving,…
Chicken And Asparagus Pie
The pastry for this pie comes from one of the apprentices on my cheffing course. He modestly says he’s only good at turning potatoes, and jokes that if he was…
Snakebite Lamb
This is a take on an old English recipe for boiled mutton. You might think I’ve added an unnecessary, not to say dubiously fusion, twist with the tablespoon or so…
Broccoli Stalk Stew
Broccoli stalks, if you ask me, are the best part of the vegetable, and perhaps any vegetable. They can have a sort of pak choi flavour and texture if you…
Vintage Cheddar And Parmesan Leeks
If you’re lucky enough to have a garden, you may be fortunate enough to pull a couple of fat leeks out of the ground for this delicious recipe, as they’re…
Salted Cod And Cashew Nut Curry
This recipe was partly inspired by Cambodia’s national dish, amok – river fish cooked with mild spices and coconut. Amok varies enormously from home to home over there. Most resemble…
Macadamia Nut, Caramel and Nutella Cheesecake
This is Ottolenghi’s heavenly recipe, a rich oozing filling topped with salted buttery caramelised nuts, and a gorgeous HobNob base. It’s a bit of a faff, what with making your…
Mustard Seed Greens
This is a recipe from Madhur Jaffrey -delicately spiced cabbage is cooked down with onions until almost caramelised. It’s healthy, quick, delicious and cheap and goes exceptionally well with rice…