Serves 6 Cooking time 60 mins Ingredients Pesto large bunch of basil 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 3 tbsp pinenuts, toasted olive oil 50g parmesan, grated Risotto 6 cloves garlic, peeled 1.4 litres hot chicken stock 85g unsalted butter 400g pumpkin or squash (unpeeled weight), peeled, seeded and cut into 1cm cubes 2 tbsp olive […]
A fragrant curry, this Indian chicken stew is a real crowd pleaser, for more flavour we prefer thighs, just cook for an extra 20 mins
Serves 4 Cooking time 40 mins Ingredients 1 Red onion, chopped Small piece of ginger, chopped 2 Cloves garlic, chopped 1 Green chilli, chopped 2 Large tomatoes, chopped 2 Whole cloves 2 Cardamom pods 1 tsp Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp Salt 1/4 tsp Turmeric 1 tsp Ground coriander 1 tsp Paprika […]
This is an excellent Spanish stew recipe, ideal for a Sunday dinner, try and get a single piece of lamb that you can dice yourself into nice big chunks, or ask the butcher to do it for you
This is a great pasta dish, I would never of thought of having lamb and pasta together but it works perfectly and the peppers add a nice sweet flavour
You can use pork chops for this but I find that steaks are better if you can get them. This is a Caribbean style of recipe hence the addition of rum and allspice
This is a really easy Asian salad recipe that involves no cooking, apart from poaching a chicken breast and that’s hardly taxing! It’s great to have if you feel you’ve been overdoing rich and heavy foods as it is light, fresh and healthy.
Pork belly is amazing, it just needs alot of cooking, it goes well with chorizo (double pork!) Polenta chips are a good addition but any carb will work with this dish
Serves 2 Cooking time 50 mins Ingredients 2 chicken breasts 3-4 new potatoes, halved 2 carrots 3 sticks of celery 250ml of dry white wine 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped You’ll also need a baking tray and a roll of parchment paper. You could use other vegetables, try and stick to something with […]
If you’re worried about dry turkey on Christmas then this is just for you, this recipe uses steam to help cook the turkey and involves nothing more complicated than a big roll of tinfoil
Serves 4 Cooking time 30 mins Ingredients 1kg desiree potatoes, peeled and halved Maldon sea salt and pepper 4 pork chops olive oil 1 small handful fresh thyme 1 tsp fennel seeds 10 fresh bay leaves 285ml cider 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard 4 tbsp crème fraiche Method: Preheat oven to 200C. Parboil potatoes in salted […]
Serves 4 Cooking time 3 hours Ingredients 500g Steak mince 250g Pork mince 6 rashers of pancetta (or smoked bacon) diced 2 onions, diced 1 Stick celery, diced 2 cloves of garlic, sliced 1 tbs tomato puree 1 Carrot, diced 1 glass of red wine 1/2 cup of milk or single cream 2 tins tomatoes […]
This is an excellent lamb dish, lamb works well with chorizo and the smoked paprika adds another dimension.
Serves 4 Cooking time 30 mins Ingredients 1kg beef fillet, sliced thinly across the grain 1 tbsp dark sweet soy (kecap manis see Cook’s tip) 1 tbsp cornflour 1 tbsp groundnut oil 8 cloves garlic, peeled 3cm piece root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped 2 onions, sliced 1 red chilli, chopped 1 tsp tamarind paste […]
Serves 2 Cooking time 2 hours Ingredients Groundnut oil and a knob of butter for frying 250-300g casserole lamb (neck fillet or shoulder) 1 onion, chopped 1 stick celery, chopped 1 carrot, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 1 sprig rosemary, leaves removed and finely chopped 200ml (large glass) red wine 250ml beef stock 1 tbsp […]