Ok this recipe takes a bit of time but my god they are good. Once they are cooked you can keep them in their Sous Vide bag and freeze for later or for when it’s grilling season. Ingredients: 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce 1 tbspn sesame oil 1/2 cup toasted sesame […]
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Chicken with Carrot Puree, ‘Hint of Garlic’ Roast Potato and Spinach
First the carrot puree. Ingredients: 6 medium carrots Olive oil Salt and pepper. Peel and dice the carrots. Cook the carrots in water until very tender and then simmer to reduce nearly all the water. Pour into your blender then ‘wizz’ […]
Bacon Made at Home
We have always been interested in smoking and curing meats and fish. There is no “English style” bacon here in the U.S. – the closest thing to it is Canadian Bacon, so we decided to make our own. As this was our first try, I used some spare end of loin that I had. […]
Moroccan Inspired Beef Kebabs
We have just bought a book on Moroccan cooking and it inspired us to make this dish. Ingredients: beef garlic 1lemon 1ground cumin 1 Tspncumin whole 1/2 Tspnground Ginger 1 Tspnground Cinnamon 1 Tspnmild chili powder 1 Tspnshallot 1parsleysalt & pepper Finely dice the shallot. Add a little olive oil to a pan then sweat […]
Moroccan Inspired Beef Kebabs
We have just bought a book on Moroccan cooking and it inspired us to make this dish. Ingredients: beef garlic 1lemon 1ground cumin 1 Tspncumin whole 1/2 Tspnground Ginger 1 Tspnground Cinnamon 1 Tspnmild chili powder 1 Tspnshallot 1parsleysalt & pepper Finely dice the shallot. Add a little olive oil to a pan then sweat […]
The “What we Have Left in the Fridge” Pizza
We often try to use what ever we have in the fridge or freezer for dinner. It sometimes turns into our own version of “Chopped”, although tonight it was far tamer. As we had some sour dough bread proofing, we decided to take half and use it to make a pizza. As it turned out it, was […]
Pork Pie with Stilton and Dried Apricots
Julienne: “On shoots in Lincolnshire and Bedfordshire in England, the day often begins early and so by the end of the second or third ‘drive’ it is time for a snack. Often this is in the form of a sausage roll or a pork pie.” THE MELTON MOWBURY PORK PIE […]
Cranberry Gin
I found a bag of cranberries in the fridge that I had bought a while back and forgotten all about. Back in England an old friend and Fenland Butcher, Reg Yules, used to make incredible sloe gin. So I thought I’d try that recipe with cranberries. Ingredients: cranberries sugar juniper berries […]