It seems most people didn’t feel that Hang Fire was the ideal way to spend Valentine’s Day because there was a surprising amount of availability. What is more romantic than meat sweats and bloated bellies?
Yearly archives: 2020
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NB. I’ve had this recipe post sat in drafts since the 1st lockdown. Of course we were released from that lockdown, only to re-enter again. I’ve also gone vegan, then vegetarian and back to flexible eating in the meantime. Well, long delayed but probably more of a November than May […]
I am a sucker for a good tomato sauce. The excellent slurp of a perfectly balanced, deeply savoury red sauce and spaghetti. It is a cliché of every American-Italian character in every thing ever. A great red sauce though, just like mamma used to make, is essential in your repertoire.
I honestly wish I’d thought of saag halloumi myself. One of the main issues with paneer is it’s blandness. Halloumi on the other hand is almost too flavoursome, bearing its brazen salinity. It seems a perfect candidate to temper all that salt with a bag of spinach and some sweet cherry tomatoes.
Nigella introduces us to this recipe with a sweet headnote about her amusement at eating the butt of the pig, which actually relates to the shoulder and not the rear end. Pork Shoulder is a good value joint and I was looking for a faff free recipe that did not require separates rubs and sauces and marinades. This recipe did not disappoint on the faff-free front.
This vibrant recipe by Meera Sodha came highly recommended by a friend. I’m so glad I took her advice because despite being a salad, this is a very satisfying plate of food. It hits all those flavour points we look for in a recipe: spicy, sharp, nutty, fresh, crunchy, sweet. Best of all, its very healthy.
Frugal is the last word you’d associate with a rich, gooey brownie, but these brownies are a thrifty treat. Relative to other brownie recipes, these are quite low in butter. They are also chocolate free, that is the chocolateyness comes entirely from cocoa. You’d never tell it was a frugal recipe – dark, treacly, chocolatey, gooey. All the brownie buzzwords.
Simple is a contentious word, but this Turkish Pasta is both fairly simple to make and rewardingly rich. My favourite mix of low input to max output. A definite recommend. Recipe is available on foodism.com, or in Diana Henry’s Simple.
Well, I normally buy pink grapefruit marmalade from the Ludlow Food Centre for about £4 a jar. By comparison, I made 8 jars for a similar price. So home made marmalade seems both excellent value and delicious. The shreds were a bit chunky, but that adds to the rustic charm. The only disappointment was the orange hue, I’d hoped for a pretty blush pink preserve.
Mushrooms make a worthy substitute to meat generally. I use them in place of meat in endless dishes. Are they a substitute for bacon? That is the million dollar question on nobody’s mind. Having recently reinvigorated my love for Dan Doherty’s brilliant Bacon Jam.. I really felt I needed a […]