Recipes

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend. We’re in lockdown. Some baking is in order. I scan the shelf for a suitable cook book. We need comfort food, and who better to provide that than Nigella. I pull out my copy of How to be a Domestic…

To kick off my journey through my cook book collection, I decided to start with an old favourite. The Curry Club Indian Restaurant Cook Book by Pat Chapman. This one was an early addition to my collection. First published in 1984, my copy dates from…

It’s asparagus season; it’s also wild garlic season. Two of my favourite things, and they go together so well. And frittatas, they’re definitely a go-to weekend brunch staple. Easy to make, and very tasty, and you can fill them with pretty much anything. So what…

Pork cheeks are a delicious and much under-rated cut of meat. I usually get a couple in my regular meat box from The Well Hung Meat Company, and most often I sous-vide them (62˚C, 48 hours), then roast them in the oven to crisp up a…

These are Crab and Prawn Sandwiches with a difference – they are a layer of crab, sandwiched between two prawn sheets. I got the idea from the excellent Ideas in Food blog, where they posted about making prawn noodles, using transglutaminase to bind the prawn…

I made piccalilli yesterday and somebody asked for the recipe, so here goes: My piccalilli recipe is based on Gary Rhodes’ version from his , although my version has evolved a little over the years. I put rather less sugar in than he suggests, and…

It’s been a while since I tried making my own peanut butter, and so the other day I thought I’d give it another whirl. It really is incredibly simple to make, and as I have just rediscovered, the results are delicious. I really don’t know…

A well-made Gin and Tonic has to be one of my all-time favourite drinks. Gin is surging in popularity at the moment and there are very many varieties on the market, each with their own qualities. Different varieties of good quality tonic water are rather…