Oranges in Caramel is one of those desserts often found on restaurant ‘sweet trolleys’, where it invariably disappoints. Done well, however, it is delicious. This recipe is from one of my all-time favourite cookery books, , by Simon Hopkinson and Lindsay Bareham. If you don’t…
If you ever find yourself with a glut of milk in the fridge, a great way to use it up is to make Paneer. Paneer is a fresh cheese commonly found in Indian cooking, and is really easy to make.
I made Kale chips last night, and a couple of people have since asked how to make them. They’re utterly delicious and are really very simple to make – the only tricky part is keeping an eye on them once they’re in the oven to…
Burgers have a somewhat undeserved reputation as junk food. It is indeed true that there are some pretty poor examples out there, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t have good burgers if we try.
A large plastic tub containing eight kilograms of yellow maize arrived on my doorstep this morning (along with a similar tub containing wheat), so I felt obliged to make something with it this evening. I milled some of the corn into cornmeal, and decided to…
For dinner last night, I wanted to try something with my home-made tempeh, so I came up with this: Very tasty, and extremely quick and easy to make.
Kimchi is a spicy Korean fermented vegetable pickle, and takes many different forms. Most commonly it will include Chinese cabbage, radish and onions, together with lavish amounts of garlic, ginger and chilli. I’m rather fond of spicy food, so this was a natural thing for…
Sourdough bread is an amazingly simple thing to make, but people who haven’t tried it can often find the whole idea quite daunting. It only has three ingredients: flour, salt and water. What could be easier?