chocolate and rosemary ice cream
With dark, rich chocolate and smooth herbal tones this dessert inspired by Heston Blumenthal’s range of ice creams created for Waitrose is sure to a be a dinner party winner.
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aromatic melting pork
I love pork joints a lot, but I’m in danger of doing the same thing over and over again: bung it in the oven and roast. Nothing wrong with that, but surely there’s more out there? Lucky for me The Ginger Pig Meat Book plopped through my letterbox, packed with great ideas grounded in everyday cookery. The Ginger Pig Butcher’s isn’t […]
Read morespring lamb, vegetable platter, mint sauce and chianti gravy
I thought I’d tried all the Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals that I wanted to, until the photo-ninja Nga commented about the spring lamb recipe… I couldn’t believe I’d missed it! So I tore off to try it. It’s a relatively simple recipe, with seared & roasted lamb, and a big bowl of pots ‘n’ veg boiled up. But […]
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Mrs. Roast Potato was upset – I’d forgotten to go to the shops for her favourite Old El Paso salsa on chicken taco night. So it’s time to rummage the cupboards and come up with a decent enough substitute. And it came out nice. Fresh-tasting, fruity and spicy, the way tomato salsa should be. The red onion was really harsh […]
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