heston blumenthal’s triple cooked chips
Heston Blumenthal’s triple cooked chips are a great way to cook chips at home for a real treat. They are not difficult but take a little time.
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mince patties with a polenta crust
This wasn’t something I saw on TV. This wasn’t a recipe I copied from a fellow blogger. No, Google made me cook this. I was thumbing through my Webmaster Tools (if you’re a blogger or website owner and you don’t use this you’re mad – it’s so fascinating and can tell you a lot of things about what visitors you […]
Read morelemon, olive and herb rub
Do you like recipes that you can knock out in 20 minutes after work? Me too. This is not one of those recipes. The flavours here are complimentary to many things but particularly food with a Mediterranean angle. Great on chicken, great on fish… and of course you can vary it according to what’s knocking about threatening to go off. Lemon, olive […]
Read morebalsamic chicken with roasted new potatoes
I was keen to try out some Merchant Gourmet balsamic syrup I’d got hold of and chicken skewers seemed like just the thing. I marinated them for an hour and grilled them on each side. Unfortunately they were a little overdone and tough. It didn’t lend a lot of taste to the meat either – perhaps I should’ve basted again […]
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