The name is completely tongue-in-cheek, a sideways reference to another stupidly named dish. I’d piped up on Twitter that I was having Gordon’s Pasta that night when Lorna Wall mentioned it’s similarity to a dish of Jamie’s. So I tried it – and it is as good as it’s simplicity suggests. Just asparagus and bacon powering the flavour along, and […]
Read moreIt’s occurred to me I devour a whole lot of blogs over the month, bookmarking and enjoying photos, recipes and reviews from around the food blogging world. Here’s a list of some of my favourites from July 2012. Tomato Chutney Rolls at FussFreeFlavours makes me salivate. I’ve hit a real groove with my bread-baking in July so this post is […]
Read moreI’ve always wondered what fricassée meant (I had to google “wiki fricassee” to find that. Try saying it out loud, it’s fun), and making this recipe meant I finally looked it up: poultry stew in gravy thickened with dairy. I’ve strayed a little from that definition in making this but I hope it’ll do. I came to this recipe via […]
Read moreThis is a cracking bread recipe, perfect with dips and spreads. One of those that can be tweaked according to what you’re in the mood for. I’ve also used it as pizza base and it’s great there too. Shallot and rosemary foccacia (makes a loaf about 20cm square): 750g plain flour 15g salt ½ teaspoon sugar 2 x 7g sachets […]
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