Author Archives: Gary @ BigSpud

heston blumenthal’s sous vide scrambled eggs

heston blumenthal's sous vide scrambled eggs

Recently I ranked all of Heston Blumenthal’s books, and in that I named Heston Blumenthal at Home my favourite Heston book. To celebrate let’s show you a recipe that really typifies his approach: Heston Blumenthal’s sous vide scrambled eggs. The humble scrambled egg, that anyone can do, often one of the first things people learn to cook. Some people add […]

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ranking the books of heston blumenthal

heston blumenthal best book

Which is Heston Blumenthal’s best book? Blumenthalophile that I am I own them all, so I thought I’d compile them all in one list. I’ve ranked them from least favourite to most favourite. He’s authored 7 distinct books spanning 20+ years (with a couple of compendiums, deluxe editions and best-ofs) with different themes and ideas. Video version of this review […]

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how to cook a t bone steak

I’d never cooked a t bone steak before, and searching the web found a mass of conflicting information. I read and watched all I can find and I figure out the key of how cook a t bone steak: nobody talks about the thickness. If you already know how to cook a steak, you can cook a t bone. The […]

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five recipes for courgettes

courgette recipes

Summer is here and that means courgettes are here too in abundance. We grow some at home every year and we end up with a glut, giving away as many as we can but also of course packing them into as many dishes as we can. If you don’t grow them you should find they are dirt cheap at the […]

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