I apologise for that photo, it makes it look really rough. It wasn’t though, honest! I was driving home on Sunday and was hit by a sudden wave of pasta-longing: I wanted carbonara. I haven’t had any in ages. So that was Monday’s dinner sorted. One small catch though; with my wife about 8 months pregnant barely-cooked egg didn’t seem […]
Read moreI follow the ever-efficient @ShortOrderMom on Twitter, and her frugal yet interesting recipes always catch my eye. This one is the primavera style sauce, not really heard of in the UK. It’s something that caught on in the States in 70s, then became kitsch and fell away out of fashion. I’ve heard restaraunts updating the dish of late. Here’s her […]
Read moreKing of teatime desserts, the New York style cheesecake. I’m not a great sponge-baker so this kind of non-flour dessert works great for me. One thing I really recommend is a springform cake tin – one with a clasp on the side. It makes getting it out dead easy. Easy first stage – mix melted butter and broken biscuits (digestives […]
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