Category Archives: creme fraiche

roasted vegetable chilli with parmesan wedges

roasted vegetable chilli

Those lovely people at Vouchercodes.co.uk asked me to come up with a family-friendly money-saving recipe.  Just for them I made roasted vegetable chilli with parmesan wedges. They filmed it to boot. Watch the whole recipe below on YouTube: Fun fact: I wasn’t going to make wedges, it was supposed to be polenta fingers. Unfortunately the wrong ingredients were delivered! Disaster. […]

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heston blumenthal’s lemon tart

Hold on to your toques, this is a Blumenthal gadget-fest. Here’s a run-down of the Heston kitchen toys employed in this recipe: Measuring Spoons Kitchen Wizz Pro Adjustable Rolling Pin Oven Thermometer Probe Thermometer Timer Whisk Silicone Spatulas Chef’s Knife That’s a hell of a list. The odd one out in this list is the Kitchen Wizz Pro, a beast […]

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chorizo and red onion penne bake

Practically every element of this could be substituted: the definition of a store-cupboard clearout dinner! Change the chorizo for another cooked meat, throw in another cheese and it’s off in another direction altogether. A blue cheese and salami version could be pretty good too… Chorizo and red onion penne bake (serves 2): 250g chorizo, cut into chunks 250g penne 1 […]

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