There was no breakfast for Sunday 🙁 So I refused to go to the shop and make something instead. I had no idea where to start – I remember Paul Hollywood making some on the superb Good Food Live years ago, and that’s as far as I went. I decided to start at a malt loaf recipe and work outwards […]
Read moreAnother in the continuing saga of a-bread-a-week: this week, king of doughy accompaniments, much undersold as sweaty baguettes, garlic bread. Polite Notice: please leave Peter Kay-related gags in 2003, many thanks. My typical BBQ standby is to slice up a french stick, dip it in parsley and garlicky-infused oil and stick it on the bars of a searing-hot grill until […]
Read moreHot diggity, I love chorizo. So meaty, spicy and god-darned irresistible. I hate those pre-packed sweaty little plastic things, so I always buy mine from the deli counter. Except there I have to plead with the assistant not to slice it into bits, it’s always finger-thick slices or rough dice for me. This wintry soup is a real cracker: fried […]
Read moreTold you I was only making bread. Though Liam did most of this. We were having a jambalaya and inspired by Simon this was the natural compliment. I ordered corn meal from Tesco, not realising it’s actually polenta, which I have tons of anyway. Ho-hum. Otherwise, it’s bread-baking as usual except for the addition of, well, polenta. Doing it again […]
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