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asparagus capers chicken food lemon

asparagus with crispy capers

asparagus with crispy capers, chicken and lemon

I took the rare opportunity to do an entire meal on the BBQ, thanks to a timely blast of good weather. Chicken breasts are pounded flat and seasoned, then put straight on to the hot grill. Oiled asparagus joins it on the bars. Meanwhile on the hotplate side some capers are pushed around until they develop a crust, then put to one side for garnish. For a neat twist, I also griddled some lemons to both encourage juice and to give it an interesting smoked flavour. Perfectly tasty, and ready in ten minutes.

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cream cheese food lemon

cheesecake


King 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 for me) to make a base, and line the greased tin with with this mix. I leave this in the fridge to firm up while I make the batter – which is pretty straightforward. Just mix together caster sugar, cream cheese, lemon zest, two eggs, two more egg yolks, vanilla extract and double cream. Pour this on the biscuits and whack it in a 160C oven in a bain marie. About thirty minutes later it’ll be firm round the edge and wobbly in the middle, after cooling and a couple more hours setting in the fridge you’ll have yourself a firm, creamy, sweet, lemony dessert to die for.
Now someone make me a coffee to have with it…
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