I happened upon this recipe on the Merchant Gourmet site. I’m a big fan of leeks generally, but what attracted me to this was the chance to try out some ready-to-eat puy lentils. I love lentils, particularly puy, but who has time for all that soaking and boiling? As you may be aware I’ve no problem with pre-cooked grains, pulses […]
Read moreOnce again the wonderful Delicious magazine brings another great recipe. Grab a lentil curry ready meal and mix with freshly-boiled veg – a clever way to mix the tricky parts of Indian cookery with ‘real’ ingredients.
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 moreThis poor, poor recipe: it got bumped for weeks and weeks off the menu as other things came up, we got home late, someone invited us out… and finally we made it. It was very nice, luckily. The lamb was supposed to be koftas but mega-juicy onions didn’t allow the meat to bind into kebabs. So instead the lamb mince […]
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