Last week I watched a great series from the wonderful Hardeep Singh Kohli, Chefs and the City, where norms bring their signature dish to battle against a pro chef. One guy lost in a brazen fashion, daring to take on a French chef at something right up their street. He was destroyed, but there was something promising in his quail wrapped in […]
Read moreYet another Jamie winner, and yet another triumph from my friendly neighbourhood butcher. There’s three distinct parts here: pork chop, spicy cabbage, and roast swede. Swede first: peeled and diced, tossed with salt, pepper, oil and thyme, left to roast for 45 mins. Then the pork. I made a rub first by grinding fennel seeds, paprika, salt and pepper […]
Read moreRisotto is a deeply calming dish, both to cook and especially to eat. What amazes me about risotto is that it starts the same but can end so many ways depending on what you add. It starts with: onions fried gently, then the heat turned up as your arborio or carnaroli rice is added. A handy tip for measuring rice: […]
Read moreDelicious, savoury roast pork. The porky prince of Sundays. Except I had this on Saturday. Er….. I watched Jamie’s programme on British pork, and immediately raced out for some Freedom Food British shoulder of pork from Sainsbury’s. Can’t recall ever having roast with shoulder before, usually loin or leg. So it was an experiment. Following Jamie’s recipe, I scored the […]
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