I absolutely love Two Greedy Italians. Not only are Gennaro Contaldo and Antonio Carluccio the most avuncular and affable guys on TV, joshing and fondly trading insults, they also serve up some jaw-droppingly good Italian food. In the series where they tour Italy, revisiting places of their youth and being tourists everywhere else the former colleagues eat their way through […]
Read moreI must have made beef stroganoff to a different recipe each time I’ve made it. There’s always beef, always mushrooms, always paprika and a creamy element. But like many of the best recipes, once you hit the familiar targets the rest falls where it may. I’ve tried this version from Lawrence Keogh on Saturday Kitchen. The key here is the […]
Read moreWhat’s that you say? You have leftovers from Christmas Day? Unheard of. Previously I’ve made Jamie’s sweet leek pie with leftover poultry and it’s brill. Using that as an inspiration I made a mushroom version and it’s just as good. Turkey and mushroom pie (serves 4 – 6): 1 onion, diced 1 sprig rosemary, leaves picked and chopped 300g chestnut […]
Read moreI possess the world’s worst hands for handling pastry. Fact. These hot hams won’t be churning out mille feuille any time soon. So I tried my best at one of these recipe ideas from BakingMad using simple old short crust. I made a few changes to make sure the meat was completely tender and gave it a cheese-flavoured savoury pastry that just […]
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