I’ve managed to catch up with the dreadfully named Recipe For Success. A couple take over a restaurant for a day and try to run it. It’s fronted by the affable Simon Rimmer, whom I’ve admired for many years and I’m sure is worthy of a bigger household name status than he has. He gave this recipe to one of […]
Read moreA quick post to celebrate the first day of the British asparagus season. A very kind local farmer gave me some heads of asparagus to plant last year, and here they are on the first day of the season, bendy but proud. Asparagus is one of my absolute favourite vegetables, and I look forward to May every year with […]
Read moreMy presentation’s not quite there, but if you squint you might recognise this as the critic-pleasing dish from the Pixar film Ratatouille. That’s technically what this recipe is, but this is it as reinvented by the chef-genius Thomas Keller, who christened it confit byaldi. Spoilers ahoy, but in a scene that should make Heston applaud, as the grouchy critic chomps […]
Read moreThis wonderful little creation is a result of a supplement from olive magazine, courtesy of cathyella’s generous subscription present 🙂 There are a number of elements to it, all made separately and then brought together on the tart. Purple sprouting broccoli is blanched for 2 mins and refreshed in cold water to arrest the cooking. Good quality Italian sausages are […]
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