Here’s a neat little starter for when you want to have something rich and indulgent. Some lovely sweet scallops on a savoury bacon sabayon. Just remember it’s not a hollandaise sauce OK? Nothing to fret over, just some egg and oil mixed together slowly over heat 🙂 This is inspired by something I ate at Petrus: Mine isn’t a patch […]
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Shock. Horror. Another roast potato recipe. But this time, it’s not about the technique, it’s about the variety. In this case, the Larner. Great British Chefs hosted an event to show off this new variety of potato. The Larner variety is a pheruja cross potato developed by Greenvale AP. It is a rich, buttery potato with golden flesh and a […]
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Winter time means pie time. That usually means something packed with meat, a lovely gravy and crisp pastry. I’m certainly not going to get involved in the “should it have pastry all round the sides” debate. You enjoy your pie however you like it. In one of Jamie’s recent “5 ingredient” meals, he stewed lamb with pickled onions from the […]
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If you love a good steak, Sainsbury’s have released a new steak that’ll scratch your itch. Their new bone-in sirloin is a treat perfect for two people. It’s unusual for a supermarket to offer a bone-in steak but this is a welcome deviation from the norm. With the bone left in the joint you get more variation in cooking and […]
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