Inspired by a fantastic starter I had at Union Street Cafe, this dish is a great light meal. The porchetta itself makes a fantastic roast joint. The porchetta as a roast serves 4 as a main dish, but save a couple of slices and serve cold for this recipe which would make a perfect starter portion. Here’s the Gordon Ramsay’s […]
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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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Spoilers: it was great. Gordon Ramsay the character is not a very appealing person but that’s a shame as it can mask what a bloody good chef he is. There’s a number of his techniques I turn to first when cooking: his Wellington, his scrambled egg, his duck breast. I rewatched some of his programmes from the early 2000s and […]
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I’ve been so, so lucky with this silly little blog. I’ve met all of my food heroes and worked with fantastic people, and eaten some great stuff. Actually. Not all of that is true. I’ve not met all of my food heroes. Despite sharing a county with him, despite cooking food similar to his, despite going for job interviews at […]
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