If your roast potatoes are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside the 'game' is already won. The second mortgage you've taken out to get a big enough piece of meat to feed the family, particularly if you've wanted the animal ethically reared, is largely … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2014
Boozy Christmas Mincemeat
You can't really have an English Christmas without dried fruit and booze. Certainly not a Dickensian epic - mince pies, smoking bishop (that's alcoholic), good will to all …. And you need to get going now. If 'mincemeat' is a concept outside of your cultural Christmas … [Read more...]
Spaghetti alla carbonara
Spaghetti alla carbonara is an incredibly popular supper in my house. I suppose it's not so very far removed from 'eggs and bacon' which might account for it. Most of the recipes, published in the UK, are rich with double cream ... … but not this one. It does … [Read more...]
Coconut Castles
A blast from the past. Taste-wise, Coconut Castles remind me of one of my regular school dinner puddings. Not so surprising since the component parts are the same - sponge, raspberry jam and desiccated coconut. At school it was baked in a slab and served with custard. … [Read more...]
Roasted Gem Squash with Mushrooms and Cream
Shirley Conran very effectively sold the idea that 'life's too short to stuff a mushroom' - but in the struggle against the relentless pressure on women to be 'perfect', why did the poor vegetable get it? Now, if she'd written life was too short to clean windows or dust … [Read more...]