A nice quiet winter’s weekend called for some gentle slow cooking and some comforting dinners. Saturday night was curry night so I gave the Baker Brother’s lamb curry a go. Using diced lamb shoulder, the curry is slowly cooked for 2 hours, and what started as a very un-promising piece of meat turned into the [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Slow Cooking
Posted in suppers, tagged chapatti, crackling, curry, fabulous baker brothers, lamb, nigella lawson, pancetta, pork, pumpkins, risotto, slow-cooked, squash on February 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Lardy Cake
Posted in bread, cakes, tagged fabulous baker brothers, fourses, lardy cake on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today, some friends & I went on a first aid course in a very cold Scout hut. You can always rely on us girls to make sure that we are well fed on such occasions so we had home made soup, home made cheese straws, home made rocky road and various other goodies. I saw [...]
Snow Pies
Posted in pies, tagged beef, fabulous baker brothers, pie, steak on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday the first snow of the winter was forecast. Fortunately we were having a night in, so a nice warming pie was the order of the day. I have been really enjoying The Fabulous Baker Brothers on Channel 4 and wanted to have a go at their steak pie. I have treated myself to the [...]
Taking Stock
Posted in basics, cakes, preserving, tagged beef, chocolate, cup cakes, marmalade, steak, stock on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My visit to the butchers yesterday was another learning experience. I feel a real numpty most times I visit, but do try to take the opportunity to ask questions. I was after a couple of rib eye steaks as our first meat dish of the year. They didn’t have any ready cut so I was [...]
Five Today
Posted in suppers, tagged blue cheese, cous cous, curry, frittata, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, mexican, mushrooms, pumpkin, salad, smoked mackerel, thai, thomasina miers, tortillas on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a busy couple of weeks, so I’m in blog catch up mode. Today is the 1st February which means we are no longer in meat free January and very soon I am of to the butchers to buy a couple of nice rib eyes! It’s been an interesting month and I have enjoyed [...]
