I cooked two things today which, whilst tasting fine, didn’t quite look the ticket! The first was the white loaf from the fabulous baker brothers. it came together fine; I hand kneaded it for 10 minutes and did the pokey finger test, then left it to rise for 2 hours having first dug out a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cheese’
(Not quite) Rising to the Occasion
Posted in baking, bread, suppers, tagged bread, cheese, leeks, souffle on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Birthday Food Heaven
Posted in ingredients, tagged bread, cheese, coffee, ham, honey, hotels, jamie oliver, meringue, mushrooms, olive oil, restaurants, shortbread, vinegar, wine on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have recently celebrated a big birthday (the clue is in the picture!) and my dear friends clubbed together to buy me the most wonderful hamper of goodies mostly from Borough Market. The hamper was sprayed and decorated to match the decor in our new dining area and each person had written a dedication in [...]
Lazy Sunday
Posted in baking, bread, soups, tagged bread, cheese, greenhouse, peppers, pork, soup, tomatoes on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At this time of year, when the weather is foul, I really love nothing more than spending the day pottering in the kitchen. And what could be better to cook and eat than a piping hot bowl of soup, especially when it uses up all those bits and bobs of veggies that are lurking around [...]
October Suppers
Posted in suppers, tagged apples, aubergines, beef, beer, brocolli, carrots, cauliflower, cheese, chicken, courgettes, curry, fennel, mushrooms, parma ham, pasta sauce, pine nuts, prunes, pumpkins, risotto, salad, sausages, spinach on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of our more interesting October Suppers: Autumn pasta (October scans p1) – Broccoli, mushrooms, parma ham & pine nuts; autumn on a plate! Sausages in Apple Gravy (October scans p4) – really tasty with a lovely gravy which the boys really liked too. Home made Chicken Kiev (October Scans p18) – a [...]
Sunday lunch
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cheese, duck, jamie oliver, village show on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
M&A came for lunch today so thought I’d cook duck as we all like it rather a lot! Fortunately Sainsbury’s had a half price offer on as lets face it, one duck was never going to be enough four of us, even if two are small people!. I found a recipe for [...]
