Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep time 2-3 hrs including marinating / Cooking time 30 mins This is a rich flavoursome tandoori curry, enjoy eaten as a main with some rice and Indian breads. This one is so easy to make as apart from the onion and ghee all the ingredients go into…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 10 mins / Marinading time 1 hr onwards This is a nice, fresh take on chicken and ideal for BBQ’s but also tastes fantastic cooked indoors. I recommend making a nice coleslaw and some roasted potatoes as a side dish. Ingredients For the rub Fresh rosemary, chopped…
Serves 4 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 5 mins If you follow this method exactly to the letter – it is a no fail recipe for what can otherwise be quite a tricky sauce. It is important the butter is piping hot and that you trickle it slowly into the blender. And then if…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 40 mins Apparently there are 37 varieties of Caponata in Sicily alone which is where the recipe originates – so I don’t mind cheating with the tomatoes which is why I call this ‘Quick Caponata’ as you don’t have the cook and peel them. This is a…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 20 mins and cooks in 1 hour (includes roasting time) The first time I tried this was in a local restaurant I was amazed by the flavours. I asked the owner how they got the smoked flavour and he told me a local supplier provided him with…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – easy / Prep 5 mins and 10 mins cooking time I first had Padron peppers in a local European restaurant that has regular Mexican nights as one of the owners is from Mexico. These were always the highlight dish and they are actually very very easy to prepare. Ingredients 1…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 2 mins and cooks in 5 mins These are so easy, tasty and often impress guests. Serve with my tasty Patatas Bravas recipe Ingredients Manchego cheese Flour tortilla’s Unsalted butter Method Heat a frying pan large enough to take the round tortilla bread Add a knob of butter…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 10 minutes, cooks in 45 This is one of my go to Spanish dishes when making tapas, very easy and very tasty. The trick with the sauce is to balance the amounts of olive oil and salt which removes the acidity of the tomatoes during cooking. Sauces…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 30 minutes and cooks in 2 hours. This is one of my go-to lamb recipes, it’s easy, tasty and the meat just falls away from the bone. Delicious for an evening meal. Ingredients 3 tablespoons olive oil 2 lamb shanks 1 onion, roughly chopped 2 carrot, roughly chopped…
Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 20 minutes and cooks in 5 This is a quick, easy to make evening meal which tastes more impressive than the work that goes into it. Ingredients 750g medium waxy potatoes, cut into wedges 1 head broccoli, cut into florets 250ml tub crème fraîche 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard 2…