With a passion for cooking world-wide cuisine, the head chef founded Food Fanatic to give back and share his recipes with the online foodie community.
Serves 1 / Difficulty – Easy / Ready in 20 minutes This is the famous sandwich from Birds of Prey. It’s basically a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich but what makes it so special is the ciabatta bread. Ingredients 1 ciabatta roll or half a ciabatta bread Butter (optional – I don’t bother with this)…
Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 20 minutes and cooks in 30 minutes This is a recipe that I have copied from the BBC website, it’s a good twist on Salmon and I really enjoyed it. I removed the 8 sun dried tomatoes which you can add back in if you like but…
Serves 4 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 1 hour & cooked in 1½ hour This is a twist on the British classic steak and kidney pudding. My wife does not like offal so I switched to using mushrooms instead and its a delicious change, I love both versions. Ingredients 450 grams steak cubed 3 tablespoons…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Ready in 5 minutes I first tasted truffle honey on cheese while waiting for a restaurant to open in Tuscany. The waiter led us to a shop outside the restaurant and asked us to sit and gave us some complimentary truffle honey on cheese. I was stunned by…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 20 mins cooks in 3 hours Cooking this beef curry for 3 hours results in a very tender meat in a tasty curry sauce. Best served with rice and flatbread of your choice to mop up the sauce. Ingredients 1 large onion, roughly chopped 2 garlic cloves…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 5 minutes This is my favourite bruschetta, its so quick and easy and for me just tastes of Italy. It serves as a great starter or an accompaniment to a glass of wine or a cheeky cocktail in the garden. Ingredients Two handfuls of finely chopped cherry…
Serves 4 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 20 mins cooks in 30 A classic English dish which is rich and creamy and comforting. Best served with some roast potatoes and broccoli which helps soak up some of the richness. Ingredients Butter for greasing Splash of olive oil 2 chicken breast cubed 50g of chopped…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 5 minutes and ready in 15 minutes I can never find fava beans so I use haricot which soaks up the lemon juice and olive oil just as well and makes a lovely soft to bite foul moudamas. Ingredients For the chicken 2 chicken breast, cut into…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 5 minutes and cooked in 10 minutes This is one of my go-to lunch recipes, quick, easy and very tasty and I’d imagine quite healthy if you are on a diet and choose gluten free pasta and skip the parmesan. Adjust the herbs / garlic amounts to…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 30 minutes, cooked in 3-4 hours This is another Italian classic, its easy to make and is one of my favourite stews. Ingredients 400g of diced beef Flour for dusting 1 onion, chopped 1 stick of celery, chopped 1 carrot, peeled and chopped 200g of tinned tomatoes…