Makes 6-8 pancakes / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 5 minutes and cooked in 10 These make lovely fluffy pancakes and are best served with grilled, crispy streaky bacon and loads of good quality Maple Syrup. I much prefer them to English pancakes. Ingredients 190g self raising flour 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt…
Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 20 minutes and 45 minutes cooking time This is a one pot meal that is good on it’s own or add rice to make more substantial. Ingredients One knob of butter 2 tbsp olive oil 4 chicken thighs or legs, skin removed (before or after cooking) Seasoned…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 5 minutes The classic side dish for Mexican food and fajitas. Ingredients 2 tomatoes ½ red onion ½ lime, juiced Ground sea salt 1 red chilli pepper (optional) Method Finely chop the tomatoes and remove the white. Finely chop the red onion. If adding the red chilli…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 20 minutes and cooked in 3 hours You can also swap the beef for chicken (marinade with the rub and some olive oil, then stir fry until cooked). And also make fajita’s with this recipe by simply adding a tortilla, salsa (find my recipe here) and soured…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 30 minutes and 45 minutes cooking time One of the ultimate comfort foods, this is my tasty version of an English classic. Swap beef for lamb and you get a Shepherds pie. Ingredients For the filling 250g of minced beef 1 onion 1 small carrot 1 stick…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 10 minutes and cooks in 10 A quick and easy lunch or dinner and is much tastier than you would think. Ingredients 190g of penne pasta Salt 1 head of broccoli, florets, chopped into 2cm pieces Freshly ground black pepper Small handful of pine nuts Olive oil…
Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 10 minutes and 25 minutes cooking time. This is a fairly quick inexpensive evening meal with lots of flavour. Make sure the potatoes are waxy and you’ll get much better results. Ingredients 700g waxy potatoes, peeled and cut into 3cm cubes 1 small onion, thinly sliced 25g…
Serves 8-10 / Difficulty – Easy / Preparation 30 minutes and 45-1 hour baking time Most of the time I hear people saying carrot cake is too dry, well this a proper carrot cake, very moist with a delicious tangy creamy topping. Its one of the best carrot cakes I have ever tasted and it…
Serves 2-4 / Difficulty – Easy / Preparation and cooking in around 30 minutes This is a Rick Stein recipe that is pretty easy and very delicious. My mother in law makes a pasta all busara and if there is any sauce left over you can keep and use it to make a quick tasty…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 20 minutes and around 10 minutes cooking time For the truffle I find the Truffle Hunter brand quite good and judging by the reviews so do other people. I have tried other brands but they can be almost tasteless – the Truffle Hunter sells minced which you…