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.

Food Fanatic New Orleans Gumbo Recipe

New Orleans Style Gumbo Recipe

Serves 4 / Difficulty – Hard / Prep 1 and cooks in 2 1/2 hrs For this recipe to work in the UK you have to make the stewed tomatoes yourself and I swapped gumbo file powder for cornflour and andouille sausage for nduja and kielbasa sausage (nduja has the taste and kielbasa has the…

Bacon and broccoli quiche

Bacon and Broccoli Quiche Recipe

Serves 4-6 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 30 minutes and 30 minutes cooking time. This is often requested dish, and when I make it for guests I often get asked for the recipe. I enjoy it with a side salad of chopped tomatoes and celery, some salad leaves with a nice salad dressing of…

Roasted lamb shanks

Lamb Shanks with Garlic Roasted Potatoes

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 10 minutes and 3 hours cooking time. This is rich hearty tasty dish, including the potatoes when softened before roasting then cooked in lard and garlic they are very crispy and creamy tasting potatoes… delicious. Ingredients 2 lamb shanks Olive oil Small glass of white wine Rosemary…

Spaghetti bolognese recipe

Ragu Sauce Recipe

Serves around 8 / Difficulty – Medium / Ready in 3-4 hours A versatile sauce, best served as a bolognese or lasagne. You need to cook this a lot to remove the fresh meat taste and refine the flavour. Ingredients 50g celery 50g onions 50g carrots 1 tablespoon olive oil 250g minced pork 500g beef minced 250g white wine…

Spaghetti bolognese recipe

Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Ready in 10 minutes. This is a quick and easy delicious classic pasta which I consider another comfort food. In Italy it’s not eaten as often as you would think and probably more loved here in England. You’ll find my recipe for the ragu sauce here. Ingredients 300g…

Paprika roasted salmon recipe

Paprika Roasted Salmon Recipe

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 10 mins and 20 minutes cooking time. This is a low calorie easy dish that creates a nice sauce for the salmon – as lovely as salmon is cooked plainly it can get a bit boring sometimes. This sauce gives it a nice pick-me-up. Ingredients 2 Salmon…