Serves 4 portions / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 10 mins, cooked in 10 A versatile curry sauce, great for Katsu chicken, or chop and fry some cubed chicken breast and add to the sauce and cook through to make a chinese style chicken curry (ensure the chicken is well cooked and no pink inside).…
Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 15 minutes & cooks in 25 mins As always making your own is much better than the shop bought variety. And vegetarians and meat eaters alike will love these slices. They are very versatile, serve smaller sized portion as an appetiser or party food, or serve a…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep and cooking time around 45 minutes depending on the type of rice used This is one of my favourite Indian rice dishes and a great addition to any of the Indian curries in this website. Ingredients 120g Basmati Rice 5 medium chestnut mushrooms or handful of button…
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 – 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 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 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…