Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 30-40 minutes and cooks in 5 minutes A classic dish that is really not very difficult if you have the patience to deal with the lobster. I’ll be honest and say that as the picture shows I often don’t bother putting the meat back in the shell…
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Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep ½ hr – cooks in 4 Many years ago I lived in Greenwich and there was an amazing Indian restaurant that served a dish called a Nepalese Khutta which I ordered often, it had a gravy-like taste to it which I have never come across before or…
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Makes 8 medium balls / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 45 mins and fried in 5 minutes I first discovered arancini existed whilst watching an episode of the Sicilian detective series Inspector Montelbano, and the episode was called ‘Gli arancini di Montalbano’, obviously arancini featured heavily and I had to know what these little balls…
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Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 20 mins and 1.5 hours cooking time. I recall Apple notified me of this recipe when I was reading my iPad one evening and I instantly thought that I had to try it. I wasn’t disappointed and I have copied the recipe intact which was from Olive…
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Makes 4 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 20 mins and cooks in 10 With the runny yolk these are a crowd pleaser, I’ve literally had people clapping in surprise when serving these up. Great fun and much better than the shop bought eggs. You can use the Paxo golden bread crumbs but I like…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Serves 4 / Difficulty – Medium / 10 minutes prep & around 30 minutes cooking time. This is the best mushroom risotto I have tasted, which is lucky as it’s made by my wife and she would know if I was lying every time she asks me ‘how was it?’. Ingredients 200g exotic mushroom mix…
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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…
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