Come summer and the heat our appetites tend to become lighter and healthier. Fish, and better yet raw fish is hard to beat in such cases. This raw Sea Bass dish hits the mark perfectly, indeed any raw or light fish dish does, so if this doesn’t take your fancy, why not try our Tuna…
Category: Food Recipes
Gin Gravlax
A while back I bought a book on home curing as I fancied trying my hand at it; needless to say, I never used it. But then, out of the blue, I got the impulse to make some gravlax, so I came up with this recipe. Serve with good bread, pickled cucumber and thin slices…
Ham Hock and Chicken Terrine
Ham hock terrine is a classic. Easier to make than it looks, it is hugely versatile and perfect for a starter, light meal, or picnic. It’s also a very adaptable recipe; you could use rabbit, or smoked chicken, different herbs, add vegetables, or even go full vegetarian with it. As long as the main ingredients…
Classic French Onion Soup
When you have a left over rib of beef bone, obviously you either give it to the dog or, as I did, make beef stock from it. Simply boil the bone in 600ml of water, with a bouquet garni, half an onion, a few cloves of garlic, half a carrot and a few inches of…
Entrecôte - Brushed with Thyme and Garlic Butter
Entrecôte is not my favourite cut of steak, it’s often tough and chewy given the way the sinew works thought he meat. But when done well it’s can make for a great meal and an inexpensive one at that. This dish is my preferred way to cook it, it adds additional flavour (it’s a lean…
Recipe: Pork Belly Bao
The Taiwanese snack food gua bao, known simply as bao, has become the ‘it’ snack food. With the likes of Yum Bun dishing them out to long waiting queues at street food markets, more and more Asian restaurants are offering them, or like Bao specialising in them, and even Nigella Lawson included them in her…