Dear Heston, About your chilli recipe, you were right, it is amazing. Granted I didn’t have the wood chips and the blow torch but still and all it was really great. Such dept of flavour and the chilli butter is a really good idea, I’m kicking myself I didn’t think of it before!:-> This ode to Heston’s chilli con carne with spiced butter comes about … Continue reading Chilli Con Carne – Heston Blumenthal Style
Brown breads, soda breads, enriched breads, brioche, pain au raisin – I love them all. Not for everyday eating but on occasion. Baking bread evokes memories of being at home in the kitchen with my mum where bread was made very regularly. Probably the first thing I ever learnt to make … I starting with being allowed mark the cross on the soda bread, moving … Continue reading Cinnamon Pull Apart Bread
Raw Chocolate Tart This is an adaption from Channel 4’s River Cottage episode in which Raw food expert Laura Coxeter showed Hugh how to make a chocolate tart with raw ingredients. I reduced the amount of cocoa powder and added 100gr of good quality dark chocolate. Similarly the agave nectar is for sweetness but I have problems with the Fructose so I decided I would … Continue reading Raw Chocolate Tart
The weather is mad here again – temperatures are pretty cool, there is monsoon rain forecast but that makes it perfect weather for a hot steamy laksa. These are great for getting your daily quotient of veggies into you and the possibilities for variety are endless if you have beans, peas, leaves, beansprouts. Leave out the meat if you fancy a meat free day or … Continue reading Chicken and Lemongrass Laksa
This is not a hugely well known vegetable, when I bought it the girl in the shop had to examine it as she had never seen it before in her life! Her words! Coming into the end of their season but should be around for another few weeks to try this recipe. The sweet earthy flavour of the artichoke pairs beautifully with the smoked fish … Continue reading Smoked Fish and Artichoke Gratin
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