Regular readers may have noticed that it’s been a little quiet here just lately. We’ve been away on holiday for the past couple of weeks – sixteen days in a lovely spot on the north coast of Tenerife. During that time, we ate an endless array of delicious things: pork, paella, tapas, more pork, perfectly […]
And now for the third asparagus recipe: Asparagus with Vinaigrette. In the introduction to the asparagus recipe, the authors say “Melted butter is possibly the first choice for hot asparagus, vinaigrette with cold.” So, I guess I ought to serve this asparagus cold. I’d planned on some fried chicken for the evening meal, and figured […]
Time for the second of the four asparagus sauces: Hollandaise. I’m not actually sure I’ve ever made a hollandaise sauce before. I’m sure I must have done, but certainly not in recent memory. Hollandaise sauce is basically a lightly cooked mayonnaise, except instead of whisking oil into egg yolks, clarified butter is used. Now, I […]
It’s asparagus season – my favourite food season of all! I love asparagus. It has to be proper, fresh, in-season, British asparagus though, not that tasteless stuff they fly over from Peru all year round. The asparagus season is woefully short, only a couple of months at best, and so at this time of year, […]