I realise I said recently that I wasn’t that into desserts, but I do have to make an exception for Rice Pudding. Rice Pudding is surely one of the world’s great comfort foods, and was one of the few puddings my mother would regularly make when I was growing up. I still make it today, […]
Of all the soup recipes in this book, I’ve always thought that Cream of Celery sounded the least interesting. Consequently, I’ve never felt inclined to make it. The description, however, says “this is one of the finest British Soups it is possible to eat”. Hyperbole, surely. Let’s see. It all starts, rather unsurprisingly, with a […]
I don’t recall ever making goulash before. I guess I must have done, somewhere in the dim and distant past, but it’s certainly not something I’ve done recently. To be honest, I’m not even really sure what goes into goulash. Paprika, certainly, and a swirl of cream on the top, but what else? Well, I’m […]
I’m not really that into desserts, I much prefer the savoury courses, but there are a good few sweet things to make in The Prawn Cocktail Years, so I guess I’d better crack on with some of them. I have made profiteroles before, but not in very many years, so it’s a long time since […]
Regular readers will recall that I’ve made the Meat Pie before. However I missed out a key step, and so decided that I couldn’t really call it ‘done’ without actually doing it properly. Today is that day. If you gloss over the sheer terror of having to make pastry again, the Meat Pie is really […]
I have to confess, I’ve been dreading making this dish. It’s not that I don’t like Chicken Kiev – I do – it’s more the thought of all the things that could go horribly wrong with it. I mean, how on earth do you stop all that butter leaking out? Surely, it’s just not possible. […]
I’m somewhat ambivalent about liver. Now, liver in things is great – the addition of chicken livers to Spaghetti Bolognese, for example, is delicious, and I do love a good pâté. It’s eating it on its own that I’m less enamoured of. There are a few times when I’ve had liver and it’s been absolutely […]
Oxtail can be delicious. It can also be tough, chewy and unpleasant. Now, I do like a good Oxtail Soup, so how might this particular one turn out? The recipe calls for “1 oxtail”. No clues as to how much oxtail that actually is. I buy my oxtail in packs of 500g (or thereabouts). Is […]
There are two recipes in The Prawn Cocktail Years for cod with sauce, Cod with Anchovy and Egg Sauce, and Cod with Parsley Sauce. Not being a big fish person, I’ve never made either of these, but now it’s time to try. Today, anchovy and egg. It all starts off with heating some milk with […]
As I’ve said before, I’m not good with pastry, so it is with a little trepidation that I embark on making Lemon Meringue Pie. I’ve had some very good lemon meringues in my life, I’ve also had some very, very bad ones. A good lemon meringue has a light pastry base. The lemon layer is […]