I confess I’ve been a little lax these past few weeks. It’s not that I haven’t been cooking, it’s just that I’ve been making things that aren’t in the Prawn Cocktail Years. Well, that’s not going to get this challenge done now, is it. So, onward – I have some interest meals planned for the […]
I love pasties. I know I should make them more often, but I’m never that confident with making pastry. If I made them more often though, I’d surely get more confident. I really should just keep making them. Anyway, I made Cornish Pasties. Spoiler alert: they were *good*. Since 2011, Cornish Pasties have had Protected […]
The weather is glorious right now, sunny and very warm. Barbecues and eating outside are very much the order of the day. So, two very easy recipes to accompany a selection of meats from the barbecue: Potato Salad and Tomato Salad. I make potato salad fairly regularly, especially in summer. I’ve made many different styles […]
Moussaka is really just a fancy Greek kind of shepherd’s pie. It can, in my experience, tend to be a bit on the oily side, but the authors here are very clear about what a good moussaka should be. Besides, I’ve made this particular recipe before, although not for quite a few years now. I was […]
Ratatouille is one of my favourite Pixar movies, and so I’ve been hankering after making this dish ever since I started this project. Well, our Riverford veg box included an aubergine this week, so that was all I needed to spur me into action. According to the book, Ratatouille “languishes in a somewhat tarnished reputation”. […]
After my first, not too successful, attempt at making taramasalata, I was determined to try again. The problem with the previous version was a strong bitter aftertaste, and I was convinced that it was the onion juice that was causing that. So, I made a new batch today. I followed exactly the same recipe, but […]
Sometimes, when you cook a recipe, it all just falls perfectly into place. Everything works exactly as it should, at exactly the right time. Sometimes, though, fate plays a different hand, and nothing pans out quite the way you want. So it felt with this cheesecake. It’s years since I’ve made a cheesecake, so I decided […]
I love both hummus and taramasalata, and thought they’d be a great pair of things to make to snack on together with some nice slices of toast. I regularly make hummus, but have never made my own taramasalata before, so I was keen to try that out. Both are very simple recipes and wouldn’t take […]
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, I’m definitely a savoury kind of guy. That means I don’t make puddings and desserts very often, and the thought of making something like a set custard sends shivers down my spine. Well, I have a Crème Caramel to make, I guess I should get it out of […]
I cooked lettuce once. It was a Nigella Lawson recipe. We didn’t enjoy it, it was awful. To this day, I don’t know whether it was the recipe, the lettuce, or my execution that was at fault. All I know is that we didn’t (couldn’t) eat it – it went into the bin. For the […]