16 February 2012
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I made an interesting pâté earlier this week, using up the giblets that came with the duck we roasted at the weekend and vaguely following a Nigel Slater recipe. Precision wasn’t an option as I didn’t have the chicken livers, cream or … Continue reading
30 January 2012
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Following up Saturday’s monkfish fritters from Rick Stein’s Spain, I then made two further dishes from the book yesterday. First was Oviedo-style beef stew which, unlike most beef stews, uses white wine rather than red as the liquid addition. Skipping … Continue reading
22 January 2012
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Hiding in the bottom of the freezer is one last bag of stewed, unsweetened rhubarb harvested from our garden last year. I think I know what I will use it for; a second helping of the sweet treat I cooked … Continue reading
30 November 2011
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I am heading off the the library shortly to take back a heavy stack of books including Valentine Warner’s The Good Table (Mitchell Beazley, London, 2011). I’ve tried several of the recipes in there but the one that I most … Continue reading
5 November 2011
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I often cook without a recipe, improvising on the basis of what I have available and the knowledge I have gradually amassed through experience. Sometimes I do turn back to a book when I am approaching something new. However, once … Continue reading
8 October 2011
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Recipes? I tend to play fast and loose with them but it is still worth reading them for ideas. One of today’s pickings from a library visit was Ainsley Harriot’s 100 Meals in Minutes. I didn’t have all the root … Continue reading
26 September 2011
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Here is another recipe scaled down from The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook. 100g caster sugar 2 eggs 50ml lemon juice 3 tsps lemon zest 150g plain flour 70g icing sugar pinch of salt 110g unsalted butter Line a baking dish or … Continue reading
23 September 2011
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I need to take a trip to the library to return some books, including The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook. I tried a couple of recipes from it, both of which worked well, including this fridge cake, which I scaled down to … Continue reading
14 September 2011
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One of the tomatoes I harvested this morning (my current tally is 75 fruit from our ‘Legend Bush’ plants) had dropped to the ground of its own accord and was only slightly tinged with orange and a bit mouldy on … Continue reading
6 September 2011
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Not willing to admit defeat, I had another go at making a fruit cheese last night. This time I used three apples and a tomato. An odd combination? Well, it was big, red, juicy and looked like it was on … Continue reading