15 February 2023
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Something I have been experimenting with recently is creating vegetable stocks. For years I’ve often made meat stocks from things like the bones from chicken thighs or even what is left off I’ve picked the usable meat off the bones … Continue reading
11 August 2021
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I normally build my ratatouilles in hot pot, starting with softening onions and other aromatics, adding aubergines, courgettes and peppers and finishing off with tinned tomatoes, tomato puree, stock and some wine. Today, I tried a different approach in the … Continue reading
8 April 2011
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I was listening to The Average White Band’s classic funk track, Pick Up the Pieces, earlier this week but that only serves to give me a title for this post. I have made another of my slow-cooker lemon curds (yes, … Continue reading
1 March 2011
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Last month, I described how I attempted a lemon curd recipe and ended up with scrambled curd instead. Yesterday I returned to the fray, employing what I learned from that experience. This time I blended the lemon and sugar on … Continue reading
7 February 2011
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I had lemon curd on toast this morning, made doubly delicious by being the product of my own labour. The inspiration to cook it up, yesterday evening, came from having browsed the pages of our slow cooker book and spotted … Continue reading