How to make mascarpone more interesting…..
Some of you might that mascarpone is perfectly fine in its own right and I wouldn’t argue with that but the occasional twist and turn never did anyone any harm in my opinion. I love mascarpone, it’s rich, creamy and versatile.
I suppose I use ‘versatile’ in many of the recipes […]
Easy rice pudding recipe….
Rice Pudding has become a bit of a favourite of mine in recent years, as a child I detested it, I blame it on my school days. I was, quite literally force-fed sago, pudding, semolina and rice pudding by irate sports teachers who used their stopwatches to time our lunch breaks.
Those dreadful […]
A simple, cheap and healthy meal….
I mentioned the other day about putting more simple, easy to folllow ideas on here rather than some of my more elaborate restaurant dishes and here’s one that is very simple, cous cous with squid and chorizo.
I was thinking about how families have increasingly to balance their household […]
Recipe for set lemon cream….
Here’s a recipe for one of my all time favourite desserts; tangy, light and very moorish. It’s old fashioned, easy to make and just like my recent orange and date salad recipe is a perfect vehicle for other possibilities. I suppose the beauty of this dessert is in its […]
The most simple fruit dessert….
There is a beautiful orange tree on the grounds of one of our Spanish resorts which gets choc full of fruit and I wanted to do something which was very simple in order to fully showcase the fruit.
Desserts in Southern Spain should, in my opinion reflect the climate and one’s desire […]
Rose Gray of London’s River Cafe restaurant…..
A sad day in the chef world today with the news of the death of Rose Gray, co-founder of the legendary River Cafe restaurant in London. Along with her great friend Ruth Rogers she made Italian food fashionable and, more importantly accessible for the home cook throughout the late […]
Whole fish baked in salt, Spanish style…
Here’s a snapshot of how the Spanish bake a whole fish in a salt crust. Cooking fish in this way isn’t something you see too often outside of the Mediterranean and it’s a shame because it produces a really beautiful flavour.
Basically you take a whole fish such as a […]
A Spanish cookbook classic….
A major part of my work now involves restaurants and resorts in Spain so with that in mind I have been ’swatting up’ on my knowledge (or lack of) Spanish cuisine. For years now I have always tried to look beyond the standard dishes that we all readily associate with certain countries […]
Piri Piri Prawns with Spanish style lentils…..
Now as much as I love dal my all time favourite lentil dish bar none has to be the Spanish lentejas. I could, indeed do eat this every week. A couple of weeks ago I was devouring them with great gusto (a fat magician friend!!!) in an old tapas […]
What to cook on Valentines Day…..
Three days late but it will do for next year! So what should you cook for that special someone in your life on Valentines Day? Want to know what I cooked? Who that special someone is?
Well that special someone is me and my dish of choice was, wait for it…..lobster […]