This is from Bill Granger’s excellent Bill’s Everyday Asian book and its always a crowd pleaser. It’s quick, simple, and we have it regularly. I’ve made batches in its entirety (bar the spring onion) and frozen it, or cooked the whole thing early in the day and re-heated in the evening as part of a… Continue reading Vietnamese lemon grass chicken
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Turkish Delight
Full credit for this (ahem) delightful recipe goes to Felicity Cloake, the excellent columnist from The Guardian. Probably not my best plan to make it on the hottest day of the year, but hey, we had friends coming for dinner in the sunshine, and these fit the bill precisely. It might not be exactly like… Continue reading Turkish Delight
Pan fried fish with tarragon beurre blanc, hasselhoff potatoes + veg
Yes yes I know they’re really called hasselback potatoes, but that’s not what we call them in our house. You can use any firm white fish for this, and the tarragon is entirely optional. Everything’s entirely scaleable depending on how many you’re feeding, and the sauce feeds about 4 – I used Jamie Oliver’s clever… Continue reading Pan fried fish with tarragon beurre blanc, hasselhoff potatoes + veg
Cinnamon raisin cookies
Everyone loves a cinnamon raisin cookie, and these are easy-peasy. The hardest part is leaving the cookie dough to chill in the fridge for half an hour before baking. Oh and it’s worth saving any leftover dough to put into the freezer to chop up into vanilla ice-cream…. just saying. Ingredients 110g softened butter (I… Continue reading Cinnamon raisin cookies
Date Crumble Slice
I think my family possibly love this oaty date crumble slice more than they actually love me. It is indeed very good, but really? This makes about 24 delightful squares. Ingredients Dates: 300g pitted dried dates, chopped 250ml water Crumble: 300g softened butter (I use stork) 330g light brown sugar 390g plain flour 3/4 tsp… Continue reading Date Crumble Slice
Clover Club
If it’s Friday night, it needs to be a cocktail – and this is a doozy. This is a Clover Club, first made for me by a bartender in London who made me write down the recipe (what a lovely lady!). Ingredients (enough for 2, because no one wants to drink a cocktail alone!) 150ml… Continue reading Clover Club
Chicken with tarragon + dijon mustard
Another quick Diana Henry recipe that we’ve returned to time and time again – ignore the knob of butter on the rice in the photo (I was messing around with presentation) and instead melt the remaining buttery tarragon yumminess and serve as a sauce. Serves 4. Ingredients 50g salted butter (room temp or softer) 8… Continue reading Chicken with tarragon + dijon mustard
Chicken with black pudding + pine nuts
I’ve made more food from Diana Henry’s amazeballs A Bird in The Hand cookbook than possibly any other recipe book I own – I’ve also bought copies for numerous friends and they all love it too. Black pudding might not be for everyone, but my family love it and we return to this dish time… Continue reading Chicken with black pudding + pine nuts
Nectarine + Almond cake
A fabulous yet simple recipe from Mastering the Art of Baking by Anneka Manning, this cake is wonderful. I love it as is with a coffee for second breakfast, while my family prefer it with a slurp of cream. Ingredients 125g soft unsalted butter (I use stork for cakes) 110g caster sugar 2 large eggs… Continue reading Nectarine + Almond cake
Pasta with All The Veg
Chop chop chop bish bash bosh and it’s done. Easy mid-week dinner ahoy. If you’re not in the mood for pasta, make the veg (stir in a little plain flour too), pop it in an oven proof dish, fling on some puff pastry et voila! You’ve made a pie. Or add in shredded cooked chicken,… Continue reading Pasta with All The Veg
From My Kitchen 