Pairing Italy and Portugal with Food and Wine As summer draws to a close, I crave tender, slow-cooked casseroles with rich wine-infused gravy and meltingly tender meat. Dishes like this Italian Beef Casserole. While I love French style boeuf bourguignon and British (or is it Irish) beef in Guinness, ale or stout, I wanted to […]
Sous-Vide Fillet Steak
The Perfect Sous-Vide Fillet Steak and the Perfect Pairing with Caliterra Tributo 2017 Malbec What do you pair with Malbec? I personally think there’s always a good reason when there’s an obvious and popular choice. Pairing South American Malbec with steak is one of those choices you or I would almost certainly make in a […]
Mum’s Classic Beef Stroganoff
Classic Beef Stroganoff – My Mother’s Dinner Party Dish: My mother was a woman of great character. Cookery was not something that she ever wanted on her personal CV but when my father became the GP in a small seaside town, she was thrown into ‘Entertaining’. It was expected that the doctor had a formal […]
Mum’s Cornish Pasties Recipe
How to make Cornish Pasties – the Somerset Way Go straight to the recipe When we were little, one of my mother’s staple dishes for weekday suppers was Cornish Pasties. She made her Cornish Pasties with flaky pastry which took an inordinate amount of preparation, but which she thought hid her poor pastry skills. My […]
Spiced Beef Casserole with Guinness and Orange
Spiced Beef and Guinness Casserole with Orange. It’s winter. And I have a brand new slow cooker thanks to the lovely people at Crock-UK. I’ve been dying to try it out and the other day I christened it using one of my family’s favourite recipes, a warming Spiced Beef and Guinness Casserole with orange. I’ve […]
TheJuciest Burger Ever Recipe from Hellmanns
The Story of a Home Made Beef Burger: Do you ever get a craving for a burger? One that just won’t go away… That need to sink your teeth into something meaty, juicy and incredibly tasty. The sort of craving that just doesn’t equate to a ready-made meat pattie or (heaven forbid) a fast food […]
Simple Low Calorie Beef Stroganoff
Diet Beef Stroganoff – a Healthy Low Calorie Treat after my 5:2 Fast. I make variations on the stroganoff theme whenever I want something that tastes a little luxurious. It is stunningly simple and depends on good quality ingredients and careful preparation to make a delicious meal. This evening I’ve made a diet beef stroganoff, […]
Halloween Special – Witches Finger Chilli and Naughty Nachos.
Halloween Themed Food – Witches Finger Chilli: I don’t normally bother trying to make Halloween themed dishes. But, if you’ve ever been invited to one of those pot-luck events as a food-blogger you may well feel my pain. For some reason people assume I can cook (that’s OK – I can) and that I can […]
Masterchef Challenge – Picahna Beef Cap with Chimichurri
As Good as it Gets – Salt Crust Picahna Beef with Chimichurri: While I’m horribly camera shy, I AM always tempted by a challenge. Especially when it involves cooking with some of the finest meat available in the UK. So, despite the fact that I spent most of July travelling, I still accepted a cookery […]
Cooking the Perfect Steak
Perfect Steak Just the Way I Like It: Much has been written about how to cook the perfect steak. And, as with all cookery, much is about personal taste. Anyone who has been to an Argentinian Steakhouse like Gaucho Piccadilly or one of London’s new breed of steak houses (Goodman, Hawksmoor and the like) will […]