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 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 grandma was a dreadful cook […]
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 […]
The Meat Elite – Steak made Simple
Flat Iron, Picanha, Onglet and More: If you regularly buy your meat from a supermarket, you may have noticed a raft of labelling on meat packaging. And a raft of new cuts of meat – Flat Iron, Hanger and Picanha. It appears there is a connection between the two, as I learnt at a recent […]
Welsh Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puddings
The Sunday Roast – Welsh Beef and Yorkshire Puddings: Part of the fabric of British culture, the Sunday Roast is sacrosanct. When I was growing up the roast was that one meal a week where my mother couldn’t experiment with yet another ‘frugal’ recipe. We alternated beef (with Yorkshire Puddings), pork, lamb and chicken (my […]
Classic Ways with Beef – Boeuf Bourguignon
Boeuf Bourguignon – My First ‘French’ Dish: As a teenager I used to spend a month every summer staying with a French family. The intention of course, was for me to improve my French. The reality was that I spoke very little French (although to this day I can follow a conversation without too much problem). […]