Cooking a cioppino with frozen shellfish from The Berwick Shellfish Co. The British shellfish industry is in the news at the moment for all the wrong reasons. Hit by a double whammy of restaurants closed due to Covid-19 plus the shambles of Brexit that has seen shellfish rotting when it should have been whisked over […]
French Date Night – A Valentine’s Menu
Avoid “une loterie d’amour” with our French Date Night Menu There’s nothing more romantic than zipping over to Paris on the Eurostar for a Valentine’s date with your significant other. But we can’t do that at the moment… Putain! So on February 14th, we will all be downing a couple of Valium, searching for our […]
Battered Cod and Chips with Easy Tartar Sauce
The Great British Fish and Chips! #Ad: Written in Conjunction with Opies Skip straight to my Gentle reader, do you crave certain foods? Chocolate perhaps? Ice-cream or homemade cookies? When you should be cooking your fish en papillote with green vegetables, do you crave a fish and chips shop special? I know I do […]
Italian Date Night – A Valentine’s Menu
Slow-Cooked Venison Shank in Red Wine for an Italian Date Night Dinner This is the second of our date-night menus, which we are sharing just ahead of Valentine’s Day. If your taste is more for British food and an all British date-night, then do take a look at our English Sparkling Wine with Scottish Seafood […]
A British Date-Night Menu with Hambledon Classic Cuvée and Langham Wine Estate Rosé 2017
No sex please, we’re British! Since restaurants are shut at the moment and it’s impossible to sweep your beloved off to Paris for a romantic staycation, here at London Unattached we are providing you with three internationally themed date-night menus just in time for Valentine’s day with matched wines. This is the first in the […]
A love affair with schnitzel – frugal pork or decadent Weiner Schnitzel with veal
Wiener schnitzel with veal or pork schnitzel – one recipe, two choices. A recipe I remember from my childhood, Weiner Schnitzel or veal schnitzel was always a treat. My mother ALWAYS used veal and made her own breadcrumbs. An authentic Wiener schnitzel. Part of the reason I loved the dish was because I always got […]
Grilled Lamb Steak with Lentils and a Super Tuscan for 2021
Italian style lentils with grilled lamb steak paired with Gagliole organic Super Tuscan 2016 The idea of serving my own idea of Italian style lentils with grilled lamb steaks marinated in Italian herbs and garlic and paired with a super Tuscan wine seems entirely appropriate. In a country of tradition and authenticity, the Super Tuscan […]
A Piquant British take on a Classic Persian Lamb Fesenjan
Lamb Fesenjan with Opies Pickled Walnuts. #Ad: Written in Conjunction with Opies My first attempt at a Lamb Fesenjan, inspired by trying the dish in a Persian restaurant in London, was a sticky and very sweet mixture which bore little resemblance to the dish I’d enjoyed. The original, served to me at a restaurant called […]
Rump Steak with Blue Cheese and Opies Pickled Walnuts
From the perfect pairing to a triumphant trio of flavours – steak, blue cheese and pickled walnuts. #Ad: Written in Conjunction with Opies Opies Pickled Walnuts, synonymous with the Christmas cheeseboard in my house, are one of those store-cupboard staples I keep having to buy. For a start, they end up on every platter of […]
Jerk Chicken, Rice and Peas with Eaten Alive
Using Fermented Sauce for Jerk Chicken with Rice and Peas. The trend for fermented foods is growing. A process which uses bacteria and yeast to break down sugars in food and sometimes enhance food preservation you may unwittingly have been enjoying foods which are fermented all your life. Bread of all sorts but particularly sourdough, […]