Roman-Style Chicken Cacciatore Recipe and Chablis Fourchame Jean Durup 2018 Gentle reader, do you ever consider the best way to pair food and wine? For me, without a doubt, I get the best pairings when I am in a good restaurant where the sommelier has tried all the dishes in advance and has personally selected […]
Gressingham Duck Recipe – A Special Dinner – Chinese Roast Duck
Gressingham Duck Recipe. Duck is hugely underrated meat, and I really can’t think why. If you like beef, and you like chicken as well then, while duck is not exactly a mix of the two, trust me, you’ll like it. The meat from duck is also very low in fat, so if you are watching […]
Turkey Breast Paupiettes with Pickled Walnut, Apple and Sage
Christmas in a Parcel – Turkey Breast Paupiettes with Opies Pickled Walnuts. #Ad: Written in Conjunction with Opies It’s that time of year again! The festive season when everyone else seems to be planning a feast for 500 or so. For those of us with small families, though, I’m sharing some of the options around […]
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, […]
Chicken in Red Wine – Coq au Vin from Raymond Blanc
Classic Chicken in Red Wine or Coq au Vin paired with Moon Wine! For years I’ve made Chicken in Red Wine, Coq au Vin, using the recipe Elizabeth David called Coq au Vin de Bourgogne and the second of her two recommended methods. I generally drink French wine with it though not necessarily the Burgundy […]
Chicken with Wild Mushroom and Truffle Sauce
Creamy Chicken with Wild Mushroom and Truffle Sauce from Hello Fresh. Ad: This post was written in conjunction with Hello-Fresh Recipe boxes are a great way to learn how to make new dishes. All your ‘mise en place’ is done – the food arrives ready prepared and portioned. When you need a specific, unusual ingredient […]
5:2 Diet Frugal Fasting – Turkey Leftovers
5:2 Diet Frugal Fast Days – Spicy Turkey Meatballs These low-calorie spicy turkey meatballs are a result of looking for healthy ways to use turkey leftovers. One of the biggest challenges of the 5:2 diet for me has been how to cope with family Christmas. To some extent, I haven’t tried too hard. An advantage […]
Mediterranean Chicken Tray Bake and Wine
Delicious Mediterranean style chicken tray bake and a fabulous wine pairing. What do you do when you are craving roast chicken but you live by yourself. Or when you have a pack of chicken thighs or drumsticks but don’t want a casserole. So long as your chicken pieces still have skin (and preferably some bone) […]
Classic Coq Au Vin Recipe
Coq Au Vin – A Classic Recipe from my Childhood: Now I’m well past my forties, I’ve become a firm believer that fifty is the new twenty. Despite that, I increasingly find myself spotting things that were significantly different when I was growing up. There are certain foods which really seem to have changed in terms […]
Roast Chicken Supremes with Tarragon
Tarragon Roast Chicken Supremes Recipe Given half a chance I buy my meat from a butcher or from the local farmers’ market rather than from the supermarket. In the case of the butcher, I have rather a good ‘almost local’ butcher a few stops south on the tube. But, that’s a special journey, which only […]