Pigeon Breast en-Croûte and Game Pâté: I really don’t know why I don’t buy pigeon breast more often. Tiny, tasty morsels which are actually quite healthy – each breast has around 135 calories depending on weight. And, like most game they are low in fat and high in protein. They are super easy to cook – […]
Melba Toasts – Posh Crackers from Leftover Bread
Melba Toast – how to make it: There are certain things which I firmly believe should be passed down through the generations. The making of Melba Toasts is one of those things – tiny sophisticated triangles of biscuity bread which pair perfectly with pates and dips and which look so much better than a bowl […]
Pasta Arrabbiata
The Easiest Pasta Lunch – Pasta Arrabbiata: I was sent some pasta from Cook Italian and wanted to see how good it was. In my view, the best way to test the quality of ingredients is to use them to make something very simple. But, the other joy of this recipe is that it forms […]
Low Calorie Celeriac Soup – with Wicked Blue Cheese Croutons
Low-Calorie Celeriac Soup Recipe and More for The Big Broth: As any regular reader of London-Unattached may have noticed I share recipes for a lot of home-made soup. Celeriac Soup is one of my own personal favourites – I love the taste of celery and by using celeriac I can avoid the stringy bits on […]
Low Calorie Leek and Potato Soup
Diet Leek and Potato Soup Recipe – comfort food from my childhood: Every weekend that I am in London I wander over to the Farmers’ Market at Oval. My first stop is always the same. I go to the first farm stall to buy chicken carcasses – 4 for a pound. I boil them up […]
Italian Style Canapes for the Festive Season
Easy Festive Canapes with Prosciutto di San Daniele and Grana Padano: It is coming up to that time of year. Christmas and New Year are approaching fast – the holiday season. Just as we are all really busy shopping for the perfect presents, preparing for Christmas lunch and cleaning the house ready for the Mother […]
Cooking for His Excellency:
Recipes fit for His Excellency – 4 Grosvenor Square – A Cookbook by Danilo Cortellini: English people of a certain age often smile when being offered a Ferrero Rocher sweet and will often quote a line from a cheesy 1993 television advert, “You’re spoiling us Mr Ambassador”. Rather tongue in cheek, we were actually served […]
Hot Smoked Salmon Lettuce Boats – Low Calorie
Delicious Ideas with Hot Smoked Salmon – Lettuce Boats Nutritious and tasty, I love salmon. It’s a rich, oily fish full of vitamin B and D and in omega 3 fatty acids. So it’s good brain food as well as being protein rich. While it’s nothing like eating a sticky toffee pudding with clotted cream, Salmon […]
Japanese Cookery with Yuki Gomi – Salmon Ceviche
Japanese Home Cooking with Yutaka and Yuki Gomi: I love Japanese food. Of course dining out in restaurants serving beautiful dishes of sushi and sashimi is one aspect of the food. But, there are plenty of other Japanese dishes which are perhaps just a little more suited to the home cook. Yuki Gomi is a […]
Basic Summer Cooking – Quick Courgette Ratatouille Recipe
Courgette Ratatouille with Summer Savoury: This ratatouille recipe is really an early summer dish – when the first vine tomatoes are really ripe and there are young, fresh courgettes available. Very simple to make, it keeps well in the fridge for three or four days, works cold with a salad or warmed up to serve […]