6.9.19 Go To Fruit Cake One of the few recipes I make time and time again, is the fruit cake from Jane Brocket’s Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer, which is sadly out of print now (it is an ‘old’ book, published 2008, but it looks like you can still get second hand copies on Amazon…
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On the menu – pasta fail/rescue, harissa chicken, a winter salad and chai tea banana cake
Sunday I attempted to make Gino D’Acampo’s Fusilli Al Quattro Formaggi from Gino’s Pasta, the sauce was interesting, it didn’t require a roux but I think that’s where it fell down. You heat the milk then add the cheese and well, the sauce just looked totally split and not at all appetising. Maybe that’s what…
On the menu – Mince Pie Cookies and Creamy Tomato Pasta
Tuesday I made Nigella’s Cranberry mince pies on Friday (not blogged, as not a new recipe for me, I make them pretty much every year, they have the perfect mincemeat for people who don’t like mincemeat) and as I had some mincemeat left, I made Mince Pie Cookies from a recipe by Jamie Oliver. I…
On the menu – The Magic Fridge plus some Nigella and Lorraine Pascale
Friday This is the Sorrento Pizza from The Magic Fridge, a lovely book that has a collection of recipes that you can make in bulk, stick in the fridge or freezer and then use as a base for other recipes in the book. There’s a pizza chapter, with various recipes you can use your very…
On the menu – more Nigella and The Art of the Larder
Saturday So I made the chilli cheese garlic bread from Nigella’s At My Table and, well, it was okay. It was nice bread with LOTS of butter, so you basically can’t go wrong but it disappointed a bit with whole chilli, garlic, cheese side of it. The chilli side of it was never going to…
On the menu – More ‘More Veg’, ‘The Art of the Larder’ plus another cake from Nigella
Friday This one was from The Art of the Larder by Clare Thomson, really simple but really nice, spaghetti* with pecorino and black pepper says it all really. Monday Another Hugh FW More Veg recipe, Roast New Potatoes and Courgette with Dill. This was okay, I like making roast new potatoes but I think that…
On the menu – more Hugh, Nigella and Ed Smith plus some John Whaite
Tuesday I am trying to increase the number of different types of veg I eat, I’m not good with root vegetables, unless it’s potatoes, carrots, beetroot or at a push, parsnip. So, anyway, today’s attempt was swede, I have eaten swede before, it is quite nice mashed but in this, roast swede vegeree from Hugh…
On the menu – Potato-fest, guest starring carrots, chickpeas and onions
Friday (Veggie) sausages and mash scream for red onions in some form of accompaniment. Or to be strictly truthful, I desperately wanted to make the Garlic and Parmesan Mash from Nigella’s new book and mash = sausages = red onions. Anyway, the mash was lovely, as were the red onions, which were also from a…
On the menu – proper food, pleeease
Not a proper ‘on the menu’ this week, my TMJ has been particularly bad this week, so I’ve been living off risotto, mashed potato and yoghurt, pleeease jaw, I would just like to be able to chew stuff! I can’t see my diet particularly improving over at least the next two weeks, so if ‘on the…
On the menu – Christmas cooking concluded
Friday S had a cooking splurge at the beginning of the holidays, as well as her signature shortbread and the christmas cake I mentioned last week, she also made giant gingerbread men (using a cutter I picked up on a whim from Lakeland). She used this recipe, multiplied by one and a half, as we…
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