As many of you already know Saturday night is my Pizza Night. Always pepperoni. For years I’ve followed a Jamie Oliver recipe for a basic bread dough which to be honest has served me very well. I’ve made this dough so many times that I no longer weigh the ingredients and I can gauge how much…
Author: gastrorob
January
After the over indulgent aftermath of the Christmas period, new year’s resolutions, crash diets and penniless pockets, January takes on a cloak of austerity. Our tastes become less extravagant and simple; we re-introduce the aspect of portion control in the hope that we will regain a waistline before the summer. The temperature having finally dropped…
Bamboo Steamer
I must have been a good boy this year as Santa left me lots of toys, admittedly, he didn’t leave them under my tree but in the kitchen. Not only did I get the Rolls Royce of pizza stones which I have to say is fantastic but I also got a proper bamboo steamer. I…
Back to Normal
Since mid December, my diet has generally been three courses (both at lunch and dinner) decadent and full of festive indulgence, or should I say indigestion! And even now as I sit here contemplating how much I’ve eaten I am still trying to organise another festive offering of food and wine – literally squeezing the Christmas out of the final days of the holidays.
Christmas Foodathon
Christmas Day is the traditional turkey lunch with all the trimmings and post lunch Queen’s-speech-nap whilst the Brussels work their way through you! But in many households, Christmas Eve, is more of a party with more people turning up and feasting at a banqueting table of food for everyone to pick at. I prefer eating…
Mulled Cider
Looking through recipe books and scouring websites, there are many Mulled Wine recipes all of them purporting to be “Christmas in a glass” served on stoves next to roaring log fires in Alpine ski lodges but I have to be honest and say that I am glad to have found a cider version of this…
Aubergine Curry with Cardamom Rice and lemon pickle
With the onset of cooler nights I want my dinners to pack warmth. The best and most effective way to add warmth to your dinner is by adding spice. There are so many different types of spice to add warmth to a meal that you can pretty much tailor make the flavours to suit you. Creating…
Butternut Squash
The weather seems to have finally cooled down. And as the nights draw in, the food I want to cook and eat celebrates the mid-autumn vegetable haul: plump pumpkins, purple plums, gorgeous gourds and the last of the summery fruits. With pumpkins hogging the limelight in October and being resigned to be carved into jack-o-lanterns…
Be Inventive
I was going to be away from home for a week and I needed to make sure there was nothing left in the fridge that would turn before I got back. I didn’t want to have to face the prospect of arriving from holiday to find I had a smelly fridge that needed cleaning out. There are times when foraging in…
Summer Berry Trifle for ONE.
Sneaky Summer Berry Trifle for One! Easy to put together and just as easy to eat. Ingredients: 1 ginger biscuit Big handful of summer berries 1 tbspn sugar Double cream Vanilla paste/extract/vanilla pods Toasted flaked almonds A delicious impromptu indulgence Method: 1st: Put the sugar and berries into a saucepan and heat through until the…
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