Author Archives: headchef
Soda bread
I really enjoyed watching the bread making episode of River Cottage Everyday. We have a bread-making machine that’s been languishing unused for years in the corner of our kitchen. But the soda bread that Hugh & Co. made seemed so … Continue reading
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Everyday recipes
What a fantastic idea for a web site, Hugh! http://www.rivercottage.net/users/Every%20Day/ Missed the first half of the TV show but the noodles were a fantastic idea.
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Lamb Lagoto
This incredibly simple recipe is insanely tasty – it passes the Frank Bath Alchemy test with flying colours. Serves 6. Whole bulb of garlic, unpeeled 2kg lamb, trimmed & cut into 5cm pieces. The recipe calls for leg but I … Continue reading
Green Tomato Chutney
This is based on a recipe from an old Good Housekeeping book of my mum’s. We made it over 10 years ago and it was such a big hit with our rat-catcher Mick, he kept coming back to dispatch more … Continue reading
M-m-m-my Granola
First time I made this, I cocked it up utterly. I didn’t have any nuts and I mixed the fruit in with the oats before baking them… which would have resulted in burnt fruit. But I did then have some … Continue reading
Roast tomato sauce
This is a great way of using up any allotment tomato glut. The sweet sauce can be frozen and used as a base for pasta sauce (just add basil, chilli, anchovies or whatever you fancy) or as a base for … Continue reading
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Mexican rice
Again, not a precise receipe, just a jotting. This is good with chilli or burritos. Fry some basmati rice in some vegetable oil. Add some garlic, a bit of onion if you like, and a teaspoon of cumin and cook … Continue reading
Pot-luck roast dinner
This isn’t really a recipe, just a notion. We do like a roast dinner (though John Pienaar might be putting paid to 50% of my roast dinners… another story…) but everyone likes something different. My wife and daughter like salmon, … Continue reading
White chocolate cookies
These were easy to make and a big hit. 100g softened unsalted butter 100g golden caster sugar 100g light muscavado sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 175g plain flour half a teaspoon of baking powder pinch of salt 140g … Continue reading
Tilly’s (or Clover’s) Carnation Milk Jelly
A (female) friend of mine points out that only men like Sophie Dahl, whom she describes as over-doing the ‘simpering blonde’ thing. Like that’s a bad thing. Anyhoo, this pudding is as camp as a summer’s day, if not Christmas. … Continue reading