Rich beef and mushroom stew
I was looking in my fridge the other day and came to the conclusion that I didn’t have enough of any one ingredient to make a dish. I had a bit of everything and in the end the only solution was to make a stew. I just love when you can use up whatever you … Continue reading
Pulled Beef and Marscapone Pie
Do you ever get a touch of food rage? I do sometimes when things go wrong, and they do but thankfully not very often. I make pasta every week for the market and usually it is a fairly smooth affair. Last week I had my heart set on making pulled beef ravioli. The beef was … Continue reading
Bavette steak with celeriac and spinach
We have now had little Libby for five months and it is amazing how well she just fitted in and instantly became a natural part of our family. She has more than doubled in size and tripled in weight. It hasn’t been completely without hickups, there was that sweater that she chewed holes … Continue reading
Steak and Celeriac Cake
I went to the Black Pig Butchers to get some chicken breasts. I was going to make chicken satay’s and that was all I needed. Once there I saw a bag of chicken wings that I thought would be perfect for the freezer so I had to get some. I then saw a piece of … Continue reading
Celeriac and cumin soup with watercress
Another soup?! I am working my way through a variety of ingredients making lots of soups, keeping us warm in the cold winter. The ground isn’t frozen so we can still pick vegetables from the allotment. There isn’t as much to pick as there is in the summer but the cabbage is looking amazing. … Continue reading
Steak with celeriac slaw
A lot of things in life are about teamwork. One great example is the garden and the allotment. M is a great gardener, at the moment some amazing vegetables are growing in the greenhouse, in the garden and at the allotment. After a couple of weeks of hot weather everything is growing like crazy and … Continue reading
Steak with blackpudding cumble
I got completely side tracked at The Black Pig Butchers the other day. I went there to get some bacon for brunch and somehow came out with bavette steak and a black pudding as well. Bavette and skirt steak are my two favorite cuts of steak. Lizzy the butcher makes her own black pudding … Continue reading
Two kinds and three shapes of ravioli
Ravioli is a perfect little foodie parcel. It has soft pasta on the outside and offers a burst of flavor when you bite in to the filling. I have continued my pasta experiments and this time I did two kinds, turmeric pasta and barley grass and pink peppercorn pasta. I looked at the pasta and … Continue reading
Celeriac soup with whipped Stilton
I have never meet anyone who doesn’t like soup. It might be different kinds of soups and different flavors but I think almost everyone has a favorite. I have lots of favorites and one soup that I haven’t made in a long time is celeriac soup. Another humble vegetable, cooked right it offers great … Continue reading