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Butternut squash risotto
One of my favourite risottos, this can easily be adapted to a vegetarian recipe by leaving out the pancetta. The measurements are fairly vague as I usually do this by feel and I’ve made it so many times now I just sort of know what’s going right… but I’ll try to give some clues. Making [...]
Rack of lamb with dauphinause potato, green veg and Madeira sauce,
This recipe was one I learnt at Ashburton Cookery School whilst doing their 5 day Intermediate Cookery course in October last year. I took photos of the course which you can see on the photo pages. It was pretty much my favourite dish from the week, with the pink juicy lamb perfectly complemented by rich [...]
Mutton cawl
On Saturday, I stopped in at Wellington Farm Shop on the way down to my parents to look for something interesting to cook for Sunday dinner. Wellington Farm Shop is a fantastic farm shop just outside Reading, stocking fresh meat, veg, cheese, and a variety of other cooking goodies. There’s a little cafe there too [...]
Pork Medallions with cumberland sauce and mash
For Sunday’s dinner, I wanted to try out a sauce from my new book, “Sauces – Savoury and Sweet” by Michelle Roux (Snr). It’s a great collection of about 250 sauces, and I’m looking forward to trying as many of them as I can. For this meal, I went for: Pork Medallions – 2 per [...]
Introducing…
Welcome to my new blog. I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to be talking about yet, but have ideas around blog posts around the areas I’m passionate about: Cooking: After a recent cookery course I’m embarking on a journey to learn as much as I can about cooking – the ingredients, the techniques, the [...]
