I’ve often felt a little deterred from making confit due to the sheer amount of oil involved – just from an economical perspective, but after recently reading a number of recipes for salmon confit that use an oven instead of a pan and only require the fish to be basted rather than swimming in oil,…
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Pulled pork and slaw rolls
Who doesn’t love them? We recently smoked an extra pork shoulder at our BBQ so we could have a stockpile of pulled pork for various uses on hand. What better way to put it to use but in a fresh fluffy white roll with home made coleslaw. The coleslaw got the thumbs up. My taller…
Simple breakfast with added decandence
As a result of our gourmet feast we have a few pretty speccy ingredients in the fridge which I’ll be using to ramp up a few staples over time. For this simple breakfast I decided to use the salmon roe but the truffle paste is staring at me and begging to be combined with eggs…
Home alone salad
I wasn’t 100% happy with the balance of this dish. Some people I know posted a picture of a crab and apple salad a fair while ago but they lost the recipe. I adore crab so I decided to start with some trial and error and see if I could create something similar that tastes…
Marinated spring lamb roast with minted broad bean salad and lemon vinagrette
Spring has spring and I’ve been itching to make use of the wonderful produce this time of year has to offer. In keeping with my obsession with broad beans at the moment I made this wonderful broad bean and pea salad with mint from the garden which has gone crazy with spring growth. Roast lamb…
Red Borscht
This is one of my favourite things made by my taller half. It’s a Ukrainian soup popular in many Central and Eastern European countries. Wiki definition This one was made with beef meat and sauerkraut which gave it a lovely sour taste that I enjoy in the green summer borscht which is made with sorrell…
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