Archives for July 2016

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Avocado on Pide with Preserved Lemon & Bacon

This is great for a decadent brunch or lunch, or serve as a substantial telly snack (you know, while watching the rugby or whatever)

Grilled Broccolini with Feta

Skinny green stems never tasted so good.

Baked Potatoes in White Wine – time to revisit

White wine keeps the interior of these potatoes nice and fluffy, but the outsides develop a good golden crunch. Pretty good, yep.

Peas in a soup? Yeah! Thick, warming, intriguing … oh, and speedy, and requiring little more than a bag of frozen peas and a few spices. This was so popular last week, I’ve kept it up for another blast!

Pears

Pears are often overlooked for novel or exotic fruit and I reckon it’s because we’ve lost the art of ripening them and we’re eating them hard.

Lunch in the shed

Finally, I made it to Te Motu The Shed for lunch. On a sunny Sunday …

Potato & Celeriac Mash with Crispy Bacon

Pillowy mash with little salty nuggets of bacon – go on, make it, you know you want some!

Winter cooking classes

My next round of classes include some beauties – slow cooking, winter pasta and rustic dishes – all just the ticket for this time of year. As on all classes, you will get a full taste of all the dishes, be served some fabulous wines, and come away with a great set of recipes having […]