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25 October 2010
A Journey Through Back To True Korma Recipes (Part 1)
When I made the Chicken Tikka the other day, I also made a Lamb Korma. The end result was nothing like the British Kormas that I had been used to, so I decided to investigate the concept of the korma further. The first thing to say is that I liked...
Read more17 October 2010
Tasting Exotic Meats From South Africa
Earlier this year, we were contacted at Steenbergs Factory by someone asking us whether we had any sausage seasonings. The answer to which is yes, however they then asked us whether we had anything that would go with kangaroo, which was not what we...
Read more08 October 2010
Recipe For Rich Apple Cake
The idea for this cake comes from the wonderful cook book "European Peasant Cookery" by Elisabeth Luard; it is her recipe for Apple Cake or Æblekage, which comes from Denmark. "European Peasant Cookery" is one of those great cookbooks that is packed...
Read more06 October 2010
Interesting Food Blogs In September 2010 (Part 2)
There has always been a place in my soul for some of the Indian Gods as they remind me of my grandmother, who spent many years in India and so her small flat in Munich had this exotic feel as it was full of momentoes of here years and love of India. ...
Read more05 October 2010
Interesting Food Blogs In September 2010 (Part 1)
September has been a busy month for food bloggers. I think that is partly as many have had a holiday in August and recharged their batteries, but also it is harvest time and so there's a huge amount of culinary stimulation in the fields, gardens, ma...
Read more02 October 2010
Recipe For Fruit Teabread Revisited
For whatever reasons, I have not been quite happy with the original teabread recipe that I created and posted a few weeks back, so I have been playing around with the recipe now and baking away. Now several teabreads and a family of very happy taste...
Read more26 September 2010
Apples, Bloody Apples And An Apple Cake Recipe
We only have three apple trees in our garden, but they have been massively fruitful this year. In fact, they have produced so many apples I cannot even hope to use them all, even with friends and family taking them. Nature has been so very fecund t...
Read more25 September 2010
Recipe For Oven Cooked Smoky Barbecued Ribs
We love spare ribs at home and have started eating them even more recently. It's the primaeval joy of chomping on your food while holding it in your fingers; something our kids truly adore. In these straightened times, it is also great to use one o...
Read more22 September 2010
Recipe For Pears In Rooibos With Vanilla And Saffron
One of the classics of British cuisine is to poach pears in red wine or syrup. As a variation on this, I sometimes create a sweet spicy syrup to poach the pears in, then reduce these to a thick, sweet sauce. Recently, however, I have been...
Read more20 September 2010
Simpler Venison Casserole Recipe
Having gone through the fuss and carry on of marinading venison in stock per the previous post, I wondered why you do not just make a stew in the normal way as you would for beef or lamb. Also, I still had some of the Hornby Castle venison in the fr...
Read more18 September 2010
Recipes Using Venison From Hornby Castle
I bought some delicious venison steaks and diced venison the other day from Hornby Castle in North Yorkshire. Since then, we have been experimenting with a couple of different casseroles, and have come up with two different ones - a traditional rich...
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