Recipe: Chicken Livers with grilled polenta
How do you feel about offal? Eat your heart out? What about liver? Too chicken for that? Well, it’s a shame that chicken liver isn’t considered one of the glamour meats, so to speak, because it’s...
View ArticleRecipe: Seared Veal Escalope Milanese
It’s been a while since we last wrote about veal, but it’s still a firm favourite on our menu. Last time we wrote about the veal industry in Britain and how far it’s come since the dark days of animal...
View ArticleSteamed Fresh Mussels
One of our favourite summer dishes is a big bowl of mussels. So easy, so quick, so simple. It’s a refreshing meal that makes for a perfect light lunch, or even as an entree before you head on to...
View ArticleSeafood Platter
We’ve been upping our platter game recently. While our cheese and charcuterie platter is still successful, we wanted something different. We wanted to cater to the non-meat eaters, so we began by...
View ArticleRecipe: Seared Scallops with Black Pudding
Everyone needs an amazing scallop dish in their repertoire, and we’re pretty sure we’ve got that covered with our seared scallops with black pudding, pea purée and semi dried tomato salsa. The three...
View ArticleRecipe: Côte de Bœuf with hand cut chips and béarnaise sauce
What’s the most romantic meal for two people? There are a few contenders to the crown, to be sure. Lobster platter for two? The shared meatball and spaghetti situation from Lady and the Tramp? The...
View ArticleClassic Cocktail Recipes
Now, don’t get us wrong, we love wine. We adore wine, in fact. If we only had a small selection of food stuffs to take with us to a deserted island, wine would definitely be on the list. However,...
View ArticleRecipe: Mum’s Moist Chocolate Cake
Many years ago, when Chef Russell was just a small boy with a big hat and a dream, he won a prize in the school fair. He didn’t have the wooliest pet lamb or sizzlingist sausage on the sizzle, he …...
View ArticleOur Top Ten Tips For Avoiding Baking Disasters
Last week we gave you a recipe for a wonderfully moist chocolate cake, developed by Chef Russell’s Mum, Ruth. Now, nine times out of ten Ruth is a baking extraordinaire and delivers something...
View Article20 things you should never do with deep fried courgettes
Following on with all the good baking advice we gave you last week, this week we wanted to resurrect our 20 things series. We’ve previously warned you of the 20 things you should never do with your...
View ArticleDining with Marie Antoinette
If we say “Marie Antoinette” then you’re probably thinking of cake. Lots of cake. Piles of macarons, cream cakes as far as the eye can see, madeleines and cupcakes and every little fairy cake...
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