All recipes, both our own plus those reprinted with permission from cookbook publishers
Tamasin Day-Lewis’ Chicken Savoyarde recipe appeals to me for more than one reason. Firstly, the initial part of the process is essentially how I already poach a whole chicken, so the recipe lends itself very well to being made with leftovers. (I’m sure it would work with roast chicken leftovers too). Secondly, it features chicken, ... Read more »
I came across the idea to poach a whole chicken in a slow cooker on the old BBC Food Chat discussion boards a couple of years ago and since then, have used the technique regularly, as an alternative to roasting and other recipes. Not only is the meat – breast included – wonderfully soft and ... Read more »
We’ve been making the most of our new sandwich toaster, rediscovering the delights of the simple toastie, jaffle, melt, breville… however you happen to know it, it’s all good! Here are some of our favourites – hot dog toastie, pizza toastie, hot cross bun toastie and brie and fruit honey toastie. Hot Dog Toastie ... Read more »
For the second bloggers scream for ice cream challenge, I challenged you to recreate a favourite childhood ice cream experience or flavour. I hope you enjoy the wonderfully wide range of memories and recipes as much as I have. Here are all the entries, in date order of posting! Well known supper club host and blogger, ... Read more »
When we were sent a Waring Deep Fill Sandwich Maker to review, I was quite surprised to see a note in the accompanying PR bumf that it could be used to make omelettes. I’d never come across such an idea and was intrigued, but disappointed that the instruction pamphlet made no mention of this. Google ... Read more »
My sister and I share the same birthday, three years apart. And five minutes, if you want to be precise. When we were young, we’d have joint birthday parties at which we played all the usual games – musical statues, pin the tail on the donkey, pass the parcel… We’d wear our favourite party ... Read more »
Having been sent a Clonakilty black pudding and white pudding for St Patrick’s day, we ate half of each in a mighty fine fry up. That left us half of each sausage, already sliced and fried, ready to use. From the freezer, we pulled out a box of home-grown tomatoes, which I’d roasted with a ... Read more »
I love black cherries and I love stodgy, comforting puddings, so it’s a wonder I’ve not made clafoutis before now! Clafoutis, for those of you who aren’t familiar with it, is a baked French dessert of black cherries in a thick flan-like batter. Originating in the Limousin region of France, clafoutis traditionally contains un-pitted black ... Read more »
The first time I made Boston baked beans (based approximately on a Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipe with a few tweaks), I used slices of pork belly, but Pete’s not a huge pork belly fan, so I wanted to make a version that he’d enjoy as much as me. As is so often the case in life, ... Read more »
Custard-based ice creams are classic, the thick creaminess of custard creating a smooth and rich ice cream. I’m so pleased that there’s been lots of enthusiasm and support for this inaugural new bloggers challenge event and am very excited to be able to share all the wonderful entries in the first ever round up. First ... Read more »