Thai Style Beef & Rice Stack
This recipe is more a bringing together of other recipes found here on my site but it was such a success when I made it for the family I had to share it! I made mine as a main course…
Red Peppers Stuffed with Fennel & Merguez Sausage
Full of North African flavours, if you want to make this vegetarian simply leave out the sausage. Merguez is a lamb sausage heavily spiced with cumin and chilli. Can be ordered on line from Farmison. To prepare ahead, stuff the…
Japanese style beef fillet with Japanese rice
Buy the best meat you can afford as this dish is served rare. Make sure you let the meat rest before you slice it too. I used Musenmai Japanese rice as this doesn't need rinsing but it you have normal…
Lamb Koftas with Pickled Red Onion & Harissa Yoghurt
Serve these with flatbreads and salad. Makes 8 koftas, enough for 4 people.
Pork Schnitzle with Sauté Vegetables
Pork fillet is healthy piece of meat, no fat, very tender and doesn't need to cook for too long. In addition to that, with this recipe, one fillet will feed 4 people. Use whatever veg you like for the accompaniment…
Spicy baby back ribs
The secret for really delicious ribs is to cook them in oven until they are melting away from the bone. You can then finish either on the BBQ or in the oven. You can use shop bought BBQ sauce or…
One Pot Sausage & Orzo
I have used a chipotle paste as the main flavouring for this quick dish but you can use whatever paste you may have in your fridge. This would work well with harissa, chermoula, sharama or even pesto. I guess you…
Beef Ragout
Make this ragout with chunks of meat for w bowl of comfort. Serve with pasta or mashed potatoes. Double the quantity for a batch cook. Pressure Cooker: bring up to pressure and cook for 50 minutes, leave to release pressure…
Pressed cider braised pork belly
I am happy to cook with fat but don't ask me to eat it. Our family is a case of "Jack Sprat", there are some of us who will eat and some that won't. Having always been squeamish about eating…
Sausage Stuffed Butternut Squash
Using stuffing as well as sausage meat helps keep the cost down as well as making this a warming winter dish. It's not necessary to buy expensive sausages as you will be adding a lot of flavour to the mix…