Archive for March, 2007

Mango, raspberry and orange smoothie

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Makes nearly 500ml - I call that one serving, you may call it two

The flesh from half a large mango or one smaller
A handful of raspberries
One orange, peeled and quartered
Half a banana
A splash of apple juice from a carton to get the whole lot going (or if you want to dirty your juicer, [...]

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Beef and Beer casserole with mushrooms and rosemary

Monday, March 5th, 2007

Nothing out of the mainstream here. Just a comforting casserole for one of the cold, stormy nights we’ve been having recently.
Feeds two

350g braising steak
Around 20 pickling onions or small shallots
A small pack of button mushrooms, sliced or left whole according to size
Two sticks of celery, finely chopped
Oil - whatever you prefer, groundnut, vegetable or olive
Flour
Salt [...]

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Roast Pork with Onion Stuffing and Roasted Fennel

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

The ideas for this one came from a programme on the Food Channel (The People’s Cookbook or a similar title, and a recipe for roasted belly of pork in Jamie Oliver’s latest, Cook With Jamie that I cooked for friends on New Year’s Eve). It’s a simplification of both recipes and worked out really well [...]

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I bought a coffee grinder and the fun started

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Espresso is one of my things.
Very seldom do I get a good one when I’m out - although two of the chains (Costa and Nero) can do a decent Espresso Ristretto - because the people who make coffee in cafés and restaurants too often think espresso means ‘black coffee with froth’.
Someone who serves you with [...]

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