Last night I served a five-course meal, just for fun. I’m not going to give you the recipes because I took them directly from books. I only publish recipes I’ve changed substantially.
So here goes:
Starters
Griddled Aubergine with Mint
Grilled Mushrooms with Mozzarella
Steamed Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Green Beans with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Lemon Juice (all [...]
So many recipes call for red or white wine, but opening a whole bottle for a gravy or sauce is madness as you may not want to finish the rest of the bottle.
Since I cooked a Jamie Oliver recipe for baked fennel that suggested dry white vermouth as an alternative to white wine, I’ve kept [...]
There are some things - ingredients, books, gear - that I can’t do without in the kitchen.
Today sees the start of a series of posts about them.
What can’t you do without?
Pat Chapman\’s Vegetable Curry Bible by Pat Chapman
Don\’t Sweat the Aubergine: What Works in the Kitchen and Why by Nicholas Clee
Soho Cooking by Alastair Little
In Search of Perfection by Heston Blumenthal
Gordon Ramsay\’s Sunday Lunch: And Other Recipes from the \ by Gordon Ramsay
