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Pizza Fritta – yup, that’s deep fried pizza
Tweet You know you’ve developed a bit of a reputation/problem, when it gets to the point on a Saturday morning when the boy asks if he should pick something up for dinner “or are you going to make something crazy?”. … Continue reading
Deep Fried Avocado and the Ultimate Sandwich
TweetI’ve developed a bit of an avocado fetish. It wasn’t always this way; I have memories of my Mum eating half an avocado filled with a prawn mayo monstrosity every day for lunch from as far back as I can … Continue reading
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Tagged avocado, breadcrumbs, deep fried, deep fried avocado, mortadella, sandwich
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Ricotta Fritters – Candied Lemon and Savoury
Tweet I can’t remember what brought on this particular craving, it can be anything these days…. who knows, I probably dreamt about them, but I wasn’t letting this one go. Initially I had a hankering for something light and sweetly … Continue reading
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Tagged candied lemon, deep fried, fritters, hot cakes, pancakes, ricotta
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Blood Orange & Cardamom Olive Oil Cake with Campari Drizzle
TweetSome ingredients can be a complete bugger to get hold of can’t they? I’m talking of course from my personal situation of living in the less than central Beckenham, god knows how you cope if you live any further from the centre of … Continue reading
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Tagged blood oranges, Campari, cardamom, Dan Lepard, Franklins, Greek yoghurt, olive oil cake, pistachio
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Jerusalem and a recipe for Aubergine Shakshuka with Nduja & Feta
Tweet I’m so predictable, I joined the rest of the world, or at least my little corner of it if my Twitter and Instagram feed is anything to go by, by easing and eating myself into the new year by working … Continue reading
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Tagged aubergine, coooking, feta, hummus, Jerusalem, Majedra, Middle East, nduja, Ottolenghi, recipe, shakshuka
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Thorntons Chocolate Liqueur Doughnut Bread & Butter Pudding
Tweet I was sent this bottle of Thorntons Chocolate Liqueur maybe a month ago. Having not tried it before, as always I was curious to try something new, and it’s not dissimilar to Baileys, as you might imagine, but made … Continue reading
A week of Sprouts & I give you a SPROUT DOUGHNUT
Tweet A bit of Twitter banter last week left me with a residual and actually quite acute craving for sprouts. Yes, brussel sprouts, that green you’re conditioned as a child to dislike and ridicule above all others, pull faces at the mere … Continue reading
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Tagged almonds, batter, beef brisket, brisket, bubble and squeak cake, candied bacon, christmas, Christmas doughnut, deep fried, dried cherries, festive, parmesan, recipe, shallots, sprout bubble and squeak, sprout doughnut, sprout hash, sprouts
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Banana and Stem Ginger Cake with Valrhona Dulcey Ganache
Tweet So, Valrhona recently launched a fourth type of chocolate. They’re calling it Dulcey and it’s basically caramelised white chocolate, so not really chocolate at all then, they also already make a caramelised milk chocolate so I can’t think what … Continue reading
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Tagged banana cake, banana loaf, caramelised white chocolate, chocolate, Dulce, ganache, ginger, Valrhona, Valrhona Dulce
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Sweet Potato and Black Pudding Hash with Duck Egg
Tweet Aside from the blindingly obvious, I can tell it’s getting colder when I get home and instantly and uncharacteristically get the urge to do the washing up, plunging numb fingers into blisteringly hot soapy water is suddenly transformed from … Continue reading
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Tagged beetroot, black pudding, comfort food, duck egg, hash, potato, recipe, shallot, sweet potato
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Plum, Fennel & Duck Salad
Tweet I have no choice but to come clean; this ingredient combination was completely and shamelessly thieved from @Razzbingo . The moment I read his tweet alluding to a rather incredible meal he was planning, I knew I had to have a … Continue reading