This pasta dish is loved all over Italy It is eaten by families at gatherings or celebrations and is also something the monks I visited at the Abbazia di Farfa just outside Rome have every Sunday as a…
baked pasta with tomatoes and mozzarella…
May 17th, 2012meltinyourmouth shin stew…
May 16th, 2012Cooking a shin of beef or any good stewing cut this way gives you some really fantastic comfort food Just letting it slowly blip away in the oven with the sauce becoming more and more intense is the n…
best lamb cutlets with special basil sauce…
May 15th, 2012This dish is fantastic and you can literally have it ready in just over 5 minutes Use either wild mushrooms that are in season like girolles trompettes de la mort and pieds de mouton or more readily a…
incredible baked lamb shanks…
May 14th, 2012Many people have a real affection for lamb shanks thinking of them as a bit of a treat I’ve cooked them for years and really love this particular style of baking them because it’s so easy and comforti…
crunchy keralan salad…
May 13th, 2012This is a fantastic and really unusual salad that was inspired by a friend of mine called Das who runs the most terrific Indian restaurants in London called Rasa Although I have called it ‘Keralan’ it…
lamb balti…
May 12th, 2012This curry works just as well if you use skinless chicken thighs or casserole steak instead of lamb It’s hot and sweet so do yourself a favour and get stuck in To make the balti marinate the lamb in…
chargrilled tuna with dressed beans and loadsa herbs …
May 11th, 2012This is a really beautiful summer dish that takes hardly any time at all to prepare and of course you can use different kinds of beans such as blackeyed beans flageolets butter beans or even lentils …
moroccan lamb stew…
May 10th, 2012I made this dish up the other day on a kind of Moroccan vibe when I was mucking about with ways of marinating and tenderizing a neck fillet of lamb which is a really tasty and cheap cut of meat I trim…
incredible smashed peas and broad beans on toast…
May 9th, 2012England is famous for its mushy peas so to celebrate this great little vegetable I’ve decided to do my own take on the whole mushy pea thing This is the kind of food I love to cook and eat outdoors es…
mediterranean braised lamb and couscous…
May 8th, 2012Heat a large saucepan and gently fry the onion in a little olive oil for 10 minutes Add the diced lamb the garlic red pepper and tomato puree Stir in the tomato base sauce or tinned tomatoes water and…
