Category Archives: meat
Brisket chilli
Adapted from a recipe for 20 people in Issue 22 of the excellent Jamie magazine – this serves about 5. We had it with tortilla wraps, Mexican-style fried rice, grated cheese and lettuce. We love Nigella’s chilli, but we fancied … Continue reading
Beef stew
I made this for tea: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/beef-recipes/jools-s-favourite-beef-stew It was delicious – though I probably ought to have read to the end of the recipe earlier in the day – I slammed it in the oven after the afternoon school run. Doing … Continue reading
Posted in beef, butternut squash, carrots, parsnips, potatoes, root vegetables, stew
Tagged beef, beef stew, stew
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Best burgers yet
I’ve never made it to the Meatwagon, and I’m highly unlikely to make it to the Meateasy either – so inspired by this blog post, I thought I’d have a crack at making my own gourmet burger. And you can … Continue reading
One pot chicken casserole
I needed a supper I could bung in the oven and forget tonight. This is what I made, inspired by about 3 different one pot chicken recipes. Small whole chicken – small enough to fit in a casserole with a … Continue reading
Lamb Lagoto
This incredibly simple recipe is insanely tasty – it passes the Frank Bath Alchemy test with flying colours. Serves 6. Whole bulb of garlic, unpeeled 2kg lamb, trimmed & cut into 5cm pieces. The recipe calls for leg but I … Continue reading
Pot-luck roast dinner
This isn’t really a recipe, just a notion. We do like a roast dinner (though John Pienaar might be putting paid to 50% of my roast dinners… another story…) but everyone likes something different. My wife and daughter like salmon, … Continue reading
Beautiful burritos
Me and the children made these tonight. Fantastic. They took it in turns to help me cook and take photos… (photos to follow!) We made veggie ones and steak ones. Both use the sneaky salsa (below) though this time we … Continue reading
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Crispy Aromatic Duck
We had duck for Christmas dinner and still had some leftovers. Crispy Aromatic Duck is my favourite food in the whole wide world but I was missing some vital ingredients: hoisin sauce and Chinese pancakes. Time to improvise… Mock hoisin … Continue reading
Chicken Pasta Bake
This is a really really bastardized version of a Jamie Oliver recipe – basically so I could use up left over roast chicken from Sunday without making curry again. You will need: left over roast chicken meat half a box … Continue reading
Giant Sausage Roll
This comes from my Mum, who got it from a magazine or newspaper before Christmas. – 1 block of puff pastry. – Enough sausage meat to feed your family. Pre-heat your oven to 180C Roll our the pastry into a … Continue reading