750g Lamb, trimmed and cubed 125g sliced onions 3 cloves garlic 2tsp ginger root, bruised and finely chopped 3 black cardamon pods 5 cloves 4cm …
Roast Beef
Roast beef is soo English, it’s what the the French still call the English as a nick-name/ insult- “les rosbifs”- although wikipedia believes this may …
Lemonade
INGREDIENTS 1 cup sugar (can reduce to 3/4 cup) 1 cup water (for the simple syrup) 1 cup lemon juice (4-6 lemons) Grated rind of …
Ginger Cake
350g Plain Flour 225g Soft brown Sugar 100g Cooking oil 3 tsp ground ginger 1tsp baking powder ½tsp bicarb of soda Pinch of salt 50g …
Gratin Dauphinois
Potatoes, cream and cheese- what’s not to like. Whenever I make this I make more than I need, because it’s just sooo more-ish. It’s a …
Yorkshire Puddings
There are two schools of thought on Yorkshire puddings- those who prefer the small individual puff-balls of puddings that blow up to be the size …
Shortbread
Shortbread is a Scottish classic biscuit, perfect with a hot chocolate. The trick is to get the texture right, the more corn flour or rice …
Triple Chocolate Brownies
I got this recipe from Caroline. It is the richest brownie I’ve ever tasted. For the absolute chocolate hit use Green and Black’s organic dark, …
Wheaten Bread
Wheaten bread is a brown soda bread- This is an Irish recipe, and tastes fantastic. Mary showed me how to make it- she passes the …
Soft Cider
This stuff is great. When I was a kid at home we used to make this in a bucket and leave it in an outhouse …