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Pan Roast Salmon with a Lemon and Dill Sabayon and Broccoli Coucous
This is a delightful refreshing dinner for those awkward times between Christmas and New Year. It is delicious and an impressive treat to serve up over the weekend if you have guests coming. This can...
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Roast Guinea Fowl with Petit Pois a la Francaise.
Unfortunately we can’t eat Beef Wellington’s and White Chocolate fondants everyday, so on the days of eating much healthier food it just means we have to try a little harder in order for it to be...
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Beef Short Rib, Pommes Anna and Pickled Beetroot.
It’s quite ironic that these are called “short” ribs when they are much larger than pork ones. There are various different cuts of beef short rib, but if you have a nice butcher they will cut the...
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Japanese Vegetarian Selection
It’s not often I make an entire vegetarian plate, I hope vegetarian readers will just steal parts of my other dishes for their own creations. I have to admit though, I enjoy the challenge of trying to...
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Sage Stuffed Pork Fillet, Chorizo Scotch Egg, Apple and Mustard Sauce.
This dish is a perfect midweek treat, the only difficult part is making up the Chorizo scotch eggs. They can be quite fiddly, but once you’ve mastered the first the rest are easy. The entire dish of...
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Lamb Tikka, Saag Puree and Poppy Seed Balls.
This dish is so versatile it can be made with lamb, chicken, fish or vegetables. It would even work well with paneer. If you don’t want to use lamb, just substitute your favourite protein source and...
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Saffron Mash, Homemade Cumberland Sausages, Pea Veloute and Truffle Carrot...
Ok, I thought I’d give you the full title of this rather than simply calling it Bangers and Mash. Does the humble sausage have a place in a fine dining blog? Well, there are always things that can be...
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Sesame Crusted Miso Salmon with Soy Pearls.
I love Japanese cuisine but it does tend to look unspectacular. I’ve seen three michelin star restaurants in Japan and all you get is a different flavoured nigiri after nigiri. Nothing exciting about...
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Pistachio Crusted Lamb, Fig Tapenade and Spinach Mousse.
This pistachio crusted lamb was inspired by a new chef called Catherine Fulvio who was on Saturday Kitchen on Saturday morning. Catherine runs a cookery school at her home just south of Dublin, as...
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Salted Chocolate and Lime Tart.
I’m not so sure if posting such a rich chocolate dessert after easter is such a good thing to do. The reason it came about is one of my eggs was so large it would take me a until christmas to eat it....
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Walnut Crusted Salmon, Goats Cheese Truffle Ravioli.
For this walnut crusted salmon and ravioli dish I wanted to make a dish full of flavours and textures that can be put together at the last minute. If you have never made your own pasta yet, follow my...
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Poppy Seed Stuffed Rolls
I am sure there are plenty versions of the Poppy Seed Stuffed Rolls floating around cyberspace. I make my wife a sandwich for her lunches when I’m here, so as a slight on convention I thought I’d try...
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Tea Smoked Duck, Caramelised Pears and Tomato Jam.
Before I get onto my dish I would just like to mention that I have been nominated for The Observer (English Broadsheet) Food Blog of the year. If you would like to add your support click on the link....
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Pan Fried Gurnard with a lemon sabayon and sauce vierge.
This pan fried gurnard with a lemon sabayon and sauce vierge was created through a glut of tomatoes and intrigue of a gurnard. Gurnards are very similar in make up to a red mullet. They are a superb...
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Maple and Orange Pork, Pea Pesto and Potato Rosti.
To create this maple and orange pork tenderloin with pea pesto I wanted to enhance the dry pork fillet. My favourite way of moistening meat is to brine it. I was a little wary of doing this to pork as...
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Tea and Orange marinated Rump with Parsnip Puree.
My idea for Tea and Orange Marinated Rump steak came from a 50-50 success rate eating this cut. The general rule of thumb for any meat is the tougher it is the tastier it is. Also the cooking time...
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Chocolate and Raspberry Fondant with Bonne Maman Galettes.
I couldn’t resist blogging about this Chocolate and Raspberry Fondant as it is the easiest and most versatile dessert to make. The only difficulty is serving it!! Our favourite biscuits are Bonne...
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Cod Rarebit, Serrano Ham Crisp and a Crispy Quail Egg.
I cooked this cod rarebit dish when I had my parents visiting. It must have been good as my mother couldn’t stop talking about it! It’s such a straight forward dish to prepare and can be ready in...
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Roast Haddock, Mediterranean Salad and a Cucumber Foam.
My inspiration for this Mediterranean salad and cucumber foam came from a fellow bloggers post. Couscous and Conciousness’ amazing Courgette, Pea, Quinoa Salad was an excellent base for playing with...
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Crab Cannelloni with Sweetcorn and Avocado
This crab cannelloni came about from one of my favourite starters and also from finding all sorts of unique cannellonis in restaurants. The most amazing cannelloni I have eaten was made out of a...
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