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Author: Sam

  • 2025 Catchup

    Dan Dan noodles Pan fried hake fillets and … something Risotto and horrible extra firm tofu – Always a mistake. Tom Yum / Sweet & Sour soup Rhubarb & Meringue…

  • Lamb & aubergine houmous

    Lamb & aubergine houmous

    Don’t go too heavy on the houmous, a thin layer rather than a mound. Masses of the aubergine would be a better balance, in my opinion. Very good though. Efforts…

  • Fried fish fillet

    Put this together on a whim, and it worked remarkably well, certainly worth repeating. large white fish fillet potato flour or corn flour plain flour yoghurt Put the flours and…

  • 3pm Biscuits

    3pm Biscuits

    I love these. They are dangerous. From Sift

  • Borscht

    Borscht

    Using oxtail, and reducing cooking time by pressure cooking. However this is fiddly! It’s a lovely way of ensuring things are cooked exactly as you like, but so much effort…

  • Kale, sausage and black bean stew

    I liked for it’s speed and simplicity and general goodness. It’s a wonderful treatment of kale, and I would do it again. It is missing… Something. A bit of depth?…

  • Crispy pan fried chicken

    Crispy pan fried chicken

    The chicken was slightly over cooked here, you could definitely lose a few minutes in the oven, and the sauce not really right at all… I’m not sure the creme…

  • South Indian Fish Curry

    South Indian Fish Curry

    This is not for a week night, with several irritatingly spaced steps as is often the case with Tom Kerridge, but it is excellent, made here with hake, and the…

  • Sift: Festive Buns

    Sift: Festive Buns

    These are a wonderful hot cross bun, and I would absolutely repeat them, even though making enriched bread in a cold kitchen in the depth of winter is an act…

  • Pumpkin curry, coconut chutney with buckwheat pancakes

    Pumpkin curry, coconut chutney with buckwheat pancakes

    Yep this is just wonderful. Delicately flavoured veggie curry is first rate, coconut chutney made with shredded coconut is wonderful, buckwheat pancakes are magic… Seriously, I could devour them without…