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Author: Sam

  • Chicken & Barley Stew

    Chicken & Barley Stew

    Excellent, comforting stew, well proportioned, rich flavour, warming and hearty without being stodgy. Big fan. The parsnips were nearly omitted, which would have been a grave error such was their…

  • Brown Butter & Plum cake

    Brown Butter & Plum cake

    Wonderful brown butter icing, which I would use in many circumstances; fresh, home made plum jam that I deliberately made more liquid than a normal jam – resulting in some……

  • 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…