Author: Sam
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Omelette pizza
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This odd little number is actually very nice, all the classic pizza toppings make the jump to an eggy base without missing a beat. The described tomato sauce isn’t my…
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Herby greens, mushies and chicken
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Loved this, so simple, savoury and delicious. On Lisa’s insisting I ran with the very optional suggestion in the recipe to add chicken… I think I may have gone overboard.…
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Bean and sweet potato burrito
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This is a bit of a faff, to be honest, but if you plan ahead and prepare the bean patty the night before it’s no too bad, and it was…
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Aromatic crispy chicken and mushroom broth
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Very nice, with a few caveats that largely revolve around mistakes. Firstly, I forgot the vinegar at the end which helps significantly temper the sweetness. Secondly, I would be very…
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Vinegar pork and cauliflower puree
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Honestly this is a large amount of meat that I would be very tempted to mix up with some veggies in the future. By the end I was feeling slightly…
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Mackerel ceasar salad with braised chicory
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Really good, it always takes me by surprise how powerful the flavour of mackerel is, but the radicchio caesar salad is more than match for it. The still relatively exotic…
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Curried haddock soup
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Would make this again in a heartbeat, a beautiful, well flavoured, slightly indulgent creamy haddock soup. From Simon Hopkinson – Roast Chicken and Other Stories, pg. 196
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Birthday Victoria Sponge
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Felicity Cloake’s “Perfect” recipe is quite the best sponge for a Victoria sponge I’ve ever tried. Moist, perfect texture and a simple set of instructions. As per Lisa’s usual wishes…
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Puttanesca
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Another first rate, easy to follow recipe from this book. The only slight change I would make would be to reduce the quantity of oil, which was a little over…
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Pan fried parsnip, cavolo nero and chicken
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So this isn’t a looker, but the parsnip and cavolo nero mix was a good one and could be used with many things. Sadly the chicken breasts bought for this…