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  • Peanut Pumpkin Curry

    Peanut Pumpkin Curry

    Good solid curry, though I do feel the seasoning and aromatics need heightening… Fish sauce, lime, lemongrass… Stuff like this. I used a peanut sauce instead of just peanut butter…

  • Crab Cream Croquettes

    Crab Cream Croquettes

    Creamy delicious, excellent with the suggested tonkotsu dipping sauce. Essentially crab roux, cooled, shaped and fried. Really good, needs a nice, finely sliced salad with a sharp dressing. From Japaneasy,…

  • Miso cod and dashi soba

    Miso cod and dashi soba

    Made with instant dashi for convenience, the times of 10 minutes per side are only for exceptionally thick slabs of cod, I used 8 minutes per side and it was…

  • Pan fried fish with rosemary, tomato & vinegar

    Pan fried fish with rosemary, tomato & vinegar

    Superb, quick meal that bergs you to dip crusty bread in it. Used frozen sardines here, but something a little more solid would be ideal. From Aegean, pg. 59

  • Flash Loaf

    Flash Loaf

    A quick proving recipe with a high yeast content.  Difficult to judge on this showing due to a couple of significant change, such as the white flour being replaced with…

  • Pak choy & Shiitake

    Pak choy & Shiitake

    Very quick, simple stir fry, lovely and fresh tasting and could be a main or a side quite happily.  The sauce somewhat gummed up here and reduced to a coating,…

  • Oven baked aubergine, tomato & sheep's cheese bechamel

    Oven baked aubergine, tomato & sheep's cheese bechamel

    This is not what the book intends, the aubergine shells did not come out crispy and could in no way be filled so much as they could be draped into…

  • Roast Roots & Feta

    Roast Roots & Feta

    A variation on a perviously cooked dish, no soft cheese was available so feta was experimented with, thrown in to the roasting dish with the roots. It seemed like this…

  • Baked feta

    Baked feta

    Exceptional thing to do to a slab of feta. Easy, quick, delicious. A subsequent ordering of the dish in a taverna revealed that you can really push the grilling quite…

  • Basque-style cheese cake

    Basque-style cheese cake

    I do believe that this is now my favourite cheesecake recipe. It turns out having the best qualities of both unbaked and baked cheesecakes. Though do remember to let it…