Beef Stroganoff

Ish. There is nothing traditional about this Beef Stroganoff so I struggled with what to call it. There are onions, mushrooms, garlic, paprika and tomato puree, none of which are traditional. It does have seared steak, brandy and sour cream so on that basis, I’m sticking with Beef Stroganoff.

Sweet Chilli Bourbon Cocktail Sausages

It’s a very quick and easy recipe today! Food snobs might turn their noses up at a humble cocktail sausage but I have yet to see any leftover at a party I’ve been to. They seem to be the ultimate crowd pleaser.

Chocolate Pots

…take 2! Once again in my over enthusiasm I hit publish instead of save when starting to type up this post. So last night some of you got an email with some lovely pics of my Chocolate Pots, but no text. I clearly can’t contain my excitement when it comes to chocolate recipes!

Chicken Roulade with Chorizo and Manchego

Having finally fallen in love with chorizo I seem to be looking for a way to stick it into every meal! It regularly appears in our breakfasts, be it in a hash or cooked in a tomato sauce, for dinner in this salad or cooked with pasta. I think this however is my favourite use […]

Flourless Black Forest Cake

  Having only relatively recently discovered a love of cherries, Black Forest Gateau was not something on my radar. My enduring memory from having tasted it as a child was the overwhelming flavour of kirsch. That is not a good memory.

Chocolate Mousse

I have decided that I need to do more chocolate recipes – any excuse! So my new aim is to do one chocolate recipe every month. This is my most recent fix for my chocolate habit. I was hoping to do Tom Kerridge’s mousse from his Proper Pub Food but it required the use of […]

Mini Cranberry Mince Pies

This is the first recipe I made from Nigella Christmas and probably my favourite from the book.

Delia’s Classic Christmas Cake