This dish started out as individual Pommes Anna, a traditional French dish of thinly sliced potatoes cooked in a large amount of butter and seasoned simply with salt and pepper.
Potato and Parmesan Stacks
Tag: Butter
Lemon Cake
At Easter I was doing a bit of baking for a big family lunch. I made a full cake from the Chocolate Guinness and Baileys Cupcakes and decided to play around with a recipe for a Lemon Cake too.
French Toast – Two Ways!
French Toast, Pain Perdu, Eggy Bread… the list of names for this dish is endless. They are all essentially the same thing: old bread dipped in egg and milk or cream and fried in butter. The name ‘Pain Perdu’ translates to lost bread as it refers to stale bread that would otherwise have been lost […]
Chocolate Guinness & Baileys Cupcakes
First up an apology to anyone who got an email this morning with a sneak preview of this post, I was having a quick look at the draft and hit publish instead of edit! Mortified for myself. However I think the tease was worth it for these Chocolate Guinness and Baileys Cupcakes. Here it is […]
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.
Cauliflower Puree
Cauliflower puree. Beige sludge. Seriously, there is nothing I can do to make this look good. So I didn’t even try too hard to be honest. But my God, it tastes delicious!
Orange Cranberry and White Chocolate Cookies
This is a nice seasonal recipe but really it can be enjoyed at any time of the year.
Orange Roasted Carrots
This is a quick recipe for one of my favourite side dishes. I regularly make these carrots to go with a roast or a nice steak.