Greek Feast – Stifado
This was so easy and super tasty. All the prep can be done before your friends arrive and then it just simmers away and makes the house smell lovely. Serve with steamed potatoes. Warning: The meat is...
View ArticleSuper sides for last night’s stew
We like leftovers and at the same time we don’t cause it means we don’t get to cook anything new for dinner. Our way around this is to cook some tasty side dishes which we often neglect in favour of...
View ArticleHot Diggity Dogs!
Great mid-week feeds don’t need to be complicated. These are just hot dogs but made more tasty by adding a few extras you probably already have in the cupboard. Hot dogs with mustardy onions to serve 4...
View ArticleOnion & Taleggio Tart
If you have some ready-rolled puff pastry in the freezer and a few leftovers in the fridge you can make an easy and delicious tart for supper. My friends might have been more impressed if they hadn’t...
View ArticleRabbit with Onions & Rosemary
A rustic French dish with meltingly tender rabbit. Serve with the lamb’s lettuce salad (included in the recipe) and some roasted baby potatoes. Wine Suggestion: This goes great with with a nice...
View ArticlePotato, Onion and Horseradish Gratin
We served this tasty potato dish with feather blade steaks braised in port and it would be good with other roast or braised beef dishes. Potato, Onion & Horseradish Gratin – serves 4 2 tbsp...
View ArticleTurnip with Crispy Bacon & Onion
This is barely a recipe but it is an excellent way to serve turnip, which you may refer to as a swede. For clarity, we’re talking about the large orange-fleshed variety. We served this on St Patrick’s...
View ArticleHake with Slow-Cooked Onions and Tomato Salsa
This recipe is from The Spanish Home Kitchen by José Pizarro who cooks from the heart. It takes a little while to cook but is so simple and delicious. It would also be easy to cook when camping if that...
View ArticleOyster Mushroom Noodles
Ixta Belfrage’s book, Mezcla, is full of genuinely new dishes with lots of flavour combinations that we’ve never tried before. These mushroom noodles are a great example. We used a mix of oyster...
View ArticleDublin Coddle
We’ve never tried Dublin coddle, mainly because it tends to be served with anaemic sausages. In this recipe by Neven Maguire you brown them; a far more sensible approach altogether. Wine Suggestion:...
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