Last weekend was another of those food milestones that mark the year’s progress: the first English peas. And the crop from Puntarelle in Bermondsey Spa Terminus was great – plumper than expected for this early in the season, but sweet as they should be. I had to stop myself popping as many into me as…Continue reading Peas Please – Two Recipes for new season’s peas
Tag: Rick Stein
A first guest in meatless January
Cream of Watercress Soup Celeriac & Salsify Salad with Boiled Lemon Aioli Cod with Shellfish, Garlic & Parsley Butter, Sauté Potatoes, Kalettes Time to get this blog back on the road… In January, we try not to eat meat. We stick to vegetarian on weeknights and veggie or fish at weekends. We have no…Continue reading A first guest in meatless January
BBQ Lamb – Garlic or No Garlic?
One of our most regular summer barbecue main courses is a butterflied leg of lamb, marinated in thyme, rosemary, lemon and chilli plus – but here’s the issue that we’ll get on to – garlic. Of all the barbecue dishes we do, this probably counts as my favourite, perhaps because of its simplicity. I loosely follow…Continue reading BBQ Lamb – Garlic or No Garlic?
Farewell Asparagus. Welcome Broad Beans
Gratinated Asparagus Oven-Roasted Chicken with Sumac, Pomegranate Molasses, Chilli & Sesame Seeds Lightly-Stewed Broad Beans, Peas and Gem Lettuce Turkish Spiced Pilaf In hindsight, since I was cooking the day after the referendum result, we should have eaten a plate from each of the other 27 EU countries, plus one for Scotland and one for Northern…Continue reading Farewell Asparagus. Welcome Broad Beans
Scallops, Mint-crusted Lamb – Flavours of Spring
A main course to celebrate some better spring weather, with a favourite scallop dish to start. Seared Scallops with Ibérico Ham I have cooked this starter, from Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey, many times. There are few recipes that deliver such a sophisticated dish for so little effort! Typically I use a different ham – Ibérico is…Continue reading Scallops, Mint-crusted Lamb – Flavours of Spring
Season’s First Asparagus, and Red Mullet with Red Pepper Dressing
Oh asparagus, asparagus how we love thee. And so hurrah for the first asparagus of the season. This strange Spring has made us wait a lot longer than in recent years, but it’s here now and we will be eating it several times a week until the sad day in June when it runs out again. And in…Continue reading Season’s First Asparagus, and Red Mullet with Red Pepper Dressing
Coconut chilli prawns and a new way with Korma
An Indian evening, all courtesy of Rick Stein… Coconut Chill Prawns with Cumin Puris We started with Coconut Chilli Prawns and Cumin Puris, a dish I have cooked several times from Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey. This book dates from 1999 and my edition shows it. But then I have cooked not far off half the…Continue reading Coconut chilli prawns and a new way with Korma
Eating In in March
My first blog-post. Here goes and who knows what direction this venture will take? There’s an outline of why I am doing this on the About page. In fact, this first post is a bit of a cop-out because it’s simply some highlights of dishes I have cooked in March. The idea is to…Continue reading Eating In in March