Rice’n’pea Another recipe that you can probably find a multitude of different recipes for, my version is a kind of riff of Jamaican rice ‘n’ peas. Like a lot of my modified recipes, this came around by me trying to make new meals for my kids to eat, trying to get them to eat something…
Nothing fishy about my niçoise In a classic salade niçoise, you would normally find boiled potatoes and anchovies. Although I have developed a taste for anchovies since moving to Italia, especially very good-quality ones in oil from the Cantabrico coast, I prefer this salad without them. Did you know that in Italy we have 2…
Craker or biscuit? Scottish oatcakes, also sometimes called bannocks are quintessentially Scottish, I think they sit well with the spartan style of Scottish cuisine if there is such a thing, such as neeps and tatties, haggis, mince and tatties, pie and beans… They may be simple in style and humble in flavour they are definitely…
Salvadorian fermented slaw Over the past year or so I have really got interested in fermenting, I have had a few tries with sourdough starters over the years and have had good results with these but I don’t need to bake every day so I felt I was throwing out more starter each week than…
Bake your own bread This recipe is the latest incarnation of my regular bread recipe. I started making yeast breads over 10 years ago, well I had dabbled with them before that but for at least the past 10 years I basically make all the bread we eat in our family, 1 or 2 bakes…
Silky fresh pasta pillows Yet another one from the archives but a nice little recipe for a lovely fresh pasta dish. In this recipe, I used just ordinary mushrooms but you can use any type of mushrooms you like or even a mix would be nice I am sure. Buon Appetito