Duck a l’orange.

Duck a l’orange.

Ingredients: Duck: Duck legs, butter, fresh thyme, salt and pepper, Grand Marnier, plain flour, wine vinegar and stock. + Peel the zest off one of the oranges. (make sure there’s no pith!)Cut into very thin strips.Put in a cup, pour in some boiling water, and 

Sweet Shortcrust Pastry.

Sweet Shortcrust Pastry.

Ingredients: 225g (8oz) plain flour 110g (4oz) butter 2 medium eggs 25g (1oz) caster sugar pinch of salt around 1tbsp cold water Method Sieve the flour, sugar and salt together into a bowl. Cut the fats into cubes, and add to the dry ingredients. Mix 

That Sweet Potato Cake What We made That One Time

That Sweet Potato Cake What We made That One Time

Something to do with Weekly Food Challenje??  That we’ll, and by that I mean I’ll,probably never make again. But, meh, ’tis helping me practice this code type typing type thing type type-ity type. Ingredients 8floz sunflower oil 6oz brown sugar 2oz white sugar 4 eggs 

Pommes de Terre au Boulangerie

Pommes de Terre au Boulangerie

A classic side dish to accompany most evening meals, uses staple ingredients and taste amazing. Takes around an hour to prepare and cook. Ingredients: Packet of Bacon. Around 1kg potatoes. Any will do. Herb de Provence, 1.5tsp.(or use a substitute; ideally this dish requires at 

Nam Chim Pai (sweet chilli sauce)

Nam Chim Pai (sweet chilli sauce)

A twist on a classic dipping sauce Traditionally I’m informed the recipe calls for Serrano chillies, and rice wine vinegar.I find that throwing a scotch bonnet or two and some birds eyes in, and replacing the rice wine vinegar with apple cider vinegar spices up 

Meatball lasagne el diablo

Meatball lasagne el diablo

Regular readers will know that there are many ways to make a pasta sauce, and Jamie fuckin Oliver’s version is pretty crappy. In the time since we made that episode (holy crap that was three years ago today) I’ve improved on his methods, combined them 

Lemon Curd

Lemon Curd

Life’s lemons became lemon curd Makes about three 1-lb jars. Ingredients 4 large lemons (juice and zest) 4 large eggs 12oz caster sugar 8oz unsalted butter 1 dsp cornflour Method Put a plate in the fridge. You’ll need it later. Whisk eggs in a heavy 

Bramble Jelly

Bramble Jelly

Ingredients: 1.5kg brambles 1kg sugar knob of butter 1 packet of Silverspoon pectin Method: Throw the berries, sugar and butter into a heavy bottomed pan (probably the hugest pan you can find!) Gently heat for around 25-30 minutes, until the berries have softened, then whack 

Fast Bread Recipe

Fast Bread Recipe

Quick loaf, not outstanding in quality, especially once cooled, but can be made in around an hour. Ingredients; 500g Strong white bread flour 1 dtsp dry, easy, quick acting yeast 1.5tsp white sugar pinch of salt dash of dried ground ginger 2 tbsp oil (preferably 

Quick recipe

Quick recipe

Take ingredients.   Make them hot for a bit.   Then they’re cooked! Eat them.