Dairy Products
Blessed Are The Cheesemakers…
Paneer is one of the simplest of cheeses to make – usually found in curries, here I’ve made a salad out of paneer curds and sauteed spinach – an alternative saag paneer, if you will.
Spud Sunday: Can A Potato Shake?
The potato milkshake – does the concept scare you? It scared some of the people at the guilty pleasures party I attended, but they drank it and lived to tell the tale. Elvis bread, on the other hand, they had no problem with!
Spud Sunday: Spud’s Best Mate
Butter is the best friend a potato can have – and Kerrygold butter at that – some dishes simply don’t need anything else. Like this recipe for crusty potatoes anna, with just potatoes, clarified butter, salt and pepper.
Saucy Bread
Traditional bread sauce is one of my must-haves for Christmas dinner – milk sauce, infused with onion and cloves and thickened with breadcrumbs, it’s something I could eat any day of the year.
Going Nuts At Christmas
Nut roast gets a bad rap, a seemingly poor vegetarian substitute for the meats on special occasions, but it doesn’t have to be so. This cheese and nut loaf is rich, meaty and tremendously satisfying…
States Of Cheese
Some thoughts on the melting point of different cheeses, to wit camembert melts as soon as you look at it, while halloumi holds together well and is good for grilling and frying. A particular favourite is slices of halloumi fried and served with some portobello mushrooms…
Crimes Of The Kitchen
For me, I dislike it intensely when people take perfectly good ingredients and, through lack of care or skill, manage to make something that may be edible but is unpleasant or worse….
I Propose A Toastie
The humble cheese toastie, food of the Gods!
