Posts Tagged parmesan
Spud Sunday: Pressure Cooking
When Bord Bia announced a new season potato recipe competition, I clearly had to enter. I was more than pleased with the resulting potato, cheese and onion mini-pies and so, apparently, were they…
Spud Sunday: Curious Gnocchi
My first attempt at gnocchi was really not a bad effort at all, especially when accompanied by a garlic cream sauce and some Italian wines expertly chosen by the folks at Curious Wines…
Spud Sunday: The (Almost) Über Tuber
I felt all European after being the runner-up at the Euro Blog awards. To celebrate, I made potato flammekueche, a speciality from Alsace and, yes, kind of like a thin crust pizza.
Spud Sunday: Praties And Dip
Praties and dip refers to an old Irish style of eating potatoes, where boiled spuds were simply dipped in milk and salt and then eaten. Hearing this inspired me to attempt potato crackers, another kind of potato in a dippable form…
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…






