26May
Pork and sage hand pies
These pies have everything that you need in your hand (and mouth): pork, sage, mustard and Parmesan.
dinner
11May
Sweet potato and feta galette
A savoury galette with foolproof crumbly, buttery pastry. This is my first ever attempt at making a galette. I didn’t even know what it was until someone challenged me to do it. Sure, once I googled it I realised I had seen it before – quite a popular little tart – and how had I never tried it before? The internet is choc-a-block full of different galettes, but mainly sweet ones, which look amazing with a good dollopo of ice cream in the middle. But true to my stubborn streak I decided to try not only a savoury galette but the less travelled road of a square shaped one too. In the process of testing this recipe I got sick of measuring grams for my shortcrust pastry and decided to work on a ratio as a quick go to whether serving two people or six. I am very proud to annouce it is: 1 liquid : 2 fat : 4 flour *taps self on the back obnoxiously* Sweet potato and feta galette (serves 2) For the pastry: 60g cold butter 120g plain flour 30ml cold water 1 tsp salt 1. In a bowl rub butter and flour together with your
11Mar
Shepherd’s pie
When I think about food and movies my mind goes straight to the rich chocolate cake in Matilda, or the prison pasta from Goodfellas. And although these scenes are cemented in cinema history I wanted to draw inspiration from a show that is close to my heart. Friends has been something that I have re-watched numerous times, since I was a teenager and I will still watch it to this day, especially if I am feeling a little down. Thank you Netflix! Some of my favourite episodes are about Thanksgiving and they have inspired me in the past to try pumpkin pie and Ross’ “moist maker” turkey sandwich. But I wanted to recreate Rachel’s trifle, as it is such a famous scene. Rather than trying to make the trifle I made the Shepherd’s pie. Unlike Rachel’s “traditional” recipe, Shepherd’s pie actually takes lamb and not beef. I kept the recipe very traditional and added a little twist by making a simpler version of ketchup and adding that to the sauce. It did not taste like feet! Shepherd’s pie (serves 4) 400g minced lamb (i used 20% fat) 2 shallots, finely copped 2 sprigs of thyme, leaves picked 1 tbsp flour
