Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Steak Bearnaise
Monday, 26 November 2012
Paris Brest
The Paris Brest is a relatively simple French pastry treat made using a ring of choux pastry filled with a praline flavoured cream. Following the success of our Tarte Tatin, we have continued our education of pastry making by focusing on choux. In some ways this is a more simple kind of pastry because you don't need a delicate touch or certain technique when handling it. But because it is cooked twice, once in a pan and then in the oven, it is a slightly tricky process which relies on a certain level of concentration! Our effort was far from perfect but we think we know where we went wrong, so hopefully next time will be better. For now though, this was very tasty and did look the part.
Labels:
bakery,
baking,
choux,
cinnamon,
creme patissiere,
dessert,
experimental,
french,
pastry
Friday, 16 November 2012
Sausages with Puy Lentils
Going down the French route with this one. Try to use puy lentils if you can find them, but if not, then green lentils will be fine. I guess you should really use some French sausages such as Toulon sausage, but we just used some standard ones from the butchers. But they must be large ones! This is a dish full of strong flavours and is a real winter-warmer.
Labels:
french,
lentils,
main course,
puy,
puy lentils,
recipe,
sausages
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Porter Braised Beef Cheeks
My poor camera skills really haven't done this dish justice. I have eaten A LOT of cow in my life, but I think this was probably the tastiest piece I have had. The combination of porter, winter vegetables, herbs, 24 hour marinade time and 10 hours of cooking produced a lump of meat that was so full of flavour, soft and rich. Following the success of our Oxtail Pie, we decided to go to the other end of the animal and try to make something special out of the cheeks. In the same way that the oxtail needs very long and slow-cooking, likewise the cheeks also need similar preparation to be made palatable. Although this recipe does take a long time, nearly all of the time is either the meat marinading in the fridge, or cooking in the oven. So we urge you to give this one a go because it is delicious.
Monday, 12 November 2012
British Sausage Week - Proper Bangers n Mash
So last week was British Sausage Week and so when in the butcher we got a couple of links of big thick Yorkshire sausages. The best way to eat them is surely with a big pile of buttery mashed potato and thick onion gravy - good ole bangers 'n' mash. Apparently we so affectionately call the sausage a "banger" because during World War 2, when food was scarce, they filled the sausage full of cereals and water which would cause the sausage to burst open and "bang" when cooking. So, there you go.
Labels:
british,
food,
gravy,
main course,
mashed potato,
onion gravy,
potato,
pub food,
recipe,
sausages,
Yorkshire
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Pear and Vanilla Tarte Tatin
Labels:
dessert,
french,
pear,
recipe,
rough puff,
rough-puff,
ruff puff,
tarte,
tarte tatin,
tatin,
vanilla
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