Mother’s Ruin (Sakura Gin) Cured Salmon I have been asked a few times how do I ‘simple’ cured my salmon. It is truly, really, actually quite simple. Since I have quite a few people asking I have decided to blog this. I have been told it is expensive to eat outside. So here is a … Continue reading Mother’s Ruin (Sakura Gin) Cured Salmon
My friends gave me some foraged wild garlic leaves and I decided there and then I wanted to do this dish. My family however refuses to eat bone marrow. They however love my home made pesto a lot and ever since my father in law taught me how to make the very first batch some … Continue reading Bone Marrow Pasta with Foraged Wild Garlic leaves pesto
I have not been updating my blog for some time. The intention is good but real life got in the way. My KitKat was involved in a hit & run and he as well as us humans were all traumatised. We just managed to get him home now after surgery to wired his broken jaw … Continue reading Cured Trout
I bought a huge English crab from Devon and I used the boiling method to dispatch it to crab heaven and then painstakingly picked all the meat. One of the dish I made from some of the meat is potted crab. This is extremely easy to make and taste good if you are a fan … Continue reading Potted crab with a hint of lemon
The hubby has been indulging in too much glutinous rice dumpling (zongzi) last week so these few days he must eat less carbohydrates. Today he has monkfish tail wrapped in bacon blanket with lots of salads from my graden. This is an easy dish so am writing out so everyone can try. Place your monk … Continue reading Monkfish in bacon blanket
We are having a heatwave in the UK and it’s hard to cook or put the oven on during the day as the temperature has been reaching the 30’s Celsius! So I have decided to make pâté last night and just un-mould, into the fridge to chill this morning. Later I will just slice to serve … Continue reading Terrine of chicken, pork and sausage meat pâté – special
I made this chicken pie for dinner. I am not one of those Chinese who maintain the tradition of fish, meat, vegetables and soup aka the 3 dishes and one soup per meal type. Maybe I have been in UK too long. Tonight’s dinner – a pie and beer is all we need. Chicken and … Continue reading Chicken Pie
