Mind Blowing Home Brined and Cooked Corned Beef Recipe

This recipe was show stopper, every mouthful was absolutely delicious. The brisket really takes on the spice blend flavours and I don’t think I have ever had brisket so succulent it just melts in your mouth. It was so tasty we simply had some new potatoes and eggless mustard mayo (recipe here )on the side….

Amazing Egg Free Mustard Mayo Recipe

I first saw this being made on an episode of Saturday Kitchen and have wanted to try it for ages. We had a bean salad where I had used a tin of cannellini beans so I reserved the liquid so I could give this a go. I was so impressed and I think it tastes…

Soya and Cannellini Bean Salad with Salami and Mint Recipe

Frozen Soya Beans are so handy to have to add to salads. Unlike broad beans you don’t have to worry about peeling off the shells. We also always keep tinned pulses in the cupboard as well. The mint was from our garden and the salami was left overs too. This salad is crunchy fresh and…

Rosemary Foccacia Recipe

So my vigininty breaking regarding bread continues. My second attempt after the wholemeal loaf is this simple foccacia (Paul Hollywood Recipe). When I was making the dough I was a ittle scared as the dough was so wet compared to the dry dough I used on my first loaf. I needn’t of worried as this…

Refreshing Rhubarb, Ginger and Strawberry Sorbet Recipe

We got a bunch of lovely freshly cut rhubarb from a cottage who sells their excess produce in a trust hut. As we thought the mango and honey frozen youghurt was such a success we thought we would give a sorbet a try. This was easy to make and so refreshing perfect for a summery…

Grilled Scottish Langoustines with Lemon and Pepper Butter Recipe

So if you saw my last post you know that we treated ourselves to some scrummy shellfish. So alongside our oysters we also had these langoustines. They were scrummy and didn’t last long but we agreed it might not be worth all the aggravation regards preparing them, it is a lot more time consuming than…

Cornish Rockefeller Style Grilled Oysters Recipe

On fish Friday we went to our fishmongers he usually has a great selection of fish but due to the wonderful British weather ( or not) we have been having they hadn’t brought much in from their boats. We managed to get some seabass and hake and decided as we hadn’t spent as much as…

Cumin, Fennel and Chilli Sundried Tomato Jam Recipe

This recipe is delicious with any cheese, cured meat or on its own with fresh bread (recipe here). The original recipes I found didn’t have any fennel or cumin in them, after tasting we also added chilli flakes to give it a slight kick as we love bold flavours. I would definitely recommend giving this…

Easy Wholemeal Bread Recipe

I have been a bit of a wimp when it comes to making my own bread but Paulie found this artisan Wessex mill flour when he went shopping at the butchers so I thought I would give it a go as I saw on a programme there are up to 14 ingredients in some of…