How to make a Great Custard
Custard is very much a British invention and is virtually the same as crème Anglaise save for the fact that it is often made much […]
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How to make Celeriac Purée
Celeriac puree is often made as a side sauce for roast meats where it provides that slight celery note that so many people enjoy. This […]
Cooking with Venison
Venison is one of the richest and finest meats that can be cooked. It serves as a centre piece for many great dish that require […]
How to Prepare Squid for Cooking
Squid is a cephalopod which puts it in the same class as octopus, cuttlefish or ink fish as some people call them. When you prepare […]
How to Make a Cheese Puff Pastry
A simple cheese puff pastry. Ingredients: 1 pack ready-rolled puff pastry 250 g/8 oz. cow’s cheese especially Emmental 2 eggs pinch of ground black pepper […]
How to prepare Roast Duck Breasts
Roast duck breasts are great with a full-bodied sauce. However, to make life simple here is the basic recipe for cooking this great bird. [Please […]
How to prepare Steak Diane
Steak Diane is a long-established method of preparing a sirloin steak with a wonderful earthy sauce. The theatre is to prepare the sauce in front […]
How to make a Beurre Blanc sauce
Beurre blanc is a warm emulsified butter sauce made with a reduction of vinegar and dry white wine normally Muscadet. In English it would be […]
Borlotti Beans, Olive Oil and Lemon
Borlotti beans go along way as a fine accompaniment to lamb and chicken. They are great in stews, soups and in risottos too. The recipe […]
Preparing a Morel Sauce
A quick but extremely tasty mushroom sauce using the morel. The whole dish only takes 5 minutes if that and 15 minutes to cook. Morels […]
How to cook John Dory
Cooking a John Dory or St. Pierre fish is not an issue it’s actually finding one to cook. They seem to be only available from […]
Preparing Pan-Fried Cod
Pan-frying any fish is a fine alternative to roasting and baking fish because it produces great crispy skin and a flesh which is rarely overcooked. […]
Preparing a Roast Rack of Lamb
A roast rack of lamb is a perfect supper dish as well as being something to savour on a Sunday. It should be pan-fried to […]
Sweetbreads with a Rustic Red Wine Sauce
Sweetbreads are those pieces of offal which are favoured in restaurants but rarely eaten at home. They are elegant morsels of two separate glands taken […]
Hash Browns, Fried Streaky Bacon, Poached Egg
A breakfast dish of streaky bacon with hash browns, poached eggs, some mushrooms, fried and grilled and fried tomato is what will get me out […]
How to Prepare a Scallop Roe and Tarragon Sauce
The roe of any seafood mollusc makes for a good sauce usually to accompany the seafood from which it was removed. Scallops usually have a […]
How to make Cauliflower Purée
Cauliflower purée seems to turn up everywhere nowadays and it must be because it has such a versatile flavour. It lends itself to various spices […]
Preparing a Sauce Velouté
The velouté sauce is one of the basic sauces of French cooking. It is a white sauce that is prepared from white stock an ideal […]
How to Roast a Turbot
Turbot is one of those exceptional fishes which like halibut often finds itself as the signature dish of many a chef in a top-notch restaurant. […]
How to make Aioli
Aioli (aïoli) is a beautiful garlic mayonnaise sauce that really complements chips and fries as well as most meat dishes. It’s an excellent dipping sauce […]