A followup on baking the first loaf with Eric the natural starter, where not all went to plan. Supplemented by a successful recipe for Beer Bread, made with a local IPA.
January 25, 2010 – 11:45 am
I promise this is my last baking post for a while. My colleagues and housemates are getting fat from the proceeds of this blog and someone has to think of the burden on the NHS. The cake on the left is Nigella Lawson’s chocolate and hazelnut goo fest. The recipe can be found on her website […]
January 21, 2010 – 12:13 am
It’s a well-known fact of baking that things can sometimes go extremely wrong. Case in point would be my lovely recipe for chocolate fondant that is usually about as reliable as you can get for this notoriously temperamental pudding. I’ve made it a few times before and it’s been known to bring grown men to […]
January 6, 2010 – 11:06 pm
Adapted from an Ocado dhal recipe, it’s less of a traditional Dhal and more of a creamy stew. It took about 40 minutes and claims to serve 4, though I reckon it would stretch to at least 6 with rice. Packed with fresh spices and vegetables, especially the fresh tomatoes, I was disappointed the dish […]
December 13, 2009 – 5:20 pm
I love winter in London. There’s nothing like heading home bearing shopping bags laden with market-sourced comfort food and battening down the hatches against the freezing drizzle that’s the hallmark of a grey weekend in this city. One of my favourite dishes takes advantage of the treats available at Borough Market and our local stalls […]
December 12, 2009 – 10:58 pm
While David and Ben have been living it up in America, I’ve been slaving away in chilly London preparing for a traditional home-made Christmas. We’ve got gingerbread tree decorations and hand painted wrapping paper but my success for the festive season has to be the Christmas cake to end all Christmas cakes! Now, I’ve never […]
August 24, 2009 – 9:30 am
A passion for heirloom—heritage—tomatoes leads to the accidental creation of a magnificent tomato sauce for pasta.
August 22, 2009 – 7:26 am
Little recipes like this are one of the reasons I love food so dearly; it’s not a simple dish like beans-on-toast or a cheese toastie is simple; it’s simple because it keeps close to its component parts, is quick to prepare and yet still serves up great variations of complementing flavour.
So I finally got round to making the profiteroles filled with patisserie cream as promised. It was a mistake to start baking these late on a Monday evening when my housemates had just returned from a festival and were too hung-over/exhausted to enjoy them. It is not possible for one person to eat 40 profiteroles, […]
One of Ben’s favourite childhood desert turns out to be just as good as an adult: Bananas barbecued with muscovado sugar and dark rum.