Category Archives: Recipe Shed
Dads’ Dining Club: Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen – Review
Every two months, me and two foodie dads escape the shackles of our families and venture out into the gastro-world. We each take it in turns to choose the restaurant and then rate it within the usual criteria of venue, … Continue reading
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Recipe Shed: Kids’ Jubilee chicken in crisp lettuce wraps
This is a Jub-ilicious (thanks to @mustntgrumble for the painful pub!) recipe is a twist on Coronation chicken and my kids love it. It takes about five minutes to make, and you can use leftover chicken from the Sunday roast. … Continue reading
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Recipe Shed: Slow cooker pork cheeks with roasted garlic mash and buttered cabbage
Pig’s cheeks are a chef’s favourite, but which are much overlooked by the general public. In their untrimmed state, they are just slabs of fat which hide burgundy-coloured jewels of meat beneath. You won’t find them in supermarkets so have … Continue reading
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Recipe Shed: Chorizo-roast chicken with Spanish peppers
Ola! Today’s Recipe Shed theme is a smoky, tangy twist on the traditional Sunday roast chicken. Viva Espana! Serves 2-4 For the chicken 1 chicken, weighing approx. 1.5kg 10 x 05.cm slices chorizo sausage, skinned 1 lemon 1 small bunch … Continue reading
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Recipe Shed: Slow cooker crispy-skin lamb breast with Dauphinois potatoes
This is about as cheap and cheerful as a midweek dinner gets. Unless you’re the lamb, that is. I bought this roasting joint at a farmers’ market for £3. Three. Pounds. Less than a pint of bitter. Bargain. For best … Continue reading
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Recipe Shed: Ken Hom’s crispy shrimp paste chicken with spicy peanut butter noodles
I saw the legendary Ken Hom cook this on Saturday Kitchen a few weeks ago, which at last gave me a reason to use the shrimp paste that’s been hanging around my cupboard – literally like a bad smell – … Continue reading
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Recipe Shed: Ken Hom’s crispy shrimp paste chicken with spicy peanut butter noodles
For the marinade 2-3 chicken breasts, cut into chunks 2 tbsp shrimp paste 1 tbsp Shaoxing Chinese rice wine 1 tbsp ginger juice (squeezed from 2 cm grated ginger) 2 tsp caster sugar 2 tsp sesame oil 50g plain flour … Continue reading
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Recipe Shed: Inside-Out Sous Vide Bacon Cheeseburger
These burgers contain a fantastic surprise – instead of the bacon and cheese topping being on the outside, it’s on the inside. When you bite into it, the cheese and bacon oozes out. They really are quite sensational. You don’t … Continue reading
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Recipe Shed: Chicken and shitake lattice pie with tarragon cream
A thing of wonder and beauty, a golden-crusted lattice pie is a show-stopping dish to bring to the dinner table. The filling is creamy and savoury -and cheap, too, as it uses leftover chicken. If you don’t have any leftover … Continue reading
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Recipe Shed: Lemon Cream Pasta with Velveted Chicken and Sage
I’ve used the Chinese cookery technique of velveting the chicken with a combination of egg whites and cornflour to protect the chicken from drying out and giving it – as the name suggests – a velvety texture. It works wonders. … Continue reading
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