

Your Guide To The Perfect Gin-Tonic
I am passionate about gin. From the Queen of England to the dockers of London, there are few in the world who do not love the majesty of...

Béarnaise Sauce - not for the faint of heart
Ingredients onion - ½ cup, chopped red wine vinegar - ½ cup tarragon - 3 tsps water - 3 tbps egg yolks - butter - 1 stick salt - pinch...

Leek + Potato Soup, perfect first course dish
This leek + potato soup is enduringly popular and doubly handy, because my vegetarian friends can also enjoy it. Ingredients butter - 50g...

Toad in the hole - nicer than it sounds
Ingredients sweet Italian bangers - 6 flour - 1 cup butter - 2 tbsps eggs - 2 milk - 1 cup salt pepper red chilli flakes dijon mustard -...

Surprise dû lardon
Bacon surprise! The classic Tuesday night dinner-in-a-pinch. Ingredients Bacon - 1/2 lb thick cut basil cracked black pepper onion - 1/2...

Beef Bourginon
A dish that's part fancy French haute-cuisine and one peasant food. A crowd pleaser and pares well with lashings of red wine. Ingredients...

Sausage + Apple stuffing
Next level stuffing and the celery works well to keep it lighter whilst also complimenting the sweetness of the apples. Ingredients olive...


Fish pie
Ingredients white fish - 1/2 lb salmon - 1/2 lb garlic - 1 clove onion - 1/2 carrots - 4 red chilli - 1/2 potatoes - 4 bacon - 1 rasher...

Sausage Rolls - not just for children
A fresh sausage roll out of the oven - is there anything better? Ingredients onion, chopped - 1 vegetable oil - 1 tbsp sausage meat -...

Gravy to make everything better
Ingredients beef bouillon stock cubes - 2 water or wine - 1 cup flour - 1/5 cup onion butter - 1/5 cup Saute onion in a pan with butter....