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apple sauce

Apple Sauce

FacebookAn easy apple sauce needing just four ingredients which goes great with pork or duck. Bramley apples are best for cooking and are widely available.

morcilla stuffed baby squid

Morcilla Stuffed Baby Squid

Facebook 🇪🇸 En español: Calamares Rellenos con Morcilla These baby squid stuffed with morcilla, (Spanish black pudding) make a great tapa. This recipe was inspired by one from Jamie Oliver influenced by a couple of others I found on the web. Serve with a chipotle and lemon salsa style sauce […]

morcilla black pudding

Morcilla: The Spanish Black Pudding

Facebook Spain’s answer to our black pudding is a mile from the slice you’ll get with your fry-up. It’s a spiced blood sausage, delicate, with a gentle tang. Recipes vary across Spain from the loose, rice-flecked morcilla from Burgos to morcilla de Arroz, the variety made with onion and rice. Morcilla pronounced […]

squid with black pudding and peppers

Squid and Black Pudding with Peppers

Facebook En español: Calamares y Morcilla con Pimientos This easy mid-week meal originates I believe from the city of Burgos, the home of the legendary El Cid. Morcilla as used in this recipe is the Spanish version of black pudding. You can find out more about it here. Credits: Diana […]

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Easy Home Baked Bread

Facebook Home Baked Bread There is nothing like the smell of fresh home-baked bread straight out of the oven. I have been (trying to) bake bread for most of my adult life and with our recent home confinement under Covid, I have found the time to experiment once more with […]

chicken puttanesca

Chicken Puttanesca

Facebook Chicken Puttanesca combines the classic Neopolitan sauce with chicken that has been sautéed first, then gently simmered to absorb all the wonderful flavours. Puttanesca and Prostitution Practised since biblical times, prostitution is the worlds oldest profession. But there’s only one place where it has inspired a sauce, and that […]

festive filled brioche

Festive filled Brioche with Baked Camembert

Facebook This celebration festive filled brioche from Great British Bake Off’s Kimberley Wilson is perfect party food just made for sharing. This is a lovely recipe but is quite involved and needs a fair bit of preparation the day before. If family or friends are coming round and the clocks […]

grilled salmon fillets

Honey & Soy Salmon Fillets

Facebook This recipe for honey & soy salmon fillets from Dinner at the Zoo is created using an easy to make marinade with lovely fresh flavours. The marinade for the salmon is a mixture of olive oil, honey, soy sauce, lemon zest and herbs. The salmon sits in the marinade […]