Steak and kidney pudding, a traditional British dish consisting of diced steak, onion, and kidney—generally from a lamb or pig—cooked in a brown gravy and then encased in a soft suet pastry and steamed for several hours.
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Steak and Kidney Pudding
This rich and flavoursome steak and kidney pudding is full of juicy meat, swirled in a thick gravy sauce that will just melt in the mouth.
Peppercorn Sauce
One of my favourite steak sauces – a creamy Peppercorn Sauce made with Jack Daniels, beef broth, cream and plenty of crushed peppercorns.
Spanish Chicken Bake
It’s been a long day and you want to make something that’s easy and needs very little washing up afterwards. What you need is a Spanish-style one-pan chicken bake made with juicy chorizo, chicken and vegetables.
Baked Whole Turbot
When cooked fresh, turbot meat is subtly flavoured and sweet. (It also stores well and can be kept for a few days due to its mild flavour and high gelatine content.) Turbot can be filleted, then steamed or sautéed. But I like to make serving turbot into a family occasion and roast the fish whole to be shared at the table.
Catch it and Cook it – Turbot
After a days fishing, the best bit is yet to come. Cooking and sharing a nice turbot with the family. It will keep happily in the fridge overnight but in my opinion, the fresher the better. Catch it and cook it!
Cumberland Sausage Casserole
A comforting and hearty one-pot sausage stew with chorizo, smoked paprika, red wine and beans.
Hotdog Spiders and Caterpillars
Hot dogs with spaghetti noodles cooked through them to look like spiders or caterpillars. Your kids will love them, especially on Halloween!
Pie Mash and Eels – A History
Pie and mash shops are a London institution, the first one having opened its doors in the 1850s, the pie filling being eels, which were common in the Thames at the time as not much else could survive in the polluted water.
Chilli con Carne
An all-time tex-mex classic chilli con carne recipe, low in fat and using mainly store cupboard ingredients.