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Food of Gran Canaria

My wife and I absolutely love Gran Canaria with its year-round warm climate, friendly people and its abundance of great food, especially the locally caught fish.

a ladle full of pasta over a saucepan

Easy Homemade Tomato Passata

I have had a good crop of tomatoes on my allotment, far more than I can use in salads so I am going to make tomato passata and store it for future use.

pickled gherkins in a wooden bowl on a hessian table mat

How To Pickle Gherkins

Sweet and crunchy home-pickled gherkins. You can’t eat fish and chips without one!

cooking sliced runner beans in a pan of water

How To Cook Runner Beans

I prefer my beans cooked fairly quickly in boiling water for 5-8 minutes but alternatively, you can steam them for 15-20 minutes or stir-fry them for 3-5 minutes

four sweetcorn cobettes on a white serving plate

Easy Corn on the Cob

If you are looking for a really easy corn on the cob recipe then you cannot get any easier than this one.

open jar of jam with a spoon full of jam

How to Make Blackberry Jam

Making blackberry jam doesn’t have to be hard and this recipe is straightforward. Get yourself a digital food thermometer and off you go.

Cheese and wrinkled crisps sandwich

The Perfect Crisp Sandwich

For the perfect crisp sandwich where do you start? Do you use your favourite loaf from the local bakers, and which flavour crisps for the filling? Should the crisps be plain or wrinkled? Do you use butter or margarine?
Don’t panic! We will consider all the options and come up with my guide to making the perfect crisp sandwich.

serving of jasmine rice in a bowl

Jasmine Rice

Jasmine rice is a lovely, subtly perfumed rice used across South East Asia. It’s strongly associated with Thai food, and used for serving with everything from Thai marinated chicken to Chilli Basil Stir Fry, Satay Skewers and the many Thai curries out there.