Triple Variety Garlic Roll

Triple Variety Garlic Roll 

A sheet of light fluffy dough, cut into 3 Strips. Smothered in Garlic butter, Cheese's, Spinach and Cracked Black Pepper. Roll them up like an overflowing cigar and bake for 20 mins at 190.

Top right; we see the fruits of the cooking. On the left we have a Vegan one for a friend, oil, garlic and Spinach still give it a distinctive taste. In the centre there is a similar version with garlic butter instead of oil and Fiery Dragon Cheese in stead of no cheese. (shout out to A+B Meats - Brighton - best butchers ever). Finally on the right we have a copy of the middle one with parmesan not spicy cheese.

This gorgeous looking cross section of the parmesan rolly roll is all it takes to spur me to make these again. These buns make a lovely accompaniment to any dip-able meal. We enjoyed these with a delicious beetroot and butternut squash risotto.

Chinese

Ten variety fried rice & kung-po chicken

 Surprisingly spicy, nutty, chicken.... cant really go wrong.

The rice is fried with egg, pork, peas, prawns and of course buckets of soy sauce. It is a beautifully simple blend of flavours. Definitely going to keep that recipe at the front of my mind for a while.

Now the Kung-Po chicken - It is very easy to cook, admittedly it requires some ingredients that you wont just have laying around. 'Unsalted' roasted peanuts aren't the easiest thing to lay your hands on, try a greengrocers. The ginger, sherry (poor mans substitute for Chinese cooking wine) and soy create a sharp taste which is met by the fire of 2 red chillies. The peanuts are a lovely way to bulk up the meal with protein and flavour.

Posh Quiche

Salmon + Asparagus Quiche

An expensive but impressive dish. The simple flavours of salmon, chilli, lemon and asparagus compliment each other vey nicely. The whisked egg and cream turned out light and fluffy and is covered in a bubbling layer of red Leicester. 

Doughy, Meaty Goodness

Meatball Balls + Dough Balls = Meat Balls ?

Reduce your tinned tomatoes with spinach and your choice of healthy herbs, add cream cheese or mascarpone if your feeling extravagant.

Its a pretty messy affair getting meatballs and sauce wrapped in pizza dough, but after you've messed up the first 2 (can you spot the leakages above), it is an extremely tasty filling meal. A good one to woo someone with.

The dip on the side is just a quick mayonnaise mix i did; green pesto and crushed chilies gave it a rather un inviting colour so I added red food colouring (not sure if helped)

King Burger

Super Indulgence Family Feast

Using a soft round tiger loaf as a bun, filled with the usual burger salad items.

The burger is 2 patties stuffed with diced chillies and mozzarella (i did another version with peanut butter and pineapple inside).

This monster is topped with honey grilled bacon, chorizo, mature cheddar cheese, smothered in American style mustard and my home made BBQ sauce.

This is easy to make and relatively cheap for what you get, easily feed six with this big'n.

Even this guy approves

Yorkshire Puds

Best Yorkshire Puddings Yet

Using a mix of plain and self raising flower and leaving the batter to cool over night in the fridge is the secret to these beauties. Fill with any saucy dish, serve with a roast or add sugar to the batter and use them as desert cups.

Classic - Steak & Ale Pie

Steak & Ale pie - Hobgoblin pie

Time consuming but surprisingly simple, this pie is always a nice hearty cockle warmer. Flavoured with your everyday staples - Tomato puree, oregano, Worcestershire sauce etc. and the unique full bodied taste of a whole can of Hobgoblin reduced down to thick gooey stew.

Nice served with Honey & Mustard mash or Apple & Bacon mash and some nice green veg never goes amis.

Spaghetti Bolognese Baguette

Spaghetti Bolognese Baguette

A very rich, spinach heavy, beef bolognese with spaghetti; woven into a rosemary lattice baguette. 

Quite an undertaking. its not a quick easy one this, but when you open the oven to see a golden sauce oozing french stick; Definitely feels worth it. 

This one fed three of us.