This week’s recipe comes courtesy of Emily Watkins, and a beautiful asparagus and hollandaise tart. Now the recipe itself serves 6, and was made in a large, fluted pastry tin. I decided, however, to avoid any going to waste I would do the recipe as 2 servings in 2 small pastry cases. So really these are tartlets! First up was
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BLOGDOWN – ISSUE FIVE This has been a week of challenges in lots of different ways. There is so much going on in the wider world at the moment, but all we can really do here is focus on our corner of the planet. HOSPITALITY ACTION The 20,000 Mile Challenge kicked off on Thursday with people making amazing commitments and
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BLOGDOWN – ISSUE FOUR With restrictions being eased from 1st June, there are positive feelings emerging – certainly in our camp – that a return to action is not far away. As things stand we go on as we have been, doing the best that we can in difficult circumstances. There is, however, at least some room for manoeuvre; and
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This week’s dish was perfect for a warm summer’s lunch outdoors; a new potato and pea presse with wild garlic mayonnaise from Frances Atkins, found in my Great British Chefs recipe book. Frances Atkins’s Yorke Arms has been high on my list of restaurants to visit for quite some time now. I was very pleased to be able to try
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AMARETTO SOURS TIME! If you ever need to separate an egg yolk from an egg white, and don’t know what to do with the egg white, this is a great excuse for an easy cocktail – Amaretto Sours. It’s one of my favourite cocktails to make; it tastes so good, looks pretty and takes the edge off a rough day.
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BLOGDOWN – ISSUE THREE We are still plodding on through this adversity. Some days are a struggle and motivation can sometimes be difficult to muster. With light blinking slightly at the end of the tunnel however, now is the turn of optimism to keep us trudging on through this challenging time. HOSPITALITY ACTION More fantastic action emerging from HA so
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BLOGDOWN – ISSUE TWO Another week of lockdown – at least where the hospitality industry is concerned – has passed. There are positive signs that things may soon be returning to some kind of normality, with a date for the reopening of pubs and restaurants on the horizon. Some people have returned to work already, so let’s stay alert, look
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For a while now, I’ve been wanting to try my hand at slightly more complex recipes than I usually have time for. As it’s important to learn to walk before I run, I opted to go for something a little more simple. That’s why I went for a humble and traditional soup from Raymond Blanc of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons;
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BLOGDOWN – ISSUE ONE The clichés have understandably been rife of late, so let me get those immediately out of the way. In these unprecedented times, it has been a big struggle in lots of ways. The changes to life in general have been immense. Most of us can count ourselves lucky; we are safe and healthy and have not
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