Greek-style Jersey Royals with Feta and Oregano. I’m posting this a little late for the party as it is Easter Sunday tomorrow. However, if you want to serve something a bit different with your traditional roast lamb this is a beautiful dish you can cook at the same time. The recipe is based on a…
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My Caprese Style Salad with Black Olives and Red Onion
For just over a hundred years since its first appearance on a hotel menu the Caprese has been found in Italian restaurants around the world. Made with ripe, sweet tomatoes, creamy Mozzarella and pungent basil. It is finished with a pinch of salt and olive oil and that’s it. Simple. It is normally served as an appetiser, part of the traditional antipasto course of sliced cured meats, olives, and cheeses.
Summer Fruit Pavlova
Summer Fruit Pavlova. It’s peak strawberry season; tennis rackets are in full swing at Wimbledon. But even if the weather isn’t playing ball. Excuse the tennis pun. I thought it would be nice to write about one of my family’s favourite desserts. Pavlova, a big pile of meringue with an icky-sticky marshmallow-like centre. Piled up with whipped cream and topped with fruit. For more birthday celebrations than I can remember a huge Pavlova is always my mum’s go-to show-stopping dessert.
Truffle Mac ‘n’ Cheese – A little bit of Luxury
Truffle Mac ‘n’ Cheese – A little bit of Luxury. You may like me probably think of the dish Macaroni Cheese as almost as American as apple pie. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson was recorded as an early fan. However, you would be surprised to learn it was early English immigrant settlers who most likely first imported…