Today’s recipe is a celebration of all things Spring with Jersey Royal potatoes, asparagus, peas, and tender lamb cutlets.
Dinner Party Dishes
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…
My Bûche de Noël or Chocolate Yule Log
My Bûche de Noël or Chocolate Yule Log. One of the first things I can remember making every Christmas with my mum was a chocolate Yule log. Or to give it its rather grander name Bûche de Noël. Bûche de Noël is very popular in France, where it probably originated. The first recipes appeared in…