My Posh Bangers ‘n’ Mash. It’s thought that the name ‘Bangers’ dates back to food shortages during WW I. Sausages were packed with fillers such as breadcrumbs or rusk and lots of water, and they had the tendency to burst with a loud pop when dropped in hot oil. Today, you can buy quality sausages…
Winter Recipes
My Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup (鸡汤面)
The first stage of making my soup is the nutritious stock packed with flavour. The other principal ingredients are plain wheat noodles, chicken, vegetables, and a few store cupboard staples. I like to use chicken thighs as they are more flavourful than breast meat and I precook them by roasting. I love the umani taste of mushrooms, so I like to use them and Pak choi as my vegetables.
Reindeer Gingerbread Biscuits
Gingerbread can either be a spiced biscuit cut into shapes such as a heart or human figure or a sticky cake made with molasses or honey. Decorated gingerbread biscuits are one of the festive seasons most popular bakes. From elaborately decorated gingerbread houses used as table centre pieces to Christmas gingerbread men made to hang on your tree.
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…