Smoked and braised Osso Buco is a real joy. A relatively cheap cut with an amazingly deep flavour giving you a whole heap of vitamins and a self created thick delicious sauce.
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Smoked and braised Osso Buco
Chewy oatmeal and sultana cookies – vegan friendly
There are few sweeter comforts to sit down to than a cup of tea and a good biscuit. These chewy oatmeal and sultana cookies are a little bit special in our book. They’re a recent trial, entirely gluten free, and yet taste every bit as good as their cousins which in our household means they’ve earned a hallowed place as a cupboard staple.
Flourless Chocolate Torte
A flourless chocolate torte. Sounds curious to anyone who does only sporadic baking but flourless (gluten free) is becoming more of a theme in the world. It makes for a lovely pudding-y type of cake or a devastatingly moreish treat.
Beef stroganoff
I’d always thought beef stroganoff was a long slow cook. How wrong could I have been. Start to finish this dish takes little more than 30 minutes and with a different take on the spices from your traditional mustard it’s a real winner for family or friends.
Eastertide Bird’s Nest Chiffon Cake
This one fulfils everything I look for in a festive cake. It’s elegant, whimsical, made from light-as-a-feather chiffon sponge and, topped with its chocolate egg-filled bird’s nest, an enchanting salute to spring which puts a smile on the face of every child clustered round the table come Easter.
Stinging nettle soup
Usually considered one of nature’s most annoying pests and a nuisance, nettles are in fact a lesser known superfood – a rival even to the crowned broccoli. So grab your secateurs, take some decent gloves and hunt out your nearest stingers.
Chilli con carne
With the nights drawing in day by day and temperatures dropping there’s little better than the warmth of a hearty slow cooked dish. Chilli con carne brings that extra spice but what I love about this particular recipe is that there’s just enough heat without the tongue-burning bite.
