We're Jamie and Lizzie, husband and wife team, and we're all about the joys of cooking here at Butter Wouldn't Melt - from big joints of meat to vegetarian favourites to sweet bakes and treats fresh from the oven. And if any of it can be thrown onto charcoal and fire for some extra smokey flavour I'll have given it a go. We hope you find in these pages inspiring tips, recipes and ideas to read and share.
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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.
Spiced plum galette. Filled with all the delicious flavours of the season and paired with velvety vanilla ice cream for contrast, it makes for a winning finale to any supper. Mostly though I just love how rustic and simple it is to make.
Sugar & salt plus salmon is a pretty good start. Add a bit of maple syrup, some wood chips and give yourself a few hours and you’ll have something spectacular: hot smoked salmon with a maple glaze.
I always thought it was odd that people cooked with yoghurt. That creamy, soft, delicate breakfast dish seemed so incongruous with anything hot. But mix a few staple herbs and good old fashioned organic chicken breasts to make chicken kebabs and you are in for a real winner with all the family.
Whether you’re a raisin enthusiast or not, few can deny the smell and sight of toasted Hot Cross Buns stuffed full of fruit and spices and spread with generous lashings of butter isn’t all but essential in the house come Easter.
Grab a spoon, ladle on some cream with a dollop of ice cream and dig in to a chocolate brownie – far too delicious for anyone’s good.
Nothing quite screams Sunday decadence than a crispy, crunchy crackling. Add a coffee based rub, and a touch of whiskey smoke from the Traeger and your roasted leg of pork will leave you a completely silent table!
