Back to Basics Cooking in a Modern Age
Anyone who reads my recipes on a regular basis knows that I’m keen on meatballs and the whole fruit and meat combination. And, seeing as it’s the holidays, I wanted something a bit festive-y and special. And I didn’t make any cookies. These are my snacky substitute. Almost the same ingredients – but not quite…. …
I love homemade sausage rolls. A traditional british snack, sausage rolls always came out at Christmas time in my family. You can get them all year ’round in the UK, obviously, but my mother made lovely homemade ones which were always better than the pre-packed ones you get in the supermarket. I’ve had The Best …
A friend of mine made some delicious chutney and brought some over to me. It was absolutely fantastic – although it contained ‘just a little bit of sugar’. Obviously, I don’t normally eat sugar, so I’ve had to ration myself with it. But with my mad spree of baking over the holidays, I thought maybe …
In Chinese restaurants in the UK, I always see something called Sweet and Sour Pork Balls, or Chicken Balls, on the menu and it strikes me as the weirdest description of a dish. It usually is battered deep fried pieces of chicken or pork, round, floating in a neon red, sugary, sweet and sour sauce. …
I read about some little pies called Sfeehas on the internet. Traditionally made with mince lamb, pine nuts and ghee then encased in pastry, they sounded delicious. But as I’ve never had any success with making paleo pastry, I decided to come up with something similar instead. (I didn’t have any lamb, pine nuts or …
There are quite a few recipes for making your own bacon on the internet. A lot of them involve sugar. Some of them don’t. A lot of them have ingredients that I can’t get here in Spain. So on my third attempt at making bacon, I decided to go with my own collection of spices, …
