Luxury Scottish Fish on Friday and a Classic Recipe ~ Omelette Arnold Bennett ~ Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was a British writer. Often after having been to the theatre in London he visited the Savoy Hotel’s Grillroom. The chef added haddock, cream and Parmesan cheese to the basic omelette and…
Formal Party
Celebrating National Stilton Week with Auld Alliance: Potted Blue Cheese and Scotch Whisky
Celebrating National Stilton Week Auld Alliance: Potted Blue Cheese & Scotch Whisky “Drink a pot of ale, eat a scoop of Stilton, every day, you will make ‘old bones’.” Nineteenth-century saying, Wymondham”Drink a pot of ale, eat a scoop of Stilton, every day, you will make ‘old bones’.” Nineteenth-century saying, Wymondham I love fish,…
Celebrating British Bread Week with Farmhouse Oatmeal Bread for Toast, Soup & Sandwiches
Celebrating British Bread Week with Farmhouse Oatmeal Bread for Toast, Soup & Sandwiches National Bread Week 16th – 22nd April 2012 is National Bread Week in the UK As you may remember from my last post about National Bread Week, Baps, Bloomers and Barm Cakes – Celebrating British Bread Week with Rustic Flower Pot Bread Loaves,…
Frisée Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Membrillo, Manchego Cheese & Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Frisée Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Membrillo, Manchego Cheese & Sun-Dried Tomatoes No Croutons Required The No Croutons Required challenge set by Jacqueline over at Tinned Tomatoes this month is one that is right up my street; make a vegetarian soup or salad recipe using antipasti from your store cupboard, such as peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, courgettes and artichokes…
Baps, Bloomers and Barm Cakes – Celebrating British Bread Week with Rustic Flower Pot Bread Loaves
“Baps, Bloomers and Barm Cakes” Celebrating British Bread Week ~ Rustic Flower Pot Bread Loaves ~ National Bread Week 16th – 22nd April 2012 is National Bread Week in the UK British Bread week gives us all the opportunity to celebrate one of the oldest and most popular types of food – bread. Ours…
Banderillas Picantes – Pickles on Skewers for Tapas and Random Recipes
~ Banderillas Picantes ~ Pickles on Skewers for Tapas Random Recipes It’s Belleau Kitchen’s second birthday and so Dom has come up with a corker of an idea; the Random Recipes challenge for April is to bake something special for him from a random baking book……..but, somehow that got lost in translation for me and I excitedly…
Tea Time Treats for the Easter Tea Table – Little Easter Egg & Daisy Cakes with Chocolate Cheese Cake Frosting
Tea Time Treats for the Easter Tea Table ~ Little Easter Egg & Daisy Cakes ~ with Chocolate Cheese Cake Frosting I have made a discovery, and a brilliant one at that…….I have discovered Philadelphia with Cadbury – a chocolate cream cheese which is JUST like eating chocolate cheesecake! I have also discovered Dr Oetker’s amazing edible Wafer…
Fabulous Fish for Good Friday – Marmite Ecossaise – Luxury Scottish Seafood Stew
Fabulous Fish for Good Friday ~ Marmite Ecossaise ~ Luxury Scottish Seafood Stew Today is Good Friday, a day traditionally associated with fish, and I must admit that I usually cook one of my fish pies for our Good Friday lunch or dinner, but this year I have developed a new recipe – my take…
Maundy Thursday & Royal Jam Pennies – Posh Jam Sandwiches
Maundy Thursday & Royal Jam Pennies ~ Posh Jam Sandwiches ~ Today is Maundy Thursday, also called Holy Thursday and is the day before Good Friday and the Easter weekend, when Christians remember the last supper, the crucifixion and the death of Jesus, as well as the Resurrection to new life. Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the…
The Perfect Pot and Cup of English Tea with Trumpers Tea & Betty Twyford
The Perfect Pot and Cup of English Tea Trumpers Tea & Betty Twyford I was delighted to receive a wonderful treasure trove of loose teas last week, and I DO mean a veritable chest of tea treasure; I am a BIG tea drinker as well as being a loose tea drinker, and so the caddies of Trumpers Teas that…
Flaming Garlic & Whisky King Prawns for World Whisky Day
Flaming Garlic & Whisky King Prawns World Whisky Day Celebrate Scottish Seafood and Scotch in one fabulous recipe! Scottish seafood cooking at its best. Take fresh king prawns shell on and sauté them in garlic butter…..then add a generous slug of Scotch whisky – set them alight – flambé them for a minute or so………..serve…
Mothering Sunday and Tea in the Parlour with Little Chocolate & Violet Fancies
Mothering Sunday ~Tea in the Parlour ~ Little Chocolate & Violet Fancies ~ Happy Mother’s Day to my Mum ~ Of all the British holidays, feast days and celebrations, this is one of my favourites – not only does it give me the chance to visit and treat my mum, but it also heralds the…
Scottish Seafood Chowder – Cullen Skink my way…….with Smoked Whiting
– Scottish Seafood Chowder – Cullen Skink my way…….with Smoked Whiting Fish on Friday This is my second fishy post of the day, a Fish in Friday double bonus. And, this wonderful soup has just been devoured for lunch along with crusty baguette and butter. As part of the Fish Fanatics scheme, of which I…
Pan-Fried Wild Scottish Halibut in a Brown Shrimp Butter Sauce for an Elegant Lunch
Pan-Fried Wild Scottish Halibut in a Brown Shrimp Butter Sauce for an Elegant Lunch – Fish on Friday – Here I am again with my regular Fish on Friday post, and it does seem that the past week has whizzed past so quickly……maybe because at last we seem to have had wonderful sunny spring days and I have…
Victorian Spring Posy Cake for Easter or Mother’s Day using Crystallised Violets
Victorian Spring Posy Cake for Easter or Mother’s Day using Crystallised Violets One of my recent cake inventions – a standard Victoria Sandwich Sponge with a few delicious additions. Fresh oranges and lemons, lemon curd, crystallised violets and mascarpone cheese make this basic sponge cake moist and special enough for the Easter Sunday tea-time table,…
