Arts
Pistachio Ice Cream
Ingredients : 8oz (225g) unsalted, shelled pistachio nuts 1 pint (570ml) double cream 1 pint (570ml) single cream 4oz (110g) golden caster sugar 8 large egg yolks 1 1/2 tablespoons of custard powder Method [more…]
Food
Arts
Christmas Chestnut Soup and Bacon Croutons
I have one rule for Christmas Day: Everything must be home made. No pre-prepared shop stuff because it’s naff. This is an easy starter for Christmas Day. I love soups for Christmas Lunch/Dinner because they’re [more…]
Cooking
Saucisses en croûte
Dead easy recipe for a midweek treat. Prep time – 15 mins Cook time – 30 – 40 mins You will need: 2 packs of good quality sausages 1 pack of bacon 1 medium sized [more…]
20th Century
Foraging for food in the Fifties
I was born in 1945, the war had just ended, the world was a very different place then. As a child food was one of my primary concerns, it was difficult to find enough fuel [more…]
Cooking
Baking bread with Going Postal
With Christmas now history, I put to you, what has been your most useful/favourite Christmas present in recent years? For me, it was not last year’s set of kitchen knives and four cans of special [more…]
Cooking
The GP Advent Calendar of Cuisine – LetEnglandShake’s Game Terrine – H F-W
Any or some of these selection of lean game meat, about 1kg/2¼lb in all, which could include: breasts of pheasant (hung about 5 days) breasts of pigeon breasts of duck or other wild fowl saddle [more…]
Cooking
The GP Advent Calendar of Cuisine – Geek’s Finger Lickin’ Good Fried Chicken Recipe
Ingredients: 2/3 tablespoon salt 1/2 tablespoon thyme 1/2 tablespoon basil 1/3 tablespoon oregano 1 tablespoon celery salt 1 tablespoon black pepper 1 tablespoon dried mustard 4 tablespoons paprika 2 tablespoons garlic salt 1 tablespoon ground [more…]
Cooking
The GP Advent Calendar of Cuisine – White Chocolate, Coffee & Rum Terrine
Here’s my Christmas recipe. 500g White chocolate broken into squares 250g mascarpone cheese 250ml full cream milk Sachet gelatine 2 tablespoons instant coffee 2 tablespoons of dark rum Microwave the milk and chocolate to melt. [more…]