Cooking fish en papillote (literally translated from French as ‘in parchment’) involves wrapping it up the very tightly in parchment paper to ensure that the moisture stays in the parcel as it cooks. The wrapping process is very important as you don’t want even one bit of steam to escape! You can tell if you [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Sea Bream en Papillote
Posted in Mains, tagged bream, fish, new potatoes, potatoes, recipe, sea bream, vegetables on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Vegetable Kebabs with Griddled Corn on the Cob
Posted in Mains, tagged corn on the cob, kebabs, sweetcorn, vegetables, vegetarian on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We both love corn on the cob (especially done on the barbeque) and as July marks the start of the season, we’ll most likely be having it a few times over the coming months. This time, we decided to keep everything very simple, griddling the corn and serving it alongside grilled vegetable kebabs. The kebabs [...]
Bank Restaurant
Posted in Eating Out, tagged london restaurant, restaurant, review on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, Erika and I found ourselves in Zander Bar, home to the longest bar (48 metres) in Europe and quite possibly some of the best cocktails in London. They can’t be too proud of the longest bar accolade as on this and a previous visit only 1/4 of it was open; the remaining 36 [...]
Chicken Dhansak
Posted in Mains, tagged chicken, chicken dhansak, curry, dhansak, indian, lentils, takeaway recreation on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For years and years I’d always order the same dish whenever I went for a curry. Chicken dhansak, a hot and sour parsi dish of chicken in a thick, spicy sauce with lentils, was recommended to me by a friend and afterwards I never tried anything else. Lentils make the sauce healthier than when cream [...]
Berries with Meringues
Posted in Desserts, tagged berries, blackcurrants, clotted cream, dessert, eton mess, meringue, pudding, recipe, redcurrants, star anise, strawberries on July 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you read yesterday’s making meringues post, you’ll know that we had a dessert that included meringue, redcurrants and blackcurrants that was inspired by something we found in the weekend’s Observer Food Monthly. Here it is: Berries with Meringues Serves 2 Prep time: 15 mins (+ 1 hour cooling/steeping) 75g blackcurrants 75g redcurrants 150g strawberries [...]
