This is not a recipe to eat but a recipe to make a facsimile of a French ingredient – lightly salted belly pork. The result is something milder and more pork-like than green streaky bacon, which is probably the closest…
Category: Meat
Moussaka
The first and most important rule of Moussaka is to ignore all recipes that use potato instead of aubergine. The second rule of Moussaka is to serve lots of retsina. I think the atmosphere is enhanced if you play Greek…
Moroccan Spiced Lamb Shanks
One of Mr. Slater’s, thus far unadulterated by myself. A warm, cozy, comforting meal for dismal winter evenings. Planning serves: 2 preparation time: 15 mins cooking time: 3 hrs Ingredients 2 lamb shanks 1 tbs flour salt & pepper olive…
Lasagne Bolognese
These are the assembly instructions from the Marshall Cavendish Handbook of Good Cooking . Most of the work goes into the preparation of the Bolognese Sauce (qv) before you get to this assembly stage and final baking. Planning serves: 4…
Lamb Tagine
Being a firm favourite both of Moroccan tagine flavours and of lamb, this is a frequent part of our diet. It is an excellent way of using shoulder of lamb. Planning serves: 4 preparation time: 30 mins cooking time: 2…
Leg of Lamb with JO’s Italian Stuffing
One of Jamie Oliver’s from his Italian Adventure. Planning serves: 8 preparation time: 15 mins cooking time: 2½ hrs Ingredients 1 Leg of Lamb, tunnel boned 2 cloves garlic, minced 3 handfulls mixed fresh herbs (eg mint, parsley, oregano, thyme),…
Herb Crusted Lamb
This is my take on best end of lamb with a herb crust (originally Carré d’Agneau Provençale in Raymond Blanc’s Cooking for Friends . The original uses white breadcrumbs and a lesser quantity of dried herbs but I like this…
Citrus-Braised Lamb Shanks
Untested as yet – from Waitrose Food Illustrated . Planning serves: 4 preparation time: 30 mins cooking time: 2¾ hrs Ingredients 3 tbs olive oil 1 carrot, finely chopped 1 onion, finely chopped 2 celery sticks, finely chopped 2 tbs…
Choucroute Garnie Alsacienne
Preserved for posterity having been taken from French Regional Cookery – Alsace . Planning serves: 8 preparation time: 30 mins cooking time: 2 hrs Ingredients 2 onions, peeled and sliced 100g goose fat or butter 500 ml Riesling 500 ml…
Chilli con Carne
A classic blast from my past and still one of my favourite week day winter feasts. Why stop making tasty meals just because fashions change? This will vary considerably from what might be considered a norm because it is based…