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Yearly Archives: 2010

Caramelised endive with Serrano ham

I’ve only really used endives a couple of times in the past, Mel & I once made this fabulous crab meat and grated radish salad for a New York Christmas eve party which transformed into a very pretty finger appetizer when scooped onto an individual endive leaf, it was incredibly tasty, but it’s only now I […]

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Lime & Ginger Cheesecake

Okay Becky this one is for you. I was just trying to think where we were when I first had the pleasure of tasting it, I believe in your parent’s wonderful old kitchen at Well Cottage.  Since then I have made it more times than I can begin to count, which is perhaps why my […]

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Spiced Brown Sugar Honey Pecans

Once you start eating these you just can’t stop, they are seriously addictive so beware! I also just wanted to talk about why so many of my recipes specify kosher salt or sea salt. Kosher salt and sea salt have a much larger grain and tend to be much less salty that regular table salt, […]

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Olive Crackers

A new Ottolenghi favourite of mine. I have never dabbled with cracker making before and these were so simple to do and an absolute hit for a warm tapas style entrée with a dip or just to eat cold as a snack along the way. As it says in the book “you will never need […]

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Leek and Potato Soup with Kielbasa

Last week we decided to put our air conditioners back in our apartment windows. Unfortunately we hadn’t expected the weather in New York to go back to being so cold and by Sunday, our place was like a meat locker! As we couldn’t reach anyone in the building to get the heat turned back on […]

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