A while back you may remember me talking about how my thai yellow soup came into being. This is the very recipe where that chilli mishap occurred. You see, my beloved Elly is not a big fan of “spicy” food so I was trying to create a thai curry that she would at least like, [...]

Hmmm a traditional Thai soup recipe? Hell to the no! This is anything but. I came up with the idea for this recipe after an experiment in making Thai chicken curry. The chilli I used for the curry was a little lacking in the heat department and as a result I ended up with a [...]

Ingredients; 340g plain flour 5g salt 5g bicarbonate of soda 290ml buttermilk Preheat the oven to 200C. Sieve the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl and stir. Make a well and pour in the buttermilk, then mix quickly to make a dough. Place on a lightly floured surface and knead briefly, [...]

Ingredients; 400g Potatoes, peeled Melted Butter Salt Pepper Serves 2 These are fairly easy to make and a great alternative to mash or baked potatoes. They do need a bit more effort though, not much, so let’s not think about it and just get started. First you need to peel and wash the potatoes, they [...]

Ingredients; 125g plain flour pinch of salt 1 egg 200ml Milk 20ml Vegetable oil In the world of classic accompaniments Yorkshire puddings are to roast beef as R2D2 is to Luke Skywalker. Yeah, Luke is handy enough on his own but with R2D2 around you know it’s going to be better. These are easy to [...]