400g Potato Salt Pepper 50g butter Peel and wash the potatoes, then place them in salted water and bring to the boil and simmer for a minute. Drain the water and allow them to cool. Next shred the potatoes, using a grater, into a large bowl. Heat the butter in a saucepan until it melts [...]

Ingredients; 1 packet of puff pastry 5 – 6 tomatoes, as ripe as possible, diced roughly with the majority of the seeds removed 10 – 12 black olives, finely chopped Shredded Parma ham (or other dried meat) Mini mozzarella balls (or shredded mozz) Handful of basil leaves, roughly torn up Strong cheese, such as Red [...]

Ingredients; 1 Handful of fresh herbs (parsley, oregano, thyme) finely chopped 2 x onions, finely diced 2 cloves garlic, finely diced 1 stick of celery, finely diced 1 x sweet pepper, finely sliced Approx. 20cm Chistorra finely sliced (substitute other dried meat if unavailable) 4 x eggs 30g Pecorino cheese, grated 30g goat’s Gouda cheese, [...]

Ingredients; 5 oz butter, chopped into chunks 5 Mars bars, chopped into roughly 1cm slices 5 mugs of Rice Krispies 500g Chocolate (mix of dark & milk) Line a large baking tin with overlapping pieces of clingfilm, ensuring that all parts of the interior are covered. Place the butter and sliced Mars bars in a [...]

Ingredients; 625g Tipo 00 Flour 1 rounded tsp baking soda 2 rounded tsp cream of tartar 1 teaspoon salt (if using salted butter use 1/2 a teaspoon) 100g chilled butter cubed 1 egg beaten 300ml milk 25g castor sugar Hard to believe it’s nearly 3 weeks since I wrote this post about Roma’s excellent Tipo [...]