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; 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; 2 foot-long bread sticks Large handful grated cheese (strong cheddar or goats cheese) 30g butter, brought to room temperature Teaspoon dried thyme Teaspoon dried basil 1 clove garlic, crushed to a paste (or substitute with 10 twists of dried garlic grater). Heat your oven to 180C. Mix the butter, thyme, basil & garlic together. [...]

Ingredients; Extra virgin olive oil 3 x carrot, halved lengthways and chopped 3 x celery sticks, halved lengthways and chopped 3 x onions, finely diced 3 x garlic cloves, finely sliced 1 x anchovy 5 large tomatoes 50g sun-dried tomatoes, finely chopped or blitzed in a blender 150g tomato puree 2 x large handfuls of [...]