Ingredients; 225g spaghetti nero (or your favourite dried pasta) 120g of streaky bacon 1 onion Half a dried chipotle chilli 400g can of chopped tomatoes Olive oil Salt Pepper Worcestershire Sauce Some chopped parsley and freshly grated parmesan (or pecorino) for garnish Serves 3 My thanks to Kat, who mentioned this as one of her [...]

Ingredients; Rack of Irish pork, approx 5lbs in weight (can be cut in 2 if you prefer) 2 onions 3 carrots 3 parsnips 3 sticks of celery Dried rosemary Salt & pepper Olive oil 2 packets Roma boil in the bag couscous (or substitute 250g other couscous) Serves 4 Heat your oven to 180C. Peel [...]

Ingredients; Extra virgin olive oil Balsamic vinegar Salt Pepper French mustard Vinaigrette dressings are very quick and simple to make and this recipe is a good “standard” dressing to learn. It’s ridiculously easy and quick to make and if you store it in the fridge will keep for about a month. The secret of a [...]

Ingredients; 1 medium onion, peeled and quartered 10 cloves of garlic, peeled 2 fresh chillies, stalks and seeds removed Olive oil 10 sprigs of fresh thyme, leaves picked 10 sprigs of fresh rosemary, leaves picked Small bunch of fresh coriander 10 bay leaves 1 teaspoon cumin seeds 2 tablespoons fennel seeds 2 tablespoons smoked paprika [...]

Ingredients; 1kg pork knuckle 2 bay leaves 500g turnips, peeled and roughly chopped 2 sticks of celery, roughly chopped 4 carrots, roughly chopped 400g spring greens (selection of Swiss chard, Cavolo nero, Kale, Brussels tops) White wine vinegar Extra virgin olive oil Salt Pepper In a large pan, cover your pork knuckle with approx 2.5 [...]