lasagna is a typical Italian dish, it has many variations even in the same regions there can be big differences. I’ve developed my own over the years as I like the northern style with plenty of Béchamel sauce while also liking the simple tomato based meat sauces of the southern regions. This recipe combines the [...]

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; 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 [...]

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; 3 x 7g packets of dried yeast 1 large tablespoon of honey 625ml beer (I like Hoegaarden but I’ve also done this with Smithwicks as well) 500g of strong white bread flour 500g of plain flour 30g salt Plain flour for dusting Lets talk about beer for a moment, I mentioned two brands of [...]