Ingredients; 1 whole chicken, best quality you can afford 30g butter, softened Mixed herbs, finely chopped (should give approx 1 handful when chopped) 1 lemon, zested and cut in half. Zest finely diced Coppa di Parma (or Parma ham) Root vegetables (carrots, parsnips, onions) Potatoes Heat your oven to 180 C. This is a beautiful [...]

Ingredients; 4 medium-sized parsnips 3 sweet potatoes 3 cloves of garlic Handful of fresh herbs, as available (suggest thyme, oregano, mint, chives, parsley) 3 tablespoons olive oil Pinch of rock salt When I first saw the recipe this one is based on over at Donal Skehan’s blog, I wanted to make it immediately! I adore [...]

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; 2 large potatoes, peeled and diced 1 garlic clove peeled and diced 3 large leeks, sliced 1 parsnip, diced 1 onion, diced 110ml white wine 500ml onion stock (or vegetable stock) 100ml cream 700ml vegetable stock Olive oil Salt and Pepper Serves 4-6 Place your saucepan on a medium to high heat and add [...]

Ingredients; 3 tins tuna 1 tin sweetcorn 4 medium potatoes, diced good handful frozen peas 2 carrots, diced 2 onions, diced 2 parsnips, diced 15g butter handful plain flour glass of white wine glass of milk 3 good pinches of dried herbs (whatever you have in the cupboard, i.e. oregano, thyme, basil, etd) 2 slices [...]