Ingredients; Rib of beef 3 carrots 2 sticks of celery 1 leek 1 onion 2 sticks of rosemary picked and finely chopped Salt Oil Beef Stock Season the joint with salt, then peel and roughly chop the veg and place in the bottom of the roasting tray to act as a trivet. Drizzle some good [...]

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; 50g butter 25g onion, chopped 100g long grain white rice 200ml chicken stock A pinch of turmeric Place half the butter in a saucepan and add the onion, cook gently over a low heat for 2-3 minutes without colouring. Then add the rice and turmeric and stir well. Cook for another 2-3 minutes without [...]

Ingredients; 1 egg 4 tablespoons of distilled malt vinegar Water Place a saucepan on a high heat and add about 2 inches deep of water to it. Add the vinegar and bring to the boil. While the water is heating, crack the egg into a small bowl. And set your timer for 3 minutes. Once [...]

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 [...]