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; 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; 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 [...]

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; 1kg of Farina Tipo 00 Flour 1 teaspoon of salt 2 x 7g packets of dried yeast 1 tablespoon of honey 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil 625ml of tepid water (tepid = 2 parts cold to one part boiling) 1 handful of cornmeal Makes 6-8 Pizza bases One of the earliest recipes [...]