Author Archives: Em Halforbes
A couple of starters: yummy artichoke, spinach and tomato pasta and a crab terrine
Yummy artichoke, spinach and tomato pasta Mix cooked pasta with: chopped fresh spinach halved cherry tomatoes marinated artichokes, chopped Add a little olive oil (or oil from the artichokes) to loosen the pasta. Stir the ingredients through the cooked pasta, … Continue reading
A sort of Eton Mess, but with strawberries, and with added chocolate ganache (why not?!)
Another easy peasy dessert, serves about 8: 300ml cream, whipped 5 meringue nests, roughly crushed a punnet of strawberries, quartered chocolate ganache Mix the cream, meringues nad strawberries. Spoon in to glasses or dessert dishes. Top with a good dollop of ganache … Continue reading
Some seriously good venison and Guinness stew
We use Seriously Good Venison in our house! — Take 2kg venison shin and cut in to chunks. Put 8 tbsp plain flour in to a Ziploc bag. Add a healthy dose of salt and pepper. Put the venison in … Continue reading
Sausage in bacon baked with fennel and sweet potato
This recipe was quite a discovery, and one I’ll be making again, all thanks to our Delicious magazine subscription. I always try to cook at least one recipe out of each issue as my own way of justifying the subscription! … Continue reading
A layered compote and yoghurt dessert
This is such a simple dessert, and super tasty too! Layer compote with yoghurt and top with a little muesli. I used: – greek yoghurt – it’s thicker and tastier. – shop bought compote - easy peasy! The bigger the glass, the … Continue reading
Wensleydale and broccoli quiche
So this recipe was inspired by something I saw in Delicious magazine last month, but then I used our regular family quiche recipe and added Wensleydale and sprouting broccoli. Ingredients 1/2 a 500g pack of ready-to-roll shortcrust pastry Flour for dusting … Continue reading
Prawn chowder again
So I made the lovely prawn chowder again, but jazzed up the presentation a bit: a wide, low bowl to serve the soup with a dollop of mashed potato, topped with a crispy rasher of bacon (rather than chopped and … Continue reading
Eating Out: Dores Inn
Top recommendation for the Dores Inn on Loch Ness! For a start, check out the view above – heavenly. The food was lovely too, and the Inn was the epitome of the quaint inn. It was a fine excuse to … Continue reading
Dinner for two: Steak Rossini, and other dishes
Having had Steak Rossini a few months ago when out for lunch in Glasgow I’ve been meaning to try a recipe out for Hubby; I reckoned he’d love the steak-pate-crouton thing! I used this BBC recipe. Firstly, I undercooked the steaks … Continue reading
Ways with okra: experimental breading and baking
We love okra, and I pick it up at the supermarket whenever I can. I usually cook it in a stew or similar; it’s a bit gooey when cooked, and I like the stew to distract me. But this time … Continue reading
