Gnocchi sardi with sausages and tomato Malloreddus alla Campidanese Back to basics with ‘Malloreddus’ using semola rimacinata – di grano durno (semolina flour) and hot water. Such a pleasing pasta [...]
A little nostalgia from school day dinners! Chocolate Toothpaste Tart Who remembers chocolate toothpaste or should I say does anyone remember this teeth cloying dessert that I still [...]
Polenta If I excitedly mutter the words polenta the response I normally receive is a grunt of utter disappointment and dread! This saddens me desperately because polenta is not [...]
Tear and fold, that’s the only way!! When I say let’s have pizza for dinner tonight you’ll most certainly hear my children cheer with excitement and relish at the very [...]
Jam Cushions.. I’m already missing the Great British Bake Off. The programme always spurs us on to cook, bake and most certainly eat more whilst gaining a few [...]
Spinach spätzle sparrows with a taleggio drizzle Inspiration can be found all around us. Be it in a book, a simple conversation, a dish we’ve eaten, an aroma, a change [...]
To dip or not to dip that is the question? As the ‘Great British Bake Off’ frenzy has hit our hungry nation again I thought it was only apt to [...]
Tomato corzetti pasta … From master craftsman to pastaia! I was never much of an artist at school and in all honesty my drawing is still as basic [...]
When I say tonight’s dessert or pudding is tiramisu some diners have a wonderful smile and a zest of anticipation and excitement on their faces whilst the remaining few fall [...]
Freshly handmade summer pasta is on the menu. When tomatoes are aromatic and bursting with flavour I love to use them not only eaten freshly from the greenhouse vine but [...]
