I’ve given a number of versions of my chicken in cider recipe. Whilst it has slowly improved, last night’s version was such a massive leap forward I just had to share it. I was stunned by what I cooked. Of course, you’ll need truly wizard ingredients to make yours as good as mine; if it [...]
When I was an undergraduate and couldn’t afford food my chum Mr T would cook for me on a regular basis. He was excellent at braising meat in booze, but the recipe I’m about to give you is far better than what he used to make for several reasons. Firstly, Edward was given to braising [...]
You can know you like something, and then have an example that totally detonates your underwear. I’ve always liked smoked eel, but the Test Valley smoked eel from the New Forest Smokery (contact details below) is so staggeringly super I really wasn’t prepared for it. You should make strenuous efforts to get some whilst it’s [...]
I have long been hoping my excellent Jersey Bean chum Dan Richardson would contribute content to my organ; he is a charming, erudite fellow who knows the importance of having fun with nice things. His Tweets about lobster roll were so ecstatic I easily convinced him that People Need To Know. So over to Dan [...]
The editor and I picked up some squid at the last Hampshire Farmers’ Market and cooked something so simple, satisfying and scrumptious I would like to share the recipe with you. It is a great way of serving barely-grilled squid. As you need to hardly grill the squid (incredibly important that you don’t overcook it) [...]
Recently I have been eating the best sausages I have ever encountered, from Hyden Organics. I was very pleased to score some of the sausage meat and some of their eggs so Dani could create cracking Hyden Organics Scotch eggs. They were topping. When we noshed on these orbs we had a simply spiffing bottle [...]
The cookbook Hawksmoor at Home is probably the only collection of cooking instructions you need. It provided this recipe for a toasted cheese sandwich. It was a spiffing sandwich. I admit it is not so much ‘toasted’ as ‘fried and baked’ but who cares when it is so good. Don’t hold back on the amount [...]
Some may recall, on my post about natural wine, a brief discussion with Fabio of Vinos Ambiz in which he agreed to send me a bottle of his wine as long as I was brutally honest about it. This post is the culmination of that bargain. I agreed to be honest, Fabio, and I most [...]
I present a recipe for the ultimate Hampshire sandwich – the Hampwich. You need to go to a Hampshire Farmers’ Market to make one of these, but I suppose if you have sadly found yourself living in some other part of the world there may be ingredients almost as good near you. Like many good [...]
Sometimes you find yourself stuck with some perfectly adequate but ultimately dull wine. I decided to cook up some Hyden Organics chicken in Riesling I just couldn’t face drinking and added some guinea fowl pieces just for laughs. When you are making a chicken casserole it is very important that you don’t use only breasts. [...]
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