The original banoffee pie is perfect as it is, but for this year’s Easter lunch I wanted to make something that was familiar and very welcome but also a bit different. I’m hesitant to call this a straight-up chocolate banoffee pie because the chocolate doesn’t actually dominate in the way that such a name would suggest. The aim was for the chocolate … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Raw golden beetroot and pork salad with chilli & other face-destroying things
I can’t get it up for beetroot, really, certainly not in the same way I perv after potatoes–but my view of it has greatly improved after making it into this salad… Continue reading
Rhubarb syrup + oven-poached stems, scented with vanilla and orange
Quite unlike Tara’s charming rhubarb story, the main way I’ve come by rhubarb recently is squatting on the pavement, picking out stalks from a crate. Once I encountered a slug so tiny that it was like the crescent of dirt beneath one’s fingernail. It glistened on the rhubarb stem. I flicked it off: no need for a … Continue reading
Spicy Thai-style fried rice + baked chilli tofu + remembering Gilt Taste’s tips on fried rice
There is no one way to make fried rice. You can use freshly cooked rice and light seasoning, making a comfortingly bland and stodgy dish, or you can give it a bit of tooth, a bit of fire. The latter is what you’ll find here. This is an adaptation of Kasma Uncha-Lohit’s fried rice recipe … Continue reading
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