Serves 6 This recipe is based on my mother’s corned beef and is a family favourite. I always loved rolled corned beef as it is juicy, succulent and flavoursome from the fat. These days it is a little difficult to source, so I look for the fattiest silver-side I can find. Today the ‘eye’ of [...]
This smooth, luxurious and flavoursome soup is perfect as a wintry pick-me-up. It is also ideal for freezing. Mussels are inexpensive and taste wonderful when paired with the pumpkin. Serves 4 Ingredients 250ml white wine 1kg mussels -rinsed, de-bearded, discard any mussels that do not close tightly when tapped 50g butter 1 onion, roughly chopped [...]
In this recipe the pumpkin and onions are sautéed, roasted and simmered; this is to give the soup a deep, rich flavour. It is fine and still delicious, to miss the roasting step and to simply sauté and simmer until cooked. Then purée. Serves 4 Ingredients Garnish 800g diced pumpkin 2 large onions, diced 50g [...]
This is a lovely flavourful main course and is very easy to make. The meatballs can be nestled into many of your dishes to add extra protein, such as your Napoli sauce or shakshuka. Make them larger and cook them as hamburgers. You can substitute beef mince for the chicken, plus add some grated carrots, [...]
These LCHF days I serve this tart as a frittata as we no longer eat the pastry. If you would like to serve it as a tart in the parmesan pastry shell, and you do not follow the low-carb healthy fat program, please email me for the pastry recipe. My parmesan pastry is divine! Serves [...]
We love pumpkin simply roasted like this, served as vegetable or as a warm ‘salad’ – it is a real family favourite and is usually one of our Christmas day vegetables as it is fine served at room temperature. Serves 4 Ingredients Garnish 500g pumpkin, cubed with skin on or off 3 onions, peeled and [...]
This smooth, luxurious and flavoursome soup is perfect as a wintry pick-me-up. It is also ideal for freezing. Mussels are inexpensive and taste wonderful when paired with the pumpkin. Serves 4 Ingredients 250ml white wine 1kg mussels -rinsed, de-bearded, discard any mussels that do not close tightly when tapped 50g butter 1 onion, roughly chopped [...]
