Category Archives: British Flavours

Easy Fish Pie

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Jennifer

Fish pie is a staple family recipe in the UK. It can be as elaborate or plain, complicated or simple as you like. The hardest part of most fish pie recipes is making the mashed potatoes for the top– which … Continue reading →

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Roast Portobello Mushroom Cap with Soft Poached Egg

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Jennifer

Confessional: I swiped this idea from a cooking student of mine. She said that on ‘Meatless Mondays’ she bakes up portobellos, places a thick slice of goat cheese in the middle, broils, then serves on greens with a poached egg … Continue reading →

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Breakfast

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Jennifer

I’ve declared my adoration for Marmite before, it is the best yeast-by-product-sedimentary-sludge-spread on earth. It tastes even better when one has been without it for a few months. This morning I opened my big food box from England and pulled … Continue reading →

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Smoked Pork Roast with Crackling

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Jennifer

Crackling, if we ever move fron the UK, I will miss you the most… I had never heard of ‘crackling’ until I was forty and a newly minted British resident. Crackling is nothing more than the skin of the pig that … Continue reading →

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Beef and Mushroom Pie

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Jennifer

It’s May. It’s sunny. It looks as if it would be warm outside. It’s not. It’s a cold, windy English day. Eh, at least we will eat well.2 pounds lean, stewing (casserole) beef500 grams (2 cups) beef stock1/2 bottle dry, … Continue reading →

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Irish Soda Bread: Or, the best things to bake on Sunday morning

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Jennifer

Irish soda bread takes about three minutes to mix up (literally) and just 30 minutes to bake (no rising time). It’s great for the impatient baker. The hardest part about this recipe is not cutting a slice as soon as … Continue reading →

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Lamb: Tasty, yet Intimidating

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Jennifer

On a morning walk down the lane… they seem to know that I am marinating their cousin

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Market Day Potato and Leek Soup

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Jennifer

This soup is a generous soup; it can be as simple or elaborate as you like, and is almost impossible to screw up. Make it with salted water rather than chicken stock and it is vegan. Follow the recipe below, … Continue reading →

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Oven Baked Fish Cakes

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Jennifer

If you cook only one thing in your life, let this be it. I have made countless fish cakes—I LOVE fish cakes—but this recipe takes the cake. It is simply delicious. It is made with an ingredient I was unaware … Continue reading →

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B. Mary’s Crab Aspic

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Jennifer

Aspic is very a very old fashioned type of dish. If you like Bloody Marys, you may just like recipe. I love it, for sentimental reasons… It’s nice to serve as a light salad before a heavy entrée, or for … Continue reading →

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