All posts in Comfort food

Comfort, nursery, invalid, rainy day food to fill you up and lift the spirits. I never tire of this sort of eating – I’ll just say that I can quite happily cook meatballs, soup and lasagna in the summer heat of the Bahamas.

Fish soup with salmon, cod, prawns and dill
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March 14, 2012

Based on a creamy Norwegian fish soup recipe, this is my version

Pear and mincemeat tart

Panic and pear and mincemeat tart

March 6, 2012

In which I exhibit initial symptoms of house-builders-panic and I use up the last of the mincemeat.

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Aubergine, buttermilk and lemon soup

January 25, 2012

Calm, uplifting, nourishing and light soup for the soul.

Marinating the beef for the brasato

Brasato al Barolo (Piemontese beef stew) with proper polenta

September 7, 2011

The ultimate wintry stew for the London summer

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    Beef brisket with leeks and orange
    April 29, 2010

    A delicious, slow cooked beef stew with brisket, leeks and orange zest – 15 minutes to prepare, 2 hours in a low oven... and dinner is served!

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    Champagne gratin
    April 25, 2010

    Decadent creamy potato gratin with a hit of champagne.