Dear Fresh Friday friends, For this week’s Fresh Friday, I have decided to harmonise the menu with the Paris Olympics. A few weeks ago I presented a French “Steak Frites” for which I received fantastic feedback. With that in mind, I have been able to purchase some premium beef tenderloin again. These will be trimmed, […]
Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week we are revisiting a lovely warming main course I made a couple of months ago due to the great response, especially from vegetarians. It’s the baked Roman style spinach and parmesan pudding, with a tomato Napoli sauce, fried capers, and a crisp rocket salad, dressed with our Champion Beetroot […]
Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week I have another winter warming dish for the main course. It’s called “Tavuk sote” and is commonly served in Istanbul at many workers lunch cafes. “Tavuk sote” is made with chicken, tomatoes, garlic and capsicums, some spices and braised slowly to bring out all the rich flavours. I will […]
Dear Fresh Friday friends, For this week’s menu I have looked across the other side of the world to another wet weather hot spot, Ireland. “Dublin Coddle” is an Irish style sausage and potato casserole, served with a soda bread scone. I have teamed up with Loche’s Butchery in Coldstream street for the Irish sausages […]
Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week’s menu features a fabulous beef tenderloin steak in the main course and Belgian chocolate in the dessert. Both courses take inspiration from French bistro cooking. I do hope to see you on Friday or sometime soon. Salut, Peter
Dear Fresh Friday friends, For some weeks people have been asking me to make a soup, something vegetarian, and also a dish using ramen noodles. With that in mind, I have decided to make a Japanese ramen soup, with either pork or vegetarian as ingredient options. The stock I am making for the soup is […]
Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week’s main course is perfect for a cold evening. It’s a slow simmered chicken casserole with green peppercorn sauce with crusty braised leek and potato mash. It also comes with some baked bread flavoured with porcini butter. Dessert is all about Belgian chocolate and crunch with our triple Belgian chocolate […]
Dear Fresh Friday friends, This week’s menu is focussed on a famous dish in France called “Choucroute”, after all it’s the King’s Birthday weekend so we should have something befitting a feast. It’s a slow cooked winter meal based on a sumptuous selection of smoked pork loin, ribs, special sausages, pickled cabbage, spices including juniper […]