Comfort food is called that for a reason – that edible warm-hug feeling you get along with all the happy memories they bring. Well, goodness knows this has been a year where we need some comfort and joy. Comfort foods come in all shapes and sizes, but you’ll be hard pressed to find a list…
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Cinnamon Roasted Pork with Parsnip Purée
Cinnamon is one of those spices which is grossly underused in savoury cooking – we all know the familiar taste of a posh Autumnal coffee with cinnamon spicing, or Christmas baked goods offering a warming feeling inside. This delightfully snappy bark often appears as part of a spice mixtures of food from the subcontinent too,…
Banoffee Pie
Desserts are something I rarely tackle – I’m not a huge lover of baking and have always favoured savoury food over outright sweetness. However, it suddenly dawned on me just how long it’s been since I had this classic dish and I couldn’t get it out of my mind. The name – a rather obvious…
Black Pudding Scotch Eggs
Scotch Eggs are perhaps the greatest picnic food ever made. The delicious, multi-layered treat with savoury sausage, a gorgeously soft egg and that crunchy exterior. Eat them hot or cold, as part of a meal or as a snack, breakfast, lunch or dinner. This particular version utilises the deep, gorgeous richness of black pudding…
Shakshouka with Beans
Say it – go on. Say it. It’s fun. 1…2…3…shakshouka! It’s even more fun to eat it, and delightfully easy to make it. An ancient dish that has come in many forms, we’re essentially talking about a spicy tomato stew with some protein in it – most commonly, eggs. The eggs stew directly in the…
