Category: Mike

This one is from River Cottage Everyday: pigs’ liver with onion and sage. I started off by slowly browning some onions with a little sage. At the same time, I boiled a potato for mash. I rinsed the pan from the onions out with a little water, and set...

No photo for this, as I failed to take one, but I’m sure the finished dish doesn’t take that much imagine. I started off by frying chopped smoked bacon and two chicken thigh pieces (skin on), draining them and reserving the fat. Into the fat went finely chopped celery,...

The roast beef I cooked a little a while ago served not only and entire week of works at lunch, but also made it through to the weekend. So, come the weekend (and given it was cold) I decided to make a hotter sandwich. It was much the same...

There was, of course, leftover haggis in need of a home, and I felt like something a little more creative than just reheating it. A little light Googling later, and I found Chicken Balmoral; the essence of which is chicken stuffed with haggis and wrapped in bacon. It’s as...

I picked this up duty free in Singapore, on my way back from the other side of the world a while back; I tend to buy whisky at duty free, as it usually offers the best value. The Doublewood refers to the fact that the this particular single malt...

I defrosted a couple of lamb chops in the fridge whilst I spent the day at work, and wanted a quick meal when I got back. So, first, I set potatoes on to boil – for the mash – and started to heat the grill. Whilst that happened, I...

Unlike Madsen, my roast beef didn’t have any extra basting fat. I tend to avoid joints like that, looking instead for something with a decent level of marbling throughout – this fat cooks out and keeps the meat moist. It was a three-pound joint, and I roasted it for...

It was Burns night, so I decided to have haggis. Mine was from M&S, and came in an artificial casing; it was, however, 2-for-£3 so there’s one in the frezeer. It steamed for about 50 minutes, before being split open and served. I also steamed a chopped and peeled...

The very nice people at Dorset Cereals were kind enough to satiate my cereal-based desires by sending me a sample of their marmalade granola! I opened some for breakfast, and decided to be quite scientific about it: the pack claims that its 600g contents will make ‘about 15 decent...

I had defrosted a tuna steak, but didn’t really fancy potatoes with it. I considered rice, or cous cous, but decided that pasta was the way to go. So, I started by boiling up some pasta till it was ready. Then I steamed some cabbage (savoy) and green beans...