Category: home cooking

The lamb slices were left over from a roast lamb dinner. They were lightly sprinkled with rock salt and served with mint jelly alongside. The salad was quite high protein, in that it contained a boiled egg, cheese and pecan nuts in addition to iceberg lettuce, spring onions, Vittoria...

It is somewhat like a quiche without the pastry.  I whisked up four eggs with three big spoons of cream and half a mug of goat’s milk.  I poured enough to cover the base of the dish, then added 2 chopped rashers of cooked bacon (soft, Canadian style), plus...

Goose used to be traditional in England.  In Victorian times working class people would join goose clubs, paying a penny a week so they could enjoy a Christmas goose.  It is gamier and moister than turkey, and much tastier.  Mine weighed 11 pounds and fed 4 people 2 meals...

I never make Christmas pudding myself because there are so many good ones on sale.  Among the best is Fortnum & Mason’s St James Pudding, packed with fruit and spices.  I microwave it and pour rum over it to light it up before serving.  I have it with brandy...

What do you do with the Thanksgiving leftovers?  You make a turkey quiche!  Pastry from plain flour, bran and goose fat – very succulent.  Line with cheese, then chopped yellow and red peppers, pieces of turkey, Italian seasoning, egg and goats milk.  A 170 oven for 40 minutes and...

I browned chunks of turkey breast on the stove top in a little oil.  Into the dish they went with chopped up red and yellow peppers on top.  I added gravy made from chicken gravy granules and a sprinkling of Italian herbs.  The pie was top crust only, with...

It’s a dish I’ve cooked before, and it always works.  I sear the pieces of lamb in a pan on the stove top.  It goes into the pie dish with a peach chopped up into about half inch pieces.  I add a level spoon of ginger to the gravy...

I bought a small eating pumpkin, chopped it into small pieces after scooping out the seeds, boiled it and then pureed it once it was soft.  Then came the first pumpkin pie.  It had eggs and cream as well as the pumpkin, of course, but I only added a...

I used my goose egg in an omelet.  I sauteed chopped onion and courgette in a little oil in a pan with the lid on.  I hand-whisked the goose egg and poured it into a very hot pan with just a dab of butter.  In traditional style I used...

Wow!  I’m looking forward to cooking this goose egg.  I occasionally buy them from a street stall near the Grafton Centre mall.  Their chemistry differs from that of a hen’s egg, and their taste is fuller and gamier.  I sometimes make an omelet from them, sometimes a quiche.  One...