by Al la Carte | Monday, 13 July, 2015 | Recipes
I recently took a big bowl of this to a friends’ barbecue and it went down very well. It made a nice change from the mountains and mountains of meat that’s usually on offer at a British barbecue. Below serves 6-8 people with good sized portions, perfect...
by Al la Carte | Monday, 6 July, 2015 | Recipes
There wasn’t many things I didn’t like when I was growing up but I’m afraid beetroot was one of them. I’m not entirely sure why, maybe because it was usually served cold and pickled on the side of something with no business for it being there....
by Al la Carte | Monday, 29 June, 2015 | Recipes
It’s mid way through elderflower season so you’ve only got a couple more weeks before this wonderful flower is past its best. There are quite a few elderflower recipes out there to try; elderflower cordial, elderflower fritters, elderflower pana cotta to...
by Al la Carte | Monday, 22 June, 2015 | Recipes
This recipe was inspired by the velouté with diced vegetables which I had The Kitchin in Edinburgh. I really liked the simplicity of the small diced vegetables and thought it would work well with a refreshing gazpacho soup. Brunoise is a kind of a “posh”...
by Al la Carte | Sunday, 7 June, 2015 | Cocktails, Recipes
As a child I loved milkshakes, as an adult I think I like them even more. There are now many recipes on the internet for adult milkshakes or “Hardshakes”, this is one of mine: Ingredients (makes 500ml) 70ml Bourbon (I used Woodford Reserve) 35ml Toffee...
by Al la Carte | Sunday, 31 May, 2015 | Recipes
This is a great recipe if you have some stale bread, it has to be good bread and certainly not white sliced. I used my personal favourite elderflower sourdough from Staff of Life bakery. Ingredients (serves 2-4) 100g of stale bread 4 medium tomatoes 1 roasted red...
