Dips, Dressings, Sauces & Spreads
Have you ever made a dish that wasn’t quite sure what it was? Not quite a pasta sauce, but not quite a stew or a satay either? Well, this dish is pretty much exactly that. It works as a pasta sauce or even on rice, can be spooned up with some roti or naan or [...]
There’s a million and one recipes for ‘authentic’ guacamole out there, so I’m not even going to pretend that this one is anywhere near authentic (so, no - this was not passed down to me by the guacamole master in some tiny Mexican village - it’s just something I made up!). Even though this isn’t [...]
One last essay *sob*, I’m almost there…Just taking a break at the moment!
Now, my family, having mostly grown up with my mother’s cooking, are quite unadventurous when it comes to food. My father will only eat Korean/Chinese/Japanese cuisine, the only other foods he enjoys are pizza, subs (and even then it’s only the teriyaki chicken [...]
Okay, before I forget, I have to document this sauce. Originally invented by A’s grandmother, it was perfected by his step-dad to the version which exists today.
Believe me when I say this sauce will beat ANYTHING you can buy on a shelf. Sure, it’s tedious and time-consuming, but when you pour it over a lamb [...]
I’m a huge fan of dumplings and potstickers, lovely little bundles of flavoursome goodness that they are. They’re relatively easy to make, especially since your local chinese grocery store will stock the skins and this means you don’t have to roll out 50-odd round little skins yourself. My local stocks a wide variety of different [...]
