Gnocchi with Gorgonzola and Spinach
Potato gnocchi 500g (£1.49) Gorgonzola/blue cheese 200g (£2.39) Frozen chopped spinach 100g (£1.15) Double cream 300ml (95p) Parmesan Black pepper £5.98. Serves three. Boil the gnocchi in a saucepan for two minutes or until they float to the top. Drain so the gnocchi is as dry as possible and layer around the clumps of frozen … Read more
Steak and Chips: Perfecting the art on a shoestring
A good steak and chips is something that most people love. It is a fact that any meeting of juicy protein and fatty carbohydrates is sure to get even the staunchest vegan’s pulse racing. The combo follows the mantra of strong and simple umami flavours which meet universal approval. I’m not going to entertain the … Read more
Perfect Key Lime Pie
250g Mascarpone 3/4 tbsp caster sugar Juice of 3/4 Key limes (regular limes will do fine) 250g/pkt of ginger nut biscuits 80g Butter Which cheese can you hide a horse with? Mascarpone… Anyway, mascarpone is definitely the key ingredient for a great key lime pie. You might be forgiven for thinking this is more a … Read more
Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast
Whoever coined the aphorism ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day’ should be bludgeoned with something pertinently breakfasty (perhaps a cereal bowl or orange juice carton) until they resemble the terrible afterthought of the Full English; the fried tomato. That single phrase exemplifies the attitude of countless spectators of my childhood dietary habits. … Read more
