May 16
I have been making this recipe for smoked mackerel pate anytime I need to get a quick, easy, tasty and healthy appetiser or starter prepared a.s.a.p. All in it shouldn’t take more than 5 mins to throw together if you have the ingredients on hand when unexpected guest arrive. This mackerel pate is delicious on toast …
May 04
The first time I encountered Pao de Queijo was at Pradaria Steaks & Churrascaria, a restaurant in Houston, unfortunately now closed by the looks of it. Like most Churrscarias, the restaurants want to limit how much of the main meal, i.e. the meat you can eat, by putting bowls of these delicious cheese puffs on you table …
May 01
Hummus is one of those dishes that shouldn’t really need any improvements made to it, however it does have a fatal flaw in that it is quite high in calories, but delicious at the same time. I haven’t found anyone yet that can stop eating it after just 2 tablespoons i.e. the recommend serving size. …
Apr 28
Once you try this Sun Dried Tomato Bread, you’ll be looking for excuses to make it again and again. Most of the time nowadays I make sourdough, but it does take a bit of effort and planning, where as this bread recipe is really quick by comparison and the sweet fruity, slightly sour and umami …
Apr 23
Dogs Nose Salsa, or its proper name Xni Pec, is another Mexican salsa with a funny name, e.g Pico de gallo (The rooster’s beak). Xni-Pec (pronounced ‘shnee pek’) is ancient Mayan for ‘The Dog’s Nose’, probably because you’ll be sweating like a Dog’s nose after eating it because of the addition of habanero chilli peppers. …
