Cut vegetables such as beetroot, parsnips and carrots into thin wedges, and sweet potatoes and peeled butternut into thin rounds. Toss in cake flour and shake off the excess. Coat in beaten egg and dip into freshly milled Parmesan cheese. Deep-fry in batches until golden brown, about 2 – 3 minutes on each side. Drain well and season with black pepper and crushed dried red chilli (optional). Serve with wasabi mayonnaise or garlic-roasted chicken and a crisp, green, bitter-leaf salad. COOK’S TIP Always use freshly grated Parmesan rather than the readygrated variety that you can buy in tubs at supermarkets.
Puff pastry is used in dishes such as steak and kidney pie, sausage rolls, apple turnovers and the classic French dessert, mille feuille, meaning “thousand leaf” for its…
There is nothing more comforting during winter than a delicious, heart-warming braised oxtail for lunch (or for dinner). So, stoke the fire, snuggle up, sip on a glass of red and indulge in this mouth-watering oxtail dish.
Print Recipe Crumbed aubergine chips with smoked paprika yoghurt Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 40 mins Ingredients Aubergine chips 3 large aubergines, cut into 1cm-thick rounds 140g (½ cup) fine salt 120g (1 cup) cake flour, seasoned with salt and pepper 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 120g (2 cups) fresh breadcrumbs 125ml (½ cup) Parmesan, freshly
White anchovies are fish fillets which have been lightly marinated in a brine of sea salt, white wine vinegar and garlic. Treated this way they are also known as boquerones in Europe. Picked out of the Cantabrian Sea, the delicate-tasting boquerones are not intensely fishy or salty like their hairy brown counterparts. Their slightly salty, sweet-sour taste makes white anchovies a great antipasto dish.
The perfect dish for an elegant lunch. Veal involtini is a traditional Italian dish, tender and oozing with succulent flavours.
Don’t be intimidated! Involtini of lamb with Marsala sauce and Mediterranean vegetable mille feuille looks and sounds deceptively complicated, but it’s actually very easy. This is one of those dishes that’s guaranteed to impress your guests. It’s presented with flair and bursting with delicious flavours.