Roast Lamb in Pomegranate Sauce with Crispy Sage Leaves

What flavour goes with lamb?  “MINT,” you cry.  Well, yes – but not just mint.  Lamb has an incredibly strong, distinctive flavour caused by the structure of the fats in the meat, and therefore requires a strong distinctive partner, one with a balance of sweet and sour.  Mint sauce, with its vinegar base, achieves this…

Avocado and Pepper Stuffed Squash with Sweetcorn Purée

I’ve never been one of these people to shy away from a meat-free meal, and recently I’ve been trying to increase the amount of vegetarian foods in my repertoire.  Of course, not everybody is so easy to convince – many people have an idea of vegetarian cooking as lacking substance or not being filling. This…

Red Wine Beef Casserole

Introduction This is definitely one of those vague, more difficult to classify recipes.  It’s certainly a rich dish, and very simple to make.  More than many casseroles I really tried to let the wine lead the flavour rather than simply complement it. A point I will note, however, is that I believe I made a…

Brie and Beer Soup

Introduction Yes, you read that correctly – these two independently wonderful things have finally been wed.  The creaminess of the cheese and meaty punch of the beer work so fantastically together, although it IS very rich so not one for huge portions.  I got the idea for this after seeing some recipes for Beer and…