Recipes

Not literally popcorn! Basically delicately fried prawns. With a creamy, fresh dipping sauce you will devour! 

FURLANI, ANTICO

I learned this recipe watching Sunday sessions by Big Has! During BBQ season these guys are an absolute must! Ask your local fishmonger for the shells if you don't have any. Loads of different sauces you can serve on the side. I have combined 2 different sauces I liked to make a sort of spicy bearnaise.

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DOMAINE DE L'ECU, CHARDONNAY JANUS

I remember working in a hotel in London and we had the restaurant booked out for a private party. I think it was the last night of Chicago starring Cuba Gooding Jr. Gas craic either way. They requested tagines very last minute. We had 5 people running all over London looking everywhere for Tagines! It was a nightmare. After about 6 hours we eventually had enough that we could cook and serve the entire party. Ever since then I will always have a tagine at the ready in my house!

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DANIEL RAMOS, JAÈN ‘EL BERRAKIN’

 

A cracker of a dish from none other than Nigella Lawson! Legend. Super simple, tasty and quick to make, you can lash this up on the table in a hurry!

I love mirin and it has become one of my favourite ingredients for everything.

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CANTINA ANNESANTI, ROSATO UMBRIA FRIZZANTE IGT ‘RASPATO

I don't know if this was the same for other people growing up but these were a very popular chipper item. My wife still adores them and will order them regularly! Tasty little simple dish you can rack up in a few minutes and a great way to use up mushrooms instead of leaving them to die in the fridge!

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Who the hell doesn't love ravioli! Homemade ravioli bangs hard too! You really appreciate it after making it from scratch! Such a romantic little date night too. Feels a bit like Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore in ghost but its pasta and not pottery. And you get to eat the finished product so ye. Pasta>Pottery.

Mushroom ravioli is a recipe you see quite a lot but I chuck in black pudding just to dirty it up a little and it is so so worth it! Dirty it up people.

This recipe will make extra pasta dough that you can keep and use for other pasta adventures.

I would eat garlic butter on garlic butter, so when you put it on something as delicious as fresh prawns I shall not share with you, or anybody for that matter.

Done on the BBQ if you have the weather for it, even better. 

A banging glass of rose beside it, even better again! 

The ultimate beer snack which also works perfectly with wine!

Done in the deep fat fryer if you have one, as you should, or just done in a pan full of oil!

Delicious sour scream dip on the side! You cannot go wrong!

An awesome snack or appetizer to stand around with friends and pick at while you're waiting for your amazing main course to finish in the oven!

Earthy and full of flavour, grilling adds a delicious smokiness, dipped into roasted garlic aioli, everyone will be screaming for more! These artichoke hearts will steal everyone's heart, aawwww cute!!!!

Serves like 6

I love an ole fish curry and I also loves me some Hake.

I remember a time in my early teenage years I laughed at reading Fish Curry on a menu but decided to try it and never looked back. There is just something beautiful about a well cooked flaky fish immersed in a sauce made with such depth and strong flavours. I would only ever serve this with rice but you do you!

 

Serves 4

 

Wine Pairing - Sous Le Vegetal Octave

Everyone grew up eating Spaghetti Bolognese, or Spag Bol as our American friends call it.

I remember tasting Parmesan cheese for the very first time atop a bowl of this stuff! I said it before, my mother would cook it on a Monday and that would almost be dinner for the rest of the week. I think she just didn't know how to measure the amount of pasta to cook and ended up making enough for the Brady Bunch and their extended family.

Either way it is a classic dish that is super easy to make.

Serves 4