Make Salame di Cioccolato, festive edition
A classic, for the festive season and beyond
Persian chicken stew in the Crock Pot
Inspiring Instagram posts Months ago I saw an Instagram post and thought the stew in the photo looked wonderfully comforting, so I searched for a recipe I could replicate but never actually got round to make it. I think the inspiring post on a Persian Chicken stew was by chef and renowned author Sabrina Ghayour Using the CrockPot Fast forward a few months and I have been involved in the CrockPot Challenge, which I am pleased to say I have successfully…
Crockpot Challenge: what is it?
Slow cookers and crockpots I have always been intrigued by slow cookers, but I have never owned or used one like the Crockpot. My sister auspiciously bought one for my parents years ago, and I think it never even got out of its box and it’s gathering dust somewhere. It is probably not a cooking method for everyone, yet I have often heard praises particularly from people who are short on time and who spend most of the day out…
Spiced pumpkin and pecan cake recipe
Pumpkins are not just for Halloween… The days are quickly getting shorter, the air is crispier and the shadows longer. It is time for comfort food, warming and heartening: soups, stews and pies. Pumpkins are in season and while they come up in shops mainly around the feast of All Hallows (or Halloween, of course), they are a gorgeous ingredient all year round, versatile and delicious. I wanted to try and make a pumpkin cake, because I had never baked…
A recipe – Pappa al pomodoro
A late summer burst of colours Summer is when tomatoes are at their best, as they benefit from the warm sunny days to become red, intense, and full of beautiful flavours that those grown all year round in green houses could never aim to achieve. In Italy, we have some great tomato based dishes in the summer season, and this month’s recipe is inspired by one of those, precisely a Tuscan family meal called ‘pappa al pomodoro’. It could be…