Being a mixologist has is not one of my skills but I am always up for learning. I do quite like to tinker with recipes, including cocktails recipes. Celebrity Cruises sent me some of the ingredients including premium gin, Gin Mare, to make this cocktail for their #ATasteofTravel campaign. This cocktail uses oranges in 3…
This simple pasta with tomato sauce needs only a handful of ingredients but produces the most comforting and satisfying plate of food. Quick and easy for a midweek supper.
Chlled melon soup made with the sweetest summer melons and red prawns At a recent cooking lesson at Eataly London as a guest of the Italian Chamber of Commerce, we learnt to make 2 dishes with some truly fabulous ingredients. All the ingredients we used were either PDO or PGI status (Protected Destination Origin), which…
When cooking Italian food, using authentic Italian PDO and PGI Products helps you make the most delicious food. The ingredients are extraordinarily tasty, you can’t help but create amazing dishes.
What is Hainanese Chicken Rice? It is a one dish meal with poached chicken, a fragrant chicken fat rice, a bowl of chicken broth and served with a fresh chilli garlic sauce, dark soy sauce and sometimes a ginger sauce. Sauces are served on the side and never poured over the chicken. A really good…
Using a Ninja Foodi 7-in1 Multi-Cooker has been transformative. This must-have kitchen gadget is a pressure cooker, slow cooker and an air fryer, the crisping lid means you can brown food too. It took just 40 minutes to roast a chicken and the result was an evenly golden brown bird that was moist and delicous.
This umami-rich pasta Aglio Olio with Mushrooms is a really easy weeknight meal. Using store cupboard ingredients, your meal will be ready in 15 minutes. It’s vegan and vegearian friendly too.
Cantonese Style Beef Steak is a fusion dish that Hong Kong chefs created to emulate a Western dish. The addition of the HP sauce and Worcestershire sauce, it gave their version of a European flavour. The resulting sweet and sour flavour make this dish really appetising and appeal to even Chinese Food sceptics. (And it…
One of the best things to make with foraged summer fruits is a very easy Blackberry Sorbet. It takes just minutes to whizz up. Then just freeze and enjoy!