Day 13 of our Advent Culinary Calendar and we've reached a recipe based on an American Thanksgiving staple with a French/British twist. The actual Bean Casserole for Thanksgiving, based on my research, would usually feature Mushrooms (forgive me if I'm wrong. All of my information came from basic internet research) but instead I decided to… Continue reading 25 Days of Christmas Recipes, Day 13: Pea and Bean Bake
Day 12 and we've hit my favourite area of any Roast Dinner (or dinner in general): Vegetable sides. As a child I loved vegetables. My sister and I were very much the Jack Sprat and his Wife of our family (Jack Sprat would eat no fat, his wife would eat no lean and so between… Continue reading 25 Days of Christmas Recipes, Day 12: Hasselback Honey and Mustard Carrots, and Parsnip Croquettes
Day 10 and we've entered my College Cooking Course era. Two types of potato dishes I learned whilst studying Professional Cookery, ones that really stuck with me at least, were Straw Potatoes (thin strips of potatoes, fried) and Pomme Arlie (the French, classical name for what is essentially Twice-Baked-Potatoes). Then I moved to France and… Continue reading 25 Days of Christmas Recipes, Day 10: Seasoned Straw Potatoes and Tomme Arlie
Day 9 and our Advent Calendar has now reached the sides-- a.k.a. the best part of any Christmas dinner. Roast potatoes are already one of the tastiest potatoes to ever exist. Spiced chicken wings/cauliflower bites= also extremely tasty. So, I thought, why not combine two of the tastiest things? And thus the Chilli-Glazed Roast Potatoes… Continue reading 25 Days of Christmas Recipes, Day 9: Chilli-Glazed Roast Potatoes and Lemon and Caper Boiled Potatoes
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