JournalLive - Taste - Recipes

Cheese on toast

JournalLive — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:30:00 GMT

HOW can I give a recipe for something as mundane as cheese on toast? Surely nobody needs a recipe for something so simple. Well, we’re just putting this on our menu so maybe it’s just a little bit different from the norm.

Tartiflette

JournalLive — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

HERE in the North East we can boast our own excellent ingredients for this traditional French recipe – potatoes from Carroll’s Heritage Potatoes and cheese from Doddington or Northumberland Cheese.

Mussels with cider and thyme

JournalLive — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WE don’t eat enough shellfish, which is a shame because, like a lot of fish, it’s cheap and very fast to prepare and cook. Mussels are traditionally in season in the colder months – those with an ‘r’ in them – and make an ideal quick and tasty starter or main course.

Seville orange posset

JournalLive — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

SEVILLE orange posset is another favourite and the perfect tangy end to any meal. Again, it is a variation on the traditional lemon posset, which incidentally, is the oldest known pudding, dating back to medieval times.

Kid goat curry with lentils

JournalLive — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:45:00 GMT

GOAT? How often have you seen goat meat in the butchers? But believe it or not, goat is the most commonly eaten meat in the world. And yet we don’t eat much of it in the UK.

Bubble and squeak cakes with smoked haddock, fried eggs and bacon

JournalLive — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:30:00 GMT

THIS recipe is ideal for a weekend brunch, lunch or supper and an excellent way of using up leftover vegetables. If smoked haddock or bacon are not easily to hand, just omit them.

Prune and Armagnac Ice Cream

JournalLive — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:30:00 GMT

A GOOD get-ahead dessert to have up your sleeve is ice-cream and it doesn’t get much more festive than this delicious prune and Armagnac ice-cream.

Roast red pepper hummus with tortilla crisps

JournalLive — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ROAST red pepper hummus, apart from being delicious, is a colourful festive take on traditional regular hummus.

Pink roasted duck, chestnut and thyme risotto, Seville oranges

JournalLive — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

CHRISTMAS is coming and the goose is getting fat… Try this delicious festive recipe for pink roasted duck from The Rose & Crown at Romaldkirk in County Durham.

Hake with samphire and potatoes

JournalLive — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

HAKE is a white fish, related to the cod and haddock family, and is considered reasonably sustainable, especially in comparison to cod itself.

Jamie Oliver's Thai green curry

JournalLive — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THIS green curry recipe is one of the best I’ve ever made. It’s also good made with chicken instead of prawns – just swap in a skinless chicken breast (approximately 180g), slice into finger-sized strips and stir-fry it with the paste for around 8 minutes before adding the other ingredients.

Roast partridge

JournalLive — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:50:00 GMT

TO tie in with National Taste of Game Fortnight, Jane Lovett tells you how to cook roast partridge.

Lemon tart

JournalLive — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THIS week's recipe is for a large - rather than individual - lemon tart. Enough for six to eight people, it's very easy but you need to start thinking about it a number of hours, or even the day before, you do it.

Madeira cake with buttercream frosting

JournalLive — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:21:00 GMT

CLEARLY this is a big cake (I bake in slabs and cut to size). So if you think a smaller quantity is all that is needed, just half everything.

Creamy chicken-stuffed pumpkin

JournalLive — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

AM I imagining it or does Halloween get more hyped up every year? Since I was a child – which was quite a long time ago, obviously – it seems to have become hugely commercialised (a bit like those Happy Valentine’s Day to my Grandmother/Father greetings cards that now appear).

Pinscar Crag Organic Mutton with Irish Stew

JournalLive — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

ASK half a dozen people "in the know" their definition of mutton and you'll often get six different answers.

Jean- Christophe Novelli's slow-braised honey and cider caramelised pork belly

JournalLive — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Jean- Christophe Novelli's slow-braised honey and cider caramelised pork belly

Venison tartare

JournalLive — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:30:00 GMT

I ONCE employed a chef who used to say that cooking was simply burning bits of food to various degrees. Funny but untrue. Making a salad's cooking so, therefore, must be a raw meat dish.

Poor Wives of Belford

JournalLive — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

IT'S British Egg Week from October 10-16, and Belford-based Sunny Hill Eggs in Northumberland is proud to fly the flag for their own free-range eggs. Sisters Catherine Armstrong and Christine Jackson head up the business at the family farm, which is home to 60,000 birds.

Thai beef curry

JournalLive — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:29:00 GMT

Spice up cooler autumn evenings with this fragrant and warming Thai beef curry dish