Pesto Panna Cotta

pesto panna cotta

What do you do when you’ve got a whole lot of pesto and cream lying about? Pesto Panna Cotta, of course! I came up with this one lazy afternoon, while having some panna cotta and thinking of savoury ideas for it – I suppose considering how much I love pesto, Pesto Panna Cotta was an [...]

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Flan Pastry

custard tart

Yet another basic shortcrust pastry, Flan Pastry or Pâte à Foncer (part-ah-fawn-say), is an extremely versatile pastry, can be made a day in advance easily, and filled with all manner of yummy stuff, whether sweet or savoury. Of course one of its advantages is that it’s an easy pastry to make, light but not as [...]

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Homemade Chilli Paste – a very handy basic recipe

home made chilli paste

If you are a fan of Asian recipes, particularly South East Asian recipes, this homemade chilli paste is a very handy basic to have in your fridge. So many recipes call for a tablespoon here, a teaspoon there of chilli paste and rather than grinding it up from scratch or substituting it with fresh chillies, [...]

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