Gratinated Escargots in Marble Potato
Snails/escargots are the sort of delicacy people either love, crave for and adore or simply do not like and are quite appalled by it. In any case, the snails one...
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Family Dinners
Chili-basted Grilled Tilapia
This recipe I use since at least 10 years. In my personal opinion, fish is not given the proper respect when it comes to the BBQ season. While ribs, chops...
Chicken Liver with Wilted Radicchio, Caramelized Eschalots & Reduced Balsamic
This is a dish that I serve even to my friends that don’t like liver. I threaten them with no main course if they don’t at least try it. They...
Prawns Fettuccine with Pernod Cream Sauce & Fennel
Pasta; the ultimate comfort food. Prawns; grill, them sauté them, marinate them, poach them, there’s not many ways a prawn doesn’t taste good. Fennel; raw in a salad, braised in...
Fettuccine Carbonara
I was on the phone to my friend Trevor the other day back in Canada, and as well as the usual catching up on each others distant lives, we talked...
Chicken Salad with Arugula & Kalamata Olives
This is great example of a chicken recipe that is healthy, easy, quick and yet still a very comforting winter dish. You can enjoy the chicken with some ciabatta bread...
Cajun Scotch Fillet (Cajun Ribeye)
Also known as a Cajun Rib Eye. Of all the barbecues I have had, one thing is certain of all of them. Regardless of how many other cuts of quality...
Chicken Bucatini with Garlic, Shitake Mushrooms & Parsley Oil
I used to fancy myself as somewhat of a runner, although now I tend to get winded running to catch the telephone before message bank picks up. “Hello…..pant…..pant…..pant…..Paul speaking.” When...
Braised Rabbit Leg with Mushroom Filling in Grappa Raisin Sauce
My grandfather has always raised rabbits, for sale and own use, on his farm. Growing up, I was introduced to rabbit as an alternative meat to chicken or pork. A...
Braised Pork Belly with Chilies
I love anything with pork belly in it. The good thing about it is if you give it a really good fry first, that will render out a lot of...
Braised Beef Short Ribs in Spiced Orange Tamarind Sauce
Back some years ago, I was working with Liana Doyle and very talented chef and great personal friend. Liana had been working in the USA for some years before making...
Barbecued Lamb Backstrap with Cucumber & Dill Salad
Most people can quite obviously recognise a lamb rack or some cutlets, however many people aren’t aware that lamb back strap is that exact same meat. It is the “sirloin”...