A dal should be admired for its simplicity and adored for it’s potential, in my opinion. Not only is it an absolute breeze to make, but the dense little morsels of lentils absorb whatever flavours you throw at them, creating an eating experience that is as complex in flavour as it is wonderful to eat. … Continue reading TOMATO & COCONUT DAL WITH CRISPY SHALLOTS & BLACK ZA’ATAR NAAN BREADS
Let it be any given day of the week and I would have no umbrage with polishing off a meal consisting of nothing but meat and the juices it expressed in the pan while it cooked. Maybe a few chunks of good bread, for dippage. However, the meat-n-two-veg ideology that I was raised on in … Continue reading POTATOES & GREEN BEANS WITH GARLIC BASIL OIL
‘Pass the pumpkin, please’. Said about three British people over the course of centuries. And why? Because the pumpkin is now nothing more than a Halloween decoration and seldom will it see the interior of our ovens. Think of it as a pissed off bauble. And it has every right to be. Us Brits tend … Continue reading TARRAGON & BROWN SUGAR PUMPKIN WITH ALMONDS & BLUE CHEESE
Upon hearing that I was a food writer who shares recipes, someone once rolled their eyes and sarcastically asked ‘So what… he writes a recipe for a Caprese Salad and thinks he’s reinvented it?’ One could argue this person has never experienced a real passion (poor cow) but another would argue this person has missed … Continue reading CAPRESE SALAD WITH PROSCIUTTO
It’s up to you whether or not you like your roast potatoes as a holy unit that needn’t be messed with or like me, you love it so much that you want to worship them in every form in which they can manifest. If you fall into the latter category – pray with me. It’s … Continue reading BASHED POTATOES WITH CELERY SALT
There is a small part of me that borders on the embarrassed when I caveat a recipe with an apology for it’s simplicity. But why, in terms of cooking, should simplicity even be scorned? Surely that’s what we’re looking for, right? Recipes that require the least amount of skill, the least amount of time, the … Continue reading POTATO ROSTIS
I’m sure right now we’re all in a position where we’re staring deep into the souls of our fridges and asking for answers. Now you may not find the cure to Coronavirus lurking behind that ketchup bottle and scraggly onion, but I’m almost certain you will find the ingredients you need to fling together a … Continue reading FRIDGE RAID TRAY BAKE WITH HALLOUMI & PESTO
As culturually insensitive and as culinary inappropriate as this may sound, I always think of dal as a confused bolognese. Hear me out. It straddles the line of curry… and bolognese… but is absolutely neither… but kind of both at the same time? Nothing like a bolognese in flavour or components but everything like it … Continue reading BEETROOT & COCONUT DAL WITH QUICK CUCUMBER PICKLES
I am grief stricken when I don’t have a dipping utensil in the house. Whether this be bread, tortillas, pitas… any sort of carbohydrate I can dunk, dip and slather… I feel a type of ways when I don’t have it in the house. The good news is, if you have flour and water in … Continue reading WHOLEMEAL FLATBREADS WITH FETA & RED PEPPER HUMMUS
The other day I wrote a recipe for a stew that used the water of boiled sweet potatoes to make the stock. That water came from a mash recipe. This here recipe, is THAT mash. I made this mash last week whilst deep in the throes of woe. I was hungover to a point of … Continue reading GARLIC SWEET POTATO MASH WITH CUMIN BREADCRUMBS
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 