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The morning I started writing my review of Home Cooked & Heartwarming Dave and I had been shopping. We bought a kilogram of mussels which I planned on cooking with Pernod. I used Ashleigh Levin's recipe for mighty mussel pot with secret Sambuca as the base for my Pernod mussels. In her recipe book Ashleigh says that … Continue reading Recipe For Pernod Mussels Using Fresh Black Mussels
The first most trusted person in my life is Dave. He is the one who goes out and catches crayfish for me to experiment with. I tried curing the crayfish using my sous vide bags but it was not a huge success. To rescue it I placed it into the sous vide cooker and was … Continue reading Recipe For Confit Crayfish Using A Sous Vide Cooker
I took inspiration for our Burns Night main course from my Curry recipe book. This crayfish balti is a British curry. The balti originates in Birmingham, the curry capital of Britain. The word in Punjabi means bucket but it is presumed that the word batti meaning food would have inspired the original recipe. Head straight on … Continue reading Recipe For Crayfish Balti
This prawn linguine is packed full of flavour from the herbs and garlic. Buy peeled, cleaned and deveined prawns if you do not feel like the hassle of doing that yourself. Head straight on to the Recipe For Prawn Linguine ♥ I am not a fan of the word diet, or following a restrictive eating … Continue reading Recipe For Prawn Linguine With Rocket
To make an authentic chicken and shellfish paella you need a paellera. This is the dish it is cooked and served in. Originating in Valencia, there are three basic ingredients. Rice, saffron and olive oil. Other essential ingredients include chorizo, mussels, chicken, langoustines and peas. Head straight on to the Recipe For Chicken And Shellfish … Continue reading Recipe For Chicken And Shellfish Paella
Head straight on to the recipe for Crayfish Nasi Goreng ♥ Nasi goreng can be translated to fried rice and here I have prepared the dish with crayfish. But you can use prawns if these are easier (or cheaper) to find. Dave and I are going to the Netherlands this year where I am sure we … Continue reading Crayfish Nasi Goreng Using Jasmine Rice
It is September, and the start of a very busy month for me. Dave and I are heading to France this month which means scheduling my blog posts for while we are away. This in turn means making a few things in advance, and finding the words for posts when maybe the inspiration is not … Continue reading Recipe For Lobster Ceviche Using Rock Lobster
I often refer to crayfish in my blog posts and recipes but I have chosen to refer to lobsters in this post as what I call crayfish are actually lobsters. In the region where I live we catch what is called a West Coast Rock Lobster. I am not sure why we refer to them … Continue reading Recipe For Lobster Pot Pie
I have learnt that there is a very clear distinction between food bloggers and food photographers / stylists. I am a food blogger and I concentrate on bringing you, my reader, the very best recipes I possibly can. I cook at night when I get home from work - yes, I do have a regular … Continue reading Recipe For Bouillabaisse
We live about 30 minutes boat ride from where the crayfish (rock lobster) breed and during our very limited season we go out and collect our quota of 4 per person. I like to freeze the tails to use during the course of the year when we have guests. We usually steam the heads and … Continue reading Recipe For Crayfish Stock