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English Mum |
Jan 11th, 2012
Thrifty brisket: a beautiful slow-braised beefy treat.
So, starting the year as we mean to go on, then, my next recipe is a little belter. Brisket is a firm favourite in our house. I love it because it’s a ‘bung it in and forget about it’ type of recipe, and the brevren and Hubby like the meltingly tender meat and rich sauce. We have it with mashed potato usually (not really your diet option, so substitute with mashed sweet potato or maybe...
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English Mum |
Dec 22nd, 2011
Everything you need to know about spiced and glazed Christmas ham – small or big!
To skip all the waffle and just get to the recipe, feel free to scroll down.
It will be no surprise to you when you hear me say that I love Christmas. LOVELOVELOVE Christmas! But often I find that Christmas recipes involve huge amounts of food. There’s generally only the four of us for Christmas lunch, plus maybe my Mum, so to turn to Nigella’s Christmas book and find her recipe for Christmas ham...
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English Mum |
Nov 3rd, 2011
Ugly face chicken pies for bonfire night
I’m not completely sure where I first saw this recipe. Rest assured it wasn’t my idea – I’m thinking maybe Martha Stewart or somewhere like that?
Anyhoo, if you’re entertaining on bonfire night, these little beauties are a great talking point. If you don’t fancy chicken, just fill them with your usual minced beef recipe, or even just squeeze sausagemeat out of the casing...
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English Mum |
Oct 23rd, 2011
Nick Coffer’s Weekend Kitchen on BBC Three Counties Radio. Eek!
So first of all, I have to be honest, I’ve said no to coming on this show A LOT. Luckily for me, I think Nick could see through my thin veneer of nonchalance to the terrified wobbling jelly within and just kept on asking until I said yes.
Originally I was going to do the Christmas show, but then it was all change and suddenly it was this Saturday. I was overcome with a mixture of excitement, nerves...
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English Mum |
Jul 26th, 2011
Roast chicken with a lemon up its bum: step by step
So we’ve trifled with titles: roast lemon chicken, poulet au citron… whatever. In our house it always comes back to ‘roast chicken with a lemon up its bum’. Anatomically correct? Probably not, but it’s kind of stuck.
Roast chicken is the easiest of meals. A quick fiddle, bung it in the oven and your work is done. First things first, though, you must choose your chicken...
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English Mum |
Jul 8th, 2011
Pork loin roasted with apricot and sage (with Jimmy’s free range rare breed pork)
Fellow guest at Jimmy’s Farm, the lovely Marie from food blog The English Kitchen, suggested over dinner that I try pork with apricots. It sounded such a lovely combo that I thought I’d give it a try with the large loin of beautiful free range rare breed pork I was given at the farm:
4 pork loin steaks
3 apricots
4 or 5 sage leaves
1 glass cider or apple juice
Double cream
Heat up a heavy based...
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English Mum |
Jun 8th, 2011
An Arabian evening: lemon and mint cocktails, hummus and Arabic Chicken Machboos
Lemon and mint cocktail
On our amazing trip to Dubai, we were served a refreshing drink made of lemon and mint. I got quite addicted and since coming home have found myself drinking it a lot, with the addition of a slightly less traditional little ‘freshener’ of gin. Oh it makes all the difference. Those little minxes at British Mummy Bloggers challenged me to vlog a summer recipe, so I cheated...
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English Mum |
Mar 23rd, 2011
Marco Pierre White and Bernard Matthews: a ‘bootiful’ friendship?
I know, sorry. No more puns, I promise.
Have you seen the new advert for this campaign, though? It’s Marco Pierre White and Martin Kemp eating in a restaurant together. The interesting thing is that their conversation was unscripted (as you can tell when Martin starts to squirm slightly after describing his wife’s turkey as ‘a bit dry’!) and although it’s a bit funny, it...
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English Mum |
Jan 7th, 2011
Ben’s 24 hour slow roasted pork
Fellow blogger and tweeter, Ben, from Mutterings of a Fool was telling me all about the fabulous slow-roasted pork he was going to cook for his family over Christmas, so of course I persuaded him to give us the recipe (and take photos). Over to Ben, then. And no dribbling on the keyboard, now.
When cooking for a large number of people...
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English Mum |
Dec 22nd, 2010
How do I cook the turkey? English Mum’s easy peasy guide to Christmas dinner
Soooo here comes the big day! There’s just the four of us this year, but whether you’re catering for 15 or it’s just you and your other half, the golden rule is the same as ever: Christmas day is a happy, family day. Please don’t get stressed and fall apart. Just think of it as a big roast dinner – a turkey is very forgiving and will happily rest for a good hour (and probably...
