Ingredients 3 tbsp coconut oil or vegetable oil 2 tsp black mustard seeds 2 tbsp chopped fresh curry leaves 1 tsp cumin seeds 2 dried Kashmiri chillies, each broken into 3 or 4 pieces 30g/1oz (or 6cm/2½in) fresh root ginger, finely grated into a paste ½…
Madras Fish Curry Of Snapper, Tomato And Tamarind – Rick Stein
Ingredients 60 ml vegetable oil 1 tbsp yellow mustard seeds 1 large onion, finely chopped 15g/3 cloves of garlic, finely crushed 30 fresh curry leaves 2tsp Kashmirir chili powder 2 tsp ground coriander 2 tsp turmeric 400g can chopped tomato 100ml tamarind liquid 2 green chilies,…
Vanilla Creme Brulee – Ashburton
Ingredients 1lt Double cream 100g milk (to loosen the double cream – might not be necessary with supermarket cream as its never very thick) 315g egg yolks (Approx. 18 medium ones) 100g caster sugar 2 vanilla pods Methods Split vanilla pods lengthways and warm with the…
Potato Dauphinoise – Ashburton
Serves 20. 3kg thinly sliced potatoes (thin enough to fold in half) 500ml double cream 500 milk 4 cloves of crushed garlic Salt and White pepper (black leaves big spots) Methods Line a large roasting tray with butter Bring cream and milk to boil, add garlic,…
Chicken with morels and a sherry sauce a la Raymond Blanc
This is one of my favourite meals. The only thing that can really go wrong is to overcook the chicken breasts – make sure you follow the recipe well but also give them plenty of resting time when finishing off the sauce. I also find a…
Asian-flavoured beef shin with papaya salad – Raymond Blanc
An inexpensive cut of beef becomes meltingly tender with nearly five hours of cooking in a sweet and savoury sauce. Ingredients For the beef 3kg/6lb 8oz beef shin, on the bone 4 tbsp sunflower oil salt and freshly ground black pepper 600g/1lb 5oz chopped white onions…
Compressed Apple Terrine with Vanilla Ice Cream – Raymond Blanc
I have split this recipe into three parts, this is because you can make the ice cream well in advance to save time… then make the terrine on the day (or the day before). I don’t think the apple crisps are completely necessary but are a…