As summer makes an appearance so does the BBQ season! It’s time to dust off those flips flops, slap on the sun screen and fill the social calendar with lazy days and a sausage or two… or maybe three!
Slow Cooked Beef Shin Ragu with Pappardelle Pasta
I happened to come across an article in a recent Jamie Oliver magazine about a new restaurant in London’s Borough Market called Padella and sounded right up my street! Unfortunately they don’t take bookings, so I took Jamie’s advice and joined the queue. After a short wait we were in and warming up with a nice glass of vino.
The menu is small, but this doesn’t make deciding which delicious dish to have any easier… Eventually I settled on the slow cooked beef shin with pappardelle pasta which was (in my opinion) a taste sensation!
So as you can imagine, the first thing I wanted to do when I got home was try and recreate this deliciousness.
Pumpkin Soup
As the nights begin to draw in and no matter how hard I tried to avoid digging out those slippers I finally admit defeat and lose the flip flops, which usually leads to craving something warm and comforting in preparation for the long winter ahead, what could be better than a hot bowl of homemade pumpkin soup. Read More…