Sounds like a weird combo? It’s not ! It’s two different dishes.. Of course the crab is for Mrs Fitz. (Epic she said!).. Cornish brown crab.. Hopefully no Shelley bits.. With an Italian frozen fridge staple of Italian mixed herbs….. Read More ›
Month: August 2014
Fougasse again..
Am really on this fougasse thingy right now.. We are having fun with it for sure! Again Mrs Fitz made a great looking dough .. We let it rise and then stretched it and slashed it.. Adding mrs Middletons roscoff… Read More ›
Middle eastern feasting
After all that making of baba ghanoush , tabbouleh , fattoush, and a fougasse .. It’s time to eat! What a spread!! Yet wait… Hold the page!!… Where’s the meats? Aha I gotcha ! I picked up some fantastic Turkish… Read More ›
Tabbouleh First time ok?
It doesn’t stop. The Lebanese feast prep continues.. Actually is this all Lebanese? Not sure.. I shall class it as such.. When I first began this blog me and Mrs Fitz went to Dubai.. And had the most excellent food….. Read More ›
Mr Fitz baba ghanoush
Baba ghanoush .. Yeah.. Baba ghanoush.. Smokey lovely veganess! Wow! Who would thought something could be so good? Ok. Bear with me on this one as it’s my first attempt.. After looking at a zillion recipes on the wonderful worldwide… Read More ›
Fattoush a great salad!
Ok.. Following the theme for this evenings supper it had to be fattoush up next! Many countries have a version of a bread based salad.. And don’t get me wrong I love a meat based salad.. Duck, ham , chicken,… Read More ›
Algerian salad
I read this great post from my blogger pal here.. http://wordpress.com/read/post/id/55754782/2922/ .. Algerian Salad.. A simple number of aubergine, long hot pepper ( I call these Turkish?).. Onion and olive oil , Cornish sea salt and balsamic vinegar.. Maille of… Read More ›
Chinese crispy beef with chow mein
I love owning this lump of sirloin I have had for over a week now I the fridge.. Just sat there.. Ageing away, uncovered of course! It means I can just merrily hack away at it whenever I want steak….. Read More ›
Fougasse again…Lebanese stylee
We are a little bit addicted to this fougasse now.. Even when we finished this one up Mrs Fitz was talking about the next.. ! This one we changed slightly.. The dough was aimed more at a ciabatta mix.. Again… Read More ›
Comfort hug- fish pie
Mrs Fitz is still requiring hugs .. So I will be the dutiful husband.. This food hug is far more for her than me.. Yet am happy to make it .. Mixed fish into a sauce made with sauce flour,… Read More ›
First time fougasse
I simply have to know what all the fuss is about with this fougasse phenomenon.. (Doo doo doo do do).. I am seeing it all over the world! That’s a great thing yet I need to try it out.. As… Read More ›
Sweet ‘ol cottage pie
Sometimes you just need a giant food hug .. The kind that makes you know the world isn’t so bad and that things will be ok.. This cottage pie falls straight into that category.. Mrs Fitz has returned from her… Read More ›
Mr Fitz chow mein and porky thingy
After long discussions with a pal about the joys if chow mein I just had to knock one up! Chow mein is a wonderful dish.. And by rights should be real simple to make.. So a trip to the Chinese… Read More ›
Help ! Required and pulled pork sandwiches
Help is required please! And who better to ask than my virtual party people at fiesta friday! Ok.. I just cannot get corn tortillas to work for me.. This is now my third attempt! HUMPH! easy recipe .. Two cups… Read More ›
Sirloin steak and home grown spuds
There is absolutely nothing better than eating simply boiled spuds that have just come out of the soil .. And thanks to my pal jack, who kindly let me have a tub of his spuds.. That’s exactly what we had….. Read More ›
Black eyed bean miso potato fritters? VEGAN!
Should these be called fritters? Yeah I reckon so.. I based these on an old meal my Mama used to make me as a child.. A delicious combo of blackeyed beans, cooked with miso and onion, mashed spuds with olive… Read More ›
Sandwiches for lunch
The sandwich .. We don’t have them often.. It does make for a good lunch occasionally though.. not the cold flaccid numbers from the garage.. Or the over priced ‘artisan’ ones.. Yet good ol home made numbers.. And what better… Read More ›
Côte de boeuf with prudys chips – decadence
It’s decadent… I admit it… Yet when you can lay your hands on a good priced yet still high standard piece of prime rib with the bone it just has to be done! That’s what happened on my visit to… Read More ›
English summer kofta kebab
English summer kofta kebab? Simple reason for the title of this.. It’s raining .. Of course! It’s the middle of August and it’s raining .. That is not to stop me firing up the coals and grilling these lovely kofta… Read More ›
Shepherds pie. Comfort Sunday
What is it about shepherds pie? Why does it wrap you up in such a lovely comforty hug? And why does just a few ingredients come together in the most magical way? Now let’s start with the mince.. Of course… Read More ›
Saturday night curry
I had this shoulder of lamb that needed eating.. Was just going to roast it whole .. Yet I would be the only one that ate it.. Mrs Fitz not being a big fan of roast lamb.. I cannot understand… Read More ›
Cotton candy grapes.. The best ever?
You think you eat great grapes? Pause.. Park it.. Stick it on the fridge.. Whatever you think.., THESE ARE THE GREATEST EVER!! (Caps on porpoise!)… seriously .. These grapes are stunning.. Freaking stunning.. You need them in your life.. Imagine… Read More ›
Onglet/hanger steak kebabs.. Mrs Middletons wraps
First start with the finest piece of well hung beef.. And of course with what I think is the finest of steaks.. The onglet.. or call it hanger.. Or butchers cut.. Either way this is a small piece that sits… Read More ›
Bangers mash and beans
Bangers mash and beans.. Yeah! That classic comfort hug of a food, one that evokes childhood memories.. And how many places do you know that serve bangers sausage mash and peas still? Usually with a good gravy.. It’s the biz… Read More ›
Home-making sausages
Forgive me people for I have… Not made sausages for ages! I was reminded of this fact by a couple of pals.. So what to do? Well for starters check that the lamb casings are still in check in the… Read More ›
Delicious ham hock supper
I couldn’t think of another name for this dish.. It is exactly as I wrote.. Delicious ham hock supper.. ! It began with watching a re-run of a JO show.. He cooked a couple of these… I twisted the recipe… Read More ›
Bavette / flap steak with bath pots & ‘French peas’
Bavette steak? What? Flap steak? Better? No? Still lost? Think of those wonderful Paris cafe steaks. Actually don’t! Instead think about going to your favourite butchers.. Talking it through with them.. And getting them to cut out fresh from the… Read More ›
Shiitake , petit pois & spud curry
This is a vegetarian supper.. (Ok I can hear the gasps !).. It would have been vegan if not for the butter.. Must get some more Mrs Middletons oil in.. It loosely based around that delightful one from the other… Read More ›
Quick toad in the hole
Needed to use up these great Nuremberg sausages I got given from a pal that got given them from a visiting pal from Austria.. I love the Nuremberg sausage.. If you don’t know it you really should! Steeped in history….. Read More ›
A kind of bolognese (meaty pasta sauce)
Why is this a ‘kind’ of bolognese? Ummm don’t know.. Well it for sure is not the classic red sauce.. Nor is it the more authentic actual Italian number.. So let’s just call it a meaty pasta sauce? It was… Read More ›
Hot dog pastry rolls..
Ok .. So I do normally make all the sausages for home.. Yet I have still not quite mastered the hotdog.. And I do like good hotdogs.. .. This was a little twist though.. Store bought pastry in the fridge… Read More ›
Minted lamb salad wrap
Ok.. So I seem to be eating a lot of these flatbreads recently? Well not a lot just quite often! This was a piece left over where I had experimented with no olive oil and a few pinches of yeast….. Read More ›
Bubble and squeak yay!
I forget just how much I like bubble and squeak .. It’s great .. It started the other day when I treated myself to a breakfast.. and added bubble to the breakfast.. And it was the star! So since that… Read More ›
Salmon fishy pie
There is definitely something fishy going on I tell ya! Last nights supper of that salmon puff resulted in leftover ‘mix’.. So with the help of some if jacks spuds.. They are SO good! And a couple of burford buff… Read More ›
Salmon,spinach,watercress puff
A dish for Mrs Fitz.. Salmon really ain’t for me.. No fishes are.. Apart from the odd occasion when they have been battered or crumbed.. And who can resist a fish finger butty? I mean c’mon people! Yet here it… Read More ›
Mutton ‘curry’ easy pataks chicken tikka masala
I like mutton.. There is something much deeper in flavour and perfect for curries, stews, ummm and other things like that.. Again I have no real idea what to put with to make it.. Yet gone for the following. ….. Read More ›
Jacks spuds, salmon and lamb chops..
Is there ANYTHING better than spuds? I really cannot think of anything more tasty in the entire galaxy! (Future proofing this post!…) And me good ol ‘pal jack did not let us down … A box of spuds was picked… Read More ›
That’s a wrap.. Another one!
It had to happen again… That pulled beef is just screaming eat me! Do we did.. It was also a good time for Serena to see just how seriously easy those delicious flat breads are.. Remember the recipe? Two cups… Read More ›
Breakfast at Balas
With our good friend Serena over from the Emerald Isle for the weekend, we have been having fun.. So a breakfast after a jaunt through the countryside was well in order! Arriving at the town of Bedford. With one porpoise… Read More ›
Pulled beef ‘burgers’ in brioche, prudys chips
Sooooo.. Lots of delicious pulled beef about the place.. Next outing? Pulled beef burgers.. YEAH! Just formed the pulled beef brisket into patties.. Fried in a medium hot iron pan.. The ultimate brioche burger buns from st michaels.. Those buns… Read More ›
Pulled brisket of beef with olive oil breads..
I have been thinking about pulled beef for sometime now .. Doing some research.. Looking at cuts.. All that.. When it dawned on me.. First thing why don’t I just ask my fantastic butchers at ee lee & sons about… Read More ›
Cooking with Mr Fitz 