with some burgers still sitting in the fridge.. Excellent I must say! It’s gotta be a quick Scooby snack.. Here are those delicious things.. That’s a very hot pan that has been greased.. Then the paper in the top….. Read More ›
Dinners/Suppers
Dinners & Suppers
Welsh lamb curry two ways
welsh lamb curry? Well it’s not a welsh recipe.. It’s Welsh lamb.. Some bits hacked off one of those great legs I managed to score a while back.. Defrosted and fried off.. First one will be a bhuna ala… Read More ›
Trying to make smash burgers and fries .. Kinda!
i like smash burgers. I think they are a great chain.. And when one finally makes it over here? (Well of course they will be at least another third of the price on top !).. First let’s start with the… Read More ›
Using leftovers -chicken wraps in so so easy flatbreads
thst chicken from the chicken and chips the other day has left us with lovely leftovers.. A good few meals to go on that. This is one of them! First though the flatbreads.. So simple indeedy.. Father Fitz was… Read More ›
Chicken, chips & rice
what is it about chicken and chips? Or chicken and rice? Just why does it pair up so well? Why oh why! 😩 Strange that huh? Well this one was no different.. A great chicken spatchcocked and slashed.. First the… Read More ›
Freezer finds -injun
we are running down the freezers in anticipation for our trip .. So what did we find? (Ok so the title may have led you there a little huh?!) A little keema made by Mrs Fitz for a pal of… Read More ›
Burgers for supper -buns from scratch
Houston we have a problem.. Well ignoring Houston (sorry Houston!).. The problem? The distinct lack of good burger buns.. Yup we have bakers heavy and supermarkets ranging from the ‘budget’ to the ‘gourmet’.. None of them carrying buns for burgers… Read More ›
Using up leftovers -tacos
with bits needing eating it’s time to get creative.. Well let’s be honest this ain’t that creative really! Some chicken did Mrs Fitz fine, sprinkled with cumin, salt and pepper and smoke sweet paprika.. And that great short rib… Read More ›
Simple supper, simple post..
Sometimes simple is best.. And what better than a baked potato.. Or two .. 😏 (each).. Simply baked in the top oven.. A skewer inserted .. Rubbed with Mrs middletons straight up oil.. And some vegemare salt.. A chopped salad… Read More ›
Short rib , shiitake and sugar pea Udon noodles in Black bean and garlic #leekumsauce
gone all noodly.. Noodly doodly.. A couple of short ribs and great fresh shiitakes .. And sliced thin.. Noodles boiled off with some dried seaweed.. Forget the type.. They get a light dressing in this fantastic sauce….. Read More ›
Welsh Shepherds pie with three veg mash & purple sprouting broccoli spears -welcome to comfort food!
Let’s start with that constant reminder.. Shepherds pie is with lamb or sheep.. Cottage pie is with beef .. Any other mix is like hmm .. New build pie? Perhaps? Dunno.. Anyhow let’s not focus there right now. Let’s look… Read More ›
Welsh lamb leg supper
i manage to score done great welsh lamb legs.. About half the price.. And right now all that kinda thing helps! So I broke two of them down freezing the bits for stews and citrus and kebabs.. And minced up… Read More ›
Buttermilk bread and chicken carcass soup
with the early itchings of a small cold coming.. Waking up with dry nozzle scratchy throat.. Sniffles .. It’s gotta be chicken carcass soup all those Jewish moms cannot be wrong! And the discovery of two excellent @franklinsfarm super run-free… Read More ›
Quick curry & breads in a hurry
quick and hurry? Well you can hurry yet not be quick right? So for this curry in a hurry start by frying pink onion and sweet heritage carrots.. Doesn’t take long… Baby button mushrooms chopped Into the pot… Read More ›
Paprika pakoras and a rib eye for Mrs Fitz
i snacked a lot .. So wasn’t that hungry.. For some reason I just couldn’t stop snacking.. I think it’s either: A: I am getting a cold.. B: something else.. I am going for a possible A.. )I have a… Read More ›
Quick time queema : keema & breads
quick queema? Yup real quick.. Brown ground meat with pink onions and garlic and ginger..for extra speed add water.. It breaks down the meat whilst browning steaming and cooking.. Adding fantastic mixed spice from national.. And fresh curry leaves…. Read More ›
Cyprus wedges #smashburger style and #blythburgh pork tacos with turtle beans and 0% Greek yoghurt dressing #delightfullleftovers
remember the best thing about cooking that hand of most excellent #blythburgh pork? Extras left over ! Only so much Nigella snacking me and the hounds can manage.. So it’s turned into tacos… Wonderful taco mix.. Pulling the pork to… Read More ›
#blythburgh hand of pork -you get what you seek and pay for!
Hand of pork. A stunning piece of meat, particularly when it’s of the finest quality , this meat really is the best free range pork in the UK in my view.. And that’s where when you seek you will find….. Read More ›
Pot stickers gyoza dumplings delish!
We dig pot stickers.. And I know my good pal Ramsay delights in them.. Although these are just for us! Soz Rams! Now I am sure that if you do these often enough you can get a speed on.. I… Read More ›
Puccia salad burgers with sweet potato fries = speedy easy supper!
sometimes speedy easy suppers are what you need.. And what is nicer than a burger? With fries.. Yeah! The burgers are good quality ones.. Yet uprated by being beaten out flat and fresh thyme added.. The bread from puccia….. Read More ›
Use up supper , although tasty as ….
stuff to use up.. Sometimes one of the greatest moments in the kitchen.. This was one of those .. Some tandoori chicken needing cooking.. So into the pan with water and extra thyme.. It’s a great way of cooking chicken….. Read More ›
Fenugreek beef thingy majiggy.. roasted aubergine Parsley and Pomegranate ‘salad’ roasted Brussels, breads and poppadums..With a baby tomato, green onion and coriander salad .. 👐
Not too sure what to call this one, so just decided to list what it was .. Kinda! First the beef.. A piece of top rump.. And some dried fenugreek water added to make it softy again.. Fried off… Read More ›
Baby chickens are cool #synfreeeating
as stated in the last post. Gotta get my food groove back on.. And Mrs Fitz is doing this health kicky thingy.. So that means we need to have an extra thunk about what we have.. Not much of an… Read More ›
Baked Tandoori baby chickens
bit late this post.. Have been travelling.. More on that later! For now check these great baby chickens.. Skinned and spatchcocked. Marinated in a secret ( think ‘national’) blend of tandoori spices with extra garlic, ginger and lemon juice. A little… Read More ›
Hand of pork -Blythburgh stunner!🎉
hand of pork , an often overlooked cut .. Yet with a little care to start and then the ability to fuggedaboutit it turns magical .. Truly wonderful .. Of course the better the pig the better the final.. As… Read More ›
Almost vegetarian double stuffed urfa pepper potatoes An green salad for Mr Fitz and double stuffed sweet potatoes with a sirloin for Mrs Fitz
Thats a long title huh? Let’s also get one thing clear .. A green salad must only contain green items! Humph.. ( I would have liked some fresh herbs in although we are out till I can get new supplies… Read More ›
Autumnal eating – cottage puy pie
it’s getting to that time of year for sure.. Still the occasional sunny day.. Yet the nip is in the air for sure.. Not quite stretched to putting the heating on .. Food for this kinda seasonality needs to be… Read More ›
Bangers Keith Richards stylee & mash , peas and gravy
cooking sausages Keith Richards style (yes that Keith Richards!).. Is really the best way of cooking sausages in my book.. Check it out with the google gods.. And of course it has to be an excellent banger.. And these ones… Read More ›
Lamb chops two ways
having picked up this fantastic rack of lamb from me pal Ben @redbornefarm I decided to chop it up into chops.. Reasoning being that Mrs Fitz had made an excellent chermula (morrocany type sauce thingy).. And these chops were… Read More ›
Real quick chicken tacos..
Managed to score a couple of red ticket free range rotisserie chickens.. So some being used for the hounds dinners, mixed with veggies and brown rice they love it! And another bit stripped up for us.. Mixed with some Mexican… Read More ›
BlythburgH belly & prudys sweet potato chips..meat & 1 veg
Managed to score a great piece of blythburgh piggie.. From the fantastic butchers, there was a nice lady in there too getting some. I hope it cooked well for her.. It was her first time cooking belly pork..and she said… Read More ›
Chicken Biryani roti wraps
with the last of the tandoori chicken needing eating.. Shredded and mixed up with a pack of the most excellent veg biryani uncle bens rice.. That stuff really is worth keeping in the store cupboard.. A little butter… Read More ›
Proper Irish lamb stew?
Ok.. So there are a zillion ways that people tell you to make Irish stew… As Mrs Fitz is 100% Irish it makes it even more difficults.. This is my version for this outing.. First there should be far more… Read More ›
spatchcocked Tandoori chicken made easy
tandoori chicken.. Always a winner.. Chicken I see as the other white meat instead of the piggies really .. Even getting the best of them that you can lay your hands on doesn’t really tickle my tastebuds.. Yet for some… Read More ›
Friday night Chinese fakeaway
now Mrs Fitz is not the biggest fan of Chinese food and we don’t really eat it that often.. Yet sometimes when you get a hankering for summat.. And this was one of those hankerings.. And what better to make… Read More ›
Top rump Irish stew
sometimes all you want is something so simple yet so tasty .. That’s where things like stew step in.. I have learnt over many years that the key really is good ingredients and keeping it simple .. Simple as you… Read More ›
More things to do with brisket.. TACOS!
Continuing the brisket theme… That the wonderful thing about having leftovers of quality.. Then fry it up.. With a drop of smuggled liquid mesquite smoke courtesy of the master butcher .. And adding a packet of whole grain and… Read More ›
Things to do with brisket.. Lunch and pasties..
Ok.. Sure there are lots of cool things to do with a piece of brisket.. Salt beef probably being the best thing ever for brisket.. Yet it does also make a great addition to a Sunday lunch.. And provides with… Read More ›
Mustard oil and Maldon salt Sirloin steak,buttered peas, and Piri Piri fries
it is indeed as the title reads.. 👍 Red ticket Sirloin steaks .. Very nice indeed.. And we haven’t had steak for a while.. Trimmed a little of the fat.. OK OK stop shouting! Yup we all know that fat… Read More ›
Pibil chicken hard tacos
With one more rotisserie free range chicken left.. It just cried out tacos! I swear I heard it.. And I wasn’t even home at the time! 🍻 So shredding the chicken.. And adding the jar of pibil paste and a… Read More ›
Rotisserie chicken and chips please..
I picked up a couple of red ticket free range rotisserie chickens.. Normally straight to the hounds.. However they currently have a glut of roast hog post hog roast to get through.. I made a great sculpture huh? 😉… Read More ›
Welsh lamb chops two ways .. And the BEST chips ever!
Having managed to score a red ticket number on some wonderful Welsh lamb chops.. It’s was what to do with them? Hmm hmmmm hmmmm.. Ok.. Start by using up some glaze that I had that needed using.. Pimping it with… Read More ›
Porchetta – meat an’ spuds
father Fitz sent me a link to an article about porchetta recently.. Not the greatest article .. Yet kinda inspiring.. Enough to keep it firmly in my mind anyways.. So chatting with one of my master butchers protégés enabled us… Read More ›
Tasty Things with minced/ground lamb..
I was lucky enough to have access to a few kilos of lamb.. Great quality with a good fat to meat ratio.. And we all know that’s all important! So what to make? There is a Thai dish we really… Read More ›
Spring rolls made easy (Vegan recipe)..
we seem to be on a chinesey trip at the moment.. Funny how you go through phases. Wonder where in the world we will be next? 😶 With a patrick still in my kitchen with us it’s great for him… Read More ›
Gyoza , potstickers , dumplings
whatever you call them.. More inspiration in this nasty weather .. And being inspired this time by my blogger pal over at http://foodisthebestshitever.com Who made something he had never made before.. I decided on these.. And have decided to dedicate… Read More ›
Chine-easy pork balls
with a slight glut of pork loins. (Yeah I got too many on a special!) 😏 And not wanting to freeze them all.. Needed an easy tasty treat.. I am a huge fan of Chinese deep fried meat donuts.. (Apart… Read More ›
sPATchcocked chuck and pink potatoes
do you get it? I hope so.. (Patrick my godson is staying with us a while).. Taking the chicken snipping out the backbone.. A snip of the bone that I used to love to dry out and then make a… Read More ›
There’s a Pat in me kitchen what ima gonna do?
It’s that time of year again.. The end of summer .. When we are fortunate enough for my Godson Patrick Starsky to still want to come visit.. He catches a coach and it takes over six and a half hours! … Read More ›
Beefy/feathery bourguignon and mash
The weather is a changing for sure… The nights get dark quicker (which I quite like actually!).. Yet there is indeed a nip in the air.. Am told the weather will turn back to summer soon.. I hope so.. When… Read More ›
Cyprus baked potatoes
we love potatoes .. Is it a gene thing? Not so hot in rice and other grains .. Yet potatoes are the business.. One day I will make it out to one of those Peruvian potatoe markets I have read/dreamt… Read More ›
Rib eye steak Cowboy chilli tacos
Cowboy chilli ? Yup! According to my attorney ( and he is indeed a wise man!).. This is a recipe that is as close to the chilli on the plains as poss.. It’s a strange one.. The lack of ingredients… Read More ›
Steak teryiaki skewers with blythburgh pork spring rolls and mixed up egg fried brown rice ..
It’s time we ate steaks again.. The abscence has been noted .. What better a reintroduction than lovely teryiaki skewers? Taken the red ticket steaks.. Trimmed ( trimmings gone to a good hound home).. 😏 Beat the steaks with… Read More ›
Aiming for lebanesey type of supper..
Am thinking lebanesey type affair for supper.. Or at least around those parts.. First some salad of aubergine and peppers.. All grilled .. When good and soft and blackened .. Left to cool While the onion fried in… Read More ›
Super simple Sausage & chips supper
sometimes you just want something simple . This is a kinda sausage and chips with buttered bread.. The sausage meat that we had was pimped up with nutmeg, dried coriander, Bristol blend pepper and dried sage.. No skins just rolled… Read More ›
Rose harrisa cous cous, lamb shoulder fillet & inspired aubergines , fresh pomegranate ,In lettuce cups..
Inspired by my blogger pal at: http://lapetitepaniere.com And the fact that I had an aubergine ( remember there is no such thing as an eggplant 😏) Plus Mrs Fitz reminding me that we haven’t had cous cous for an age….. Read More ›
rotisserie Chicken wings and chimichurri
i was ‘donated’ a grill a couple of years back by an old drinking buddy..it’s been living in the garage ever since.. Yet I somehow felt inspired.. So dragging it out and wheeling it around the house to get into… Read More ›
Vegan samosas & aubergine (not egg plant!) pakoras
samosas.. Who cannot resist a samosa or three? Not talking about those nasty ones with sweet corn and carrots in though.. Or the ones with cashews and raisins ..Yeeuky bukey.. And I know you can bake em yet I think… Read More ›
Meat & potatoes , simple eats
is summer actually here? Well it sure don’t seem like it! The mornings are starting out very bright and sunny.. Yet that seems to move off pretty sharpish ! Yet the warmness/closenessdoes call for simple eats.. What can be better… Read More ›
Tandoori chicken supper
we are indeed a fan of tandoori chicken, now ideally coked in a tandoor oven thingy me bob.. You can though replicate it pretty well.. First the chicken.. A baby chicken simply skinned and into four pieces.. Due to… Read More ›
Mrs Fitz mahi mahi. Mr Fitz sirloins, new season spuds and salad and redborne eggs..
surf and turf..Umm Kinda! Mrs Fitz still off the beefs.. So mahi mahi in a peppery marinade for Mrs Fitz.. ( what is mahi mahi anyways? Must ask the google gods sometime).. Some red ticket free range sirloins for me.. … Read More ›
Vegan supper.. Yeah you read that right.. VEGAN! huh?
I know I know.. Calm down.. It’s ok… Nothing to worry about .. With great leftovers of that cauliflower curry thingy.. And a can of makhani dhal .. It’s really not as good as that wonderful one in Ajman ….. Read More ›
Curry time .. Vegan and not (ahem)..
Fancied curry.. And using up freezer finds.. So defrosted red ticket chicken marinated first in lemon juice water and a secret blend of a few Shan family products.. Great colour huh? Then half an hour or so later.. Fried… Read More ›
Rack o lamb with herby sauces.. and brilliant new season potatoes , oh and a loaf of bread..
Having this great rack of lamb from my pals at redborne school farm.. Trimmed up.. Then after deciding that I had not played with my food enough.. Trimmed some more.. Maybe a little too much! Yet that’s… Read More ›
It’s crunch time!
“What you talking ’bout Mr Fitz huh??” I am talking a three and a half hour blythburgh cookedbelly pork .. http://www.freerangepork.co.uk Boned and seasoned meat side.. Flipped and dill and salt on the skin for super crackly crackling (the… Read More ›
Merguez and really rather nice chips
as some will know I adore merguez.. It’s right up there in the world of sausages .. Right up there.. These ones are crackalackin.. As ever with lamb casings they can often decide to burst on you if they… Read More ›
Sweet potato & bubble cottage pie..
First lets get this straight.. Shepherds pie is from sheep.. Cottage pie is from cows.. Ok.. (Yet why do you not call multiple sheep Sheeps? )😶 So the mix is made from ground cow.. (Let’s call that beef from now… Read More ›
Chimichurri pulled pork ‘tacos’ With hot salsa(accident)…
needed to eat up freezer food.. So we have one of the great pulled pork pots left.. https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/?s=Pulled+pork&x=0&y=0 A salsa to go with.. With these great mixed tomatoes.. That’s pink onions.. Garlic.. Herbs, smuggled Mexican chilli and lime powder…. Read More ›
Pizza and kebab yeah ! 😁
huh? Pizza and kebab? Yup.. It started with this box that I got sent from Lurpak.. They picked up some of my posts and seem to have liked them.. So I got sent this box of stuff from the supper… Read More ›
Ramen noodles supper
i really like ramen.. Haven’t had it for ages .. I follow @kintonramen on the Twitter.. Their ramen looks the business.. Problem is they are based in Canada .. Umm and I am not.. So make I had to make… Read More ›
Mutton curry thingy … ( it’s got lots in and travelled the world of flavours..
I had this great leg of excellent mutton from redborne school farm.. Check the price out! Brilliant huh? So what to do.. ( yeah ok so the title of the post gives it away somewhat huh? 😉).. Looked at… Read More ›
Cider batter fish sticks & Alaskan sockeye ..
now as the ‘older’ readers of cooking with Mr Fitz would know.. Me and the fishes don’t get on.. Yet with the lack of red meat ( soon that bubble will burst , trust me!).. We need more things.. So… Read More ›
A bit chickened out..
Ok.. Last chicken supper for a while.. With use up vegetables too.. Sweet potatoes , red potatoes , king Edwards, carrots, peppers , French garlic and Indian pink onions.. All tumbled up in Mrs middletons straight up oil.. With… Read More ›
Use up supper
I love a good use up supper.. A chance to have small bites of those lovely leftovers.. We had some of that great belly pork leftover .. Fried off with no oil in uncle bens wok that was spot… Read More ›
Chicken & chips (kinda)..Chimichurri too
that non-red meat thing is still happening in our house.. So after having this wonderful belly pork..(slow roasted for three and a half hours).. Yeah!! It was time for another chicken.. Again spatchcock it.. Marinated in ‘nandos’ lemon and… Read More ›
Lamb rib & spinach curry thingy
So I had these lamb ribs.. Originally destined for a marinade and into the grill.. Yet needed to do something for supper.. So trimming them up or is that down? The bones and funny bits going straight to the… Read More ›
Crispy pork schnitzel Sangers
a good pal who has moved to Poland told me that no child in Poland goes on a school trip without a cold schnitzel sandwich.. True? Possibly not 100% of children.. ? Hmm Yet hey! That’s not going to stop… Read More ›
Spatchcock chuck
off the hard stuff at the moment .. The red meats.. Just a little break.. So onto the chicken.. Taken this one.. A nice one.. Using the poultry shears ( garden ones are fine also).. Chop the knobbly bits… Read More ›
Salad days are over-five a day
ok.. So all those salads? Five? Well that for sure is my five a day? Well how did we eat them? First take hanger steak and marinate it in chimichurri.. Then make up some breads.. Easy dough .. Just… Read More ›
Beef top ribs and clotted cream twice baked potatoes
mmmmm… Just reading that title makes me drool a little.. Starting with these great top ribs that I got run through a band saw for me.. Dusting with Cajun spices.. They are sitting in a rack above some water… Read More ›
Iyers cafe helped make these parathas..
My parathas have been coming out a little hard.. So thanks to the power of Twitter I got ahold of the fantastic chef at iyers cafe in cork City , Ireland .. Remember we went there? https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2014/12/06/iyers-vegetarianvegan-cafe-cork-eire-review-kinda/ And he advised… Read More ›
Chicken tandoori stylee
i gotta say.. Chicken tandoori or tikka style is my favourite way of eating chicken.. I love the taste .. Simply delightful.. A wonderful invention and thanks to the wonderful ready mixed spice you can get that are excellent it… Read More ›
Lamb shank surprise! and freaked up bread..
the good thing about the way we cook is that often it provides meals way past the event.. This one is a great freezer find.. Mrs Fitz harrissa lamb shanks Jolly well done Mrs Fitz! Defrosted and into a pan with… Read More ›
Fish, chips & podded peas
as you probably have realised by reading my posts.. Fish doesn’t really feature.. I struggle with it. There is one way of getting me to eat it though. Fried of course! (Even then it’s not really happening..).. When I was… Read More ›
Pulled pork tacos..
Good thing about making a bunch of pulled pork is that you end up boxing some up.. Pulled pork with peppers & onions & chimchurri So outta the freezer and defrosted.. Chef ping dealt with the hotting up of that.. And… Read More ›
Tempting tempura Vegan/veggie recipe
tempura is one of those lovely delights.. Need to be eaten real quick , hot and fresh straight outta the oil. ( well not quite yet you get the point right?)..😉 Now tempuaring (yes that is a real word!).. Is pretty… Read More ›
Cooking with leftovers
chicken tikka .. That lovely one from the other day.. Half a pink onion left in the fridge.. Fried off with ginger and garlic.. Added the chopped chicken.. Adding butter .. And the bit of canned Karson saag….. Read More ›
Leetle T-bone lamb choppies BBQ’ued
Having got the Middle Eastern butcher to run these through the bandsaw to get them as thin as possible..taking off the tail yet leaving a perfect little T.. I hit them up with the linghams sauce.. Garlic, chilli, ginger… Read More ›
Chicken leg tikka ? That’s a wrap!
seeing how that last lot of chicken tikka was so delicious it needed another outing.. This time a slight twist on the seasonings.. First the leg meat.. Bones and googly bits cut out, ( good to have hounds at this… Read More ›
Chicken tikka boti karson saag
WHAT? Well let’s go through it.. ! I am lucky to live nearby quite a diverse community, this means that there are worlds of flavours and things out there that normally you could only read about in books. .. (Or… Read More ›
So soft and Simple flatbreads..
these really are the simplest breads.. I apologise in advance for the amount of pics to follow.. Yet it’s worth it.. First in the processor (or by hand).. Add the same weight of natural yoghurt to plain/ap flour.. A pinch… Read More ›
It’s a steak out!
We are on steak-out.. (cooking steak outside!).. Oh! I getcha! The spellings gave it away huh? Ahh well ! Take a wee looksie at these!! Now this a cut that I have had my young butcher Rib working on… Read More ›
Ribs! Glorious ribs!
love em or hate em.. Ribs is just one of those things that makes me smile.. I like em.. Don’t eat them enough really.. Bad ribs are really bad.. Good ribs are excellent! These ribs are loin ribs.. And will… Read More ›
Cauliflower tempura
This deserves its own place on cookingwithmrfitz.com A cauliflower.. Floretted.. ( is that a word ? Yeah it is .. I say so.. ).. Some asofetida added.. With some Urfa pepper.. Then into the tempura batter mixed up with… Read More ›
Morrocan carrots
As promised here is the post on those delicious morrocan carrots.. These are wonderful carrots .. Scottish.. Delicious.. Simply chopped and boiled with sugar and salt.. ( more caster sugar than salt).. About ten minutes is perfect.. Then adding harrisa… Read More ›
Middle Eastern inspired lamb
With a shoulder of lamb that needed cooking we turned to flavours of the East.. Thinking sweetness and sourness with some heat and lip smackingness.. Pomegranate sauce over the slashed shoulder.. Urfar pepper, coriander and herbamare salt.. Mrs middletons… Read More ›
Picanha steak supper With pea shoot potatoes
a great cut this.. It’s gaining popularity.. Basically it’s the top muscle of the rump.. You can see the seam in a whole piece.. And when on a red ticket!! Well!!! Fried off.. And into a hot oven… Read More ›
Steak , lamb and hasslebacks
bone in sirloin.. Lamb fillet.. Meets hot fickle fish anchovy butter..(remember that stuff?).. https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/05/11/fickle-fish-anchovy-butter/ Lovely buttery foamy goodness.. Add the meats.. Cook kinda quick…leave to rest.. Ahha.. In the meantime also slice through the red potatoes.. … Read More ›
Chicken with beetroot & wild garlic flatbreads
chucken with beetroot? A simple shop for a few bits for supper.. A chicken.. Some salady bits.. And the beetroot that’s been sitting in the fridge a while.. Simple annointment with Mrs middletons pimped chilli oil, Bristol blend pepper… Read More ›
Last kebabs in Istanbul..
ok don’t panic! Stay cool!! There are more left for other people.. Yet Is this really the last kebab? We’ll probably joy yet it is indeed for now the last kebab in Istanbul .. So where to have this mon-u-ment-us… Read More ›
Istanbul dinner
we had a loooong day wandering.. Yet what a fabulous day .. Back in time to shower and use Nes Firz’s exceptional navigation in unfamiliar places , usually with a language barrier to boot skills. Mrs Fitz really is sooper dooper… Read More ›
Persian mutton with fougasse
ok.. Countdown is on.. Istanbul here we come .. So let’s eat things like what we think we may get? Perhaps.. With some cans left over and open ( minus the ‘snotty’ one! This turned out pretty darn nice.. Admittedly… Read More ›
Turkishesque supper
not long till we go ‘a wanderin’ again.. This time to where (I am told!).. Madness meets insanity!! East meets west.. Istanbul! So in order to prepare for the taste-full adventures we will be embarking on.. Let’s get some practice… Read More ›
Beef spaghetti bolognese
Spag Bol.. That classic… Non-Italian I suppose.. Well perhaps its roots.. Yet everyone knows it.. And it has to be over meaty.. It just has to be! First the sauce.. Italian herb mix (so hang on! That means it… Read More ›
Leon chorizo & Jersey royals omelette
going through the fridge showed me.. That we don’t eat cherry yoghurt ( it’s gone way over date..).. And also that there is a stick of Leon chorizo needing eating.. Some Jersey royals and eggs that according to pack date… Read More ›
Beef rib with turtle beans
we had one beef rib left.. It looked lonesome.. Mrs Fitz decided that it needed cooking up slow with some of the delicious products still in the Mexican hamper that my attorney sent. Adding turtle beans and tomatoes… Read More ›
Mrs Fitz harrissa lamb shanks
The slo-cook Revolution continues! Mrs Fitz produces another winner .. Very happy indeedo.. This winning dish is lamb shanks in harrissa .. Rose harrissa ., and a bunch of other stuff too! First the red ticket lamb shoulder shanks.. Always… Read More ›
Mrs Fitz beef rendang
Mrs Fitz seems to have taken over our Sunday suppers.. And this is more than fine for me! She really is rather good at turning out these amazing slo-cook numbers.. This weeks special.. ( there is actually two..)..👏 The… Read More ›
Steak sangers 4 supper
steak sandwiches .. A rare treat for us really.. Why? We eat heaps of steak.. It’s the bread.. We really don’t eat that much bread.. There was a show on telly the other day talking about the average households weekly/daily… Read More ›
Pulled brisket Taco night
I recall that I think it’s Sweden that has taco night on a Friday?? Am I right? A strange place to be mad about the taco I think? Still why the devil not huh? 😈 Well we still got that… Read More ›
Meh-hih-can supper
ok.. Sorry.. Sorry to all those that mailed me asking where my Mexican dish was for cinco de mayo.. Well here it is! Having that great hamper of Mexican goodies from my attorney is a great help here! ( thanks… Read More ›
Mrs Fitz Chicken biryani
she is still at it Mrs Fitz.. Cooking up a storm! Mrs Fitz likes cooking precise.. So there’s all the ingredients .. Cooked up. It’s stunning!! It would be delicious right there with breads.. Yet this is… Read More ›
Quick chicken curry/sweet & sour and duck beansprout rice
quick supper.. Quick post.. Fried off red ticket chicken breast .. In Mrs middletons pimped roscoff garlic oil.. ( that stuff is the business). And some red chillies .. Splitting into two lots .. ( four actually yet never… Read More ›
Use up fridge foods , with puffy breads
Sometimes due to a build up of cooking. Or perhaps being overly hoarding.. (Ahem..).. We end up with things that ‘need eating’.. Am sure it happens to everyone.. It’s no biggie.. It’s kinda cool sometimes.. This supper was one of… Read More ›
Boneless chicken drumstix
i heard about this ages ago.. And suddenly remembered about it again.. Bone removed chicken drumsticks.. Huh? Yup.. Bone removed chicken drumsticks. A quick look at the Internet showed me a few ways of doing this.. I choose one.. Now… Read More ›
pomegranate molasses lamb chops
After marinating those lovely lamb chops in all kinds of great things! https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/04/26/skirtlamb-chopsongletpancetta-salad-corn-muscat-pin-berries/ It meant we still had a bunch left over.. (Still have the Chimchurri skirt too yet that’s for another meal!).. So with the addition of extra pomegranate… Read More ›
Skirt,lamb chops,onglet,pancetta, Salad & corn , Muscat & pin berries..
huh? Is that just a random collection of words? Nope! It was a flavour feast! First off, the small bit of onglet chopped with pancetta threaded onto bamboo skewers olive oil and Lebanese herbs to flavour.. They made… Read More ›
Rose harrisa chicken & pancetta veg rice
A look in our cupboards has revealed an overstocking of certain things.. One of them being rose harrisa .. Love thing that.. It lacks the punch of the North African one we normally have in the tube.. You know the… Read More ›
Easy injun meet Mr Singh
I came across this product as we were shopping in a store we don’t often go to ..like once/twice a year max!).. So a nice meander through the pretty aisles brought me to this product.. I am a sucker for… Read More ›
Chicken thrice ..
Huh? Chicken thrice? Yup three dishes, one chicken in the leading role.. Sitting comfortably? Then let’s press play! 🎬 As I stated with this its one chickens adventure into three meals.. Well six really I suppose as each fed two.. … Read More ›
Pulled pork with bubble & squeak
with pulled pork abound it had to be eaten again for supper.. All yellow ticket items are going into this bubble and squeak.. You gotta love bubble and squeak.. It’s great! And ok better if using leftovers yet still very… Read More ›
Pulled pork with peppers & onions & chimchurri
it’s been a while since we had pulled pork.. Or in real terms just really slowed cooked pork till its flaky tender! 🐷 So this just under a kilo of red ticket free Hampshire free range shoulder, boned and rindless… Read More ›
Purple sweet potatoes & skirt steak
quite a quick post this one. I saw these purple sweet potatoes on red ticket.. Had to try em.. With a great piece of skirt.. Dusted in secret Irish smuggled seasoning mix.. Cooked up a treat! One minute each… Read More ›
Bbq mix up meats
well the season seems to be starting.. The wonderful wisps of charring things.. My attorney has started grilling a day early this year according to his records.. That must be a reflection on the earths movements , weather change type… Read More ›
Delias recipe scones with fresh strawberry whooped cream
Therr are something’s that you just have to call on Delia Smith for.. This is one of em for sure! The recipe is so simple and it works really well.. From zero to scone hero in no time at… Read More ›
Roast Rib eye of veal
grand national day.. No winners.. Humph! Ah well.. I do have this great red ticket piece of British rib eye of veal , now some people get a little funny about eating veal.. Thing is though this is no crated… Read More ›
Strip steak of sorts
a visit to the most excellent butchers in earls barton meant we have a few goodies in for the weekend .. Starting with this steak that I can only think is part of the hanger-onglet-skirt.. It needed some extra… Read More ›
Kinda Lebanesey food I suppose
I think this classes as lebanese food .. Perhaps.. I originally wanted to make turkish pizza .. So the dough made up.. Water flour yeast stevia olive oil and salt.. It rose well.. A bit too well ! Gloopy… Read More ›
Tempura chicken and spuds
am really on frying things right now! Dunno why.. Yet hey! Let’s keep the party going right? This chicken was of royal standards , the highest welfare and food.. Perhaps even the odd foot spa after a hard day scratching… Read More ›
Mushroom & potato pakoras/bhajis
Uh-oh.. Two days on the bounce for a vegan supper! What’s going on? (My blogger pal Elaine would be very happy!).. Delicious though.. Mrs Fitz asked for mushroom pakoras so that’s what she gets.. The batter is a gram flour… Read More ›
The third united steak
The third United steak .. I did tell ya there was three .. So we have had a soft buttery sirloin, the very rare hanger flap.. What next? A big bavette .. Possible tail skirt if that makes it easier… Read More ›
Steak two .. Mr Fitz united steaks
Steak two.. 👏🐂🎬 Steak two is hanger flap.. A very rare cut to get ahold of.. Unless of course you know a guy.. Ahem.. 🚜 Cut from a thirty day hung lovely best.. It’s folks would have been proud.. Chimchurri… Read More ›
The United steaks of Mr Fitz
I am on a steak out.. Putting a steak in the ground for umm I dunno.. Ok none of the above really works.. What does work is three days of steak eating.. And that’s what has happened.. Visiting the butcher… Read More ›
Roast loin of porkiness
Remember that great cut from the Wollaston butchers? No? Ok.. It was this one .. Actually not that cut yet offa the same antibiotic free range blythworth pig.. Roasted up a treat! Just 180 degrees in the oven for the… Read More ›
Edinburgh eats and the eclipse
Have been up to Edinburgh .. Train on the way up.. It takes over five hours of old school shuddery squeaky head rockery pain.. Not actually that painful yet am sure you get the idea!! Nostalgic ? Nooo.. Started at… Read More ›
St patricks day redborne lamb stew
Well it’s here again.. Paddys day.. Slainte!! And of course it needs to be something ‘eorish’ for tea.. First the meat.. I finally went and had a visit to see Ben at redborne, he’s got a great thing going on… Read More ›
Pulled pork flatbread wraps
One good thing about cooking lots of pork means that you can find it in the freezer all tubbed up and ready to go.. https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/?s=Pulled+pork&x=0&y=0 So after a defrosting on the cool ( scuse the pun!).. Defrost plate.. It’s good… Read More ›
Stock brined spatchcock chuck and no hassle hasslebacks
A nice Sunday supper after a lovely walk in the woods And an enjoyable chat with one of my pals father in the pub.. Such a nice chap.. These stock brined chickens are still on offer so that will do….. Read More ›
Quick Italian eats
Sometimes store bought products are the perfect answer for a quick meal.. Great pasta and good sauce.. Perfecto ! A quick garlic bread made with yellow ticket petit pans. .. The local store to us now reduces their in house… Read More ›
Three an a half hours smoked pork hock
The tree? It split down near us. Such a shame.. And they have actually cut the whole thing down now.. What a shame I am sure that it didn’t need that.. Ok let’s talk smoked hock of pork., Pork hock… Read More ›
Super soft skirt sharwarma kebobs
With a piece of skirt left that needs eating.. And we have been a little steaked out recently! I needed to turn it into something quite delicate.. What better than super soft kebab? Minced the steak.. Also mincing the last… Read More ›
Zatar lavash with mojo skirt steak & chimchurri
Fancy exotica sounding title huh? I suppose it hits taste points from around the world really.. The chimchurri first .. Garlic, cumin powder, red chilli flakes, picked over parsley and coriander . Some chives and Punchy red wine vinegar and… Read More ›
Roast loin of pork supper
Final supper for this birthday weekender.. Roast loin of pork.. A full on bone in number.. First it’s all about the pork.. Cracking free range number from those butcher boys in Wollaston.. They sang me happy birthday when I went… Read More ›
Mighty tomahawk steak with truffle butter double baked spuds
That a long title huh? Well it’s deserved..!! Still going along with the fact that’s it’s my birthday weekend.. I picked up this fantastic steak from my lovely butchers.. It was a bit of a faff getting it right.. And… Read More ›
Birthday Bakewell
As you probably know we don’t bake many sweet things in this household.. Yet .. It’s still my birthday weekend!! So Mrs Fitz asked what cake I wanted.. Well it just has to be Bakewell .. A little off piste… Read More ›
Pork schnitzel and Greek basil potatoes
I was due to cook my birthday tomahawk steak on the wonderful wood that my attorney sent me.. Yet after a wonderful lunch of samosa chaat in the badlands.. I took up a residence for the afternoon in the local… Read More ›
Left over leb chuck with Turkish wraps
Best thing about roasting a juicy chuck? Leftovers!! Well with the addition of a lovely salad.. Of carrots, wild rocket, pink Indian onions, Italian baby vine toms..( delicious them!).. Hitting that up with some pomegranate … Am loving using pomegranate… Read More ›
Lebanese chicken & prudys dill & onion chips
So we are back in the cold.. Actually it’s not too cold .. Still .. Easy food is required .. And there is a new range of stock brined chickens in my favourite store.. (The one that moved yet now… Read More ›
Last supper in Bhukara Ajman UAE
Another day spent on the beach.. Ooh.. Hang on.. Another great arabic breakfast of foul medames and breads .. With kibbeh.. Those lovely crispy meaty snacks.. Yummy!! They day was lovely we even took a swim in the sea.. And… Read More ›
Bhukara again! Maharajah kebabs
Awoke to the wonderful sounds of the Arabian Sea.. Mrs Fitz still not well though. A nasty cough and a stiff neck.. So a day in the sun is needed indeed! So we spent the day on the beach.. The… Read More ›
Cooking with Mr Fitz 