its is ridiculously simple .. And Mrs Fitz loves it.. And simple is where I am at right now.. It also doesn’t require exact measurements like a scientist .. A mix of strong wholemeal flour and some plain white flour….. Read More ›
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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 ›
Macintyre charity sausage roll wheels, with apple sauce from scratch & stuffing
Mrs Fitz has asked if we can make up an offering for the Macintyre charity day thingy-mee-bobby that she has in the office tomorrow.. So what better than a kinda sausage roll .. Have made them before for her to… 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 ›
Vegan ‘burgers!’
yeah you read that right .. Vegan burgers.. Can you actually call burgers vegan? Dunno,, What you can say is they I am not a fan of any of those processed mad full of strange ingredients that then become a… Read More ›
Roast top rump of beef and the trimmings
a bit late in posting this.. I prepared it.. Mrs Fitz cooked it.. The new season king Edward potatoes boiled to help the process.. Then cooled on a rack and dusted in fine semolina to ensure crispness.. The yorkshires made… 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 ›
Spit roast lamb breasts , salsa verde, pico de gallo & piada
I suppose this was born outta part-inspiration .. Inspiration by watching the excellent Rick Steins adventures.. Venice to Istanbul .. A great show not just the food yet the sheer obvious pleasure he gets from watching it get made.. And… 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 ›
Quick pork ,apple & stuffing sausage rolls , so simple!
sausage rolls.. Yummmmmmm Not those ones with indescribable pink slimey/sludge in though! As you will see from here: https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/?s=Sausage+rolls&x=0&y=0 We dig them.. And I saw these type of ones for sale in a pretty expensive store , no names yet… Read More ›
Sooper 12th century church veggies & Serrano ham
very lucky where we live really.. It’s surrounded by historics.. A great Manor House.. Alms houses, an arts centre and a beautiful 12th century church.. All pretty much on the doorstep! Ok so the sound of the bells can get… 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 ›
Ramen lunch with ‘that’ blythburgh belly pork
with great leftovers at my disposal it calls for a great lunch.. That pork.. It screams ramen to me.. Spare rib broth disks from the Chinese store .. Into the hot water.. Some egg noodles .. A handful of… Read More ›
Spooning with Rosie inspired rotessiere blythburgh belly pork
this love affair with our new toy continues .. Having worked out some original issues with the gas delivery to the burners.. Not totally fixed as they don’t seem to want to go lower than I would like not higher!!… 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 ›
BIG Chicken kebabs .. Meat on sticks
meat on a stick.. Over fire.. Now I am not going to say it brings the cave person out in me.. Because I really don’t think it does.. It does though give me great pleasure! I like sitting there slowly… 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 a rainy Sunday .. Need porky Ramen! @sundaybrunch
It’s a terrible summer.. The rain is non stop and I am wearing a jersey.. Refusing to put socks on yet feel that I need too.. Humph! So after an early trip to the market to get supplies in. ….. 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 ›
Three hour belly pork , sweet potatoes & homebutter corns
Belly pork .. Possibly the best part of the piggie.. Seriously.. Well cooked belly is yummy for your tummy .. Easy as too! Take a great piece of antibiotic free roamed and snuffled blahdy blahdy blah.. Pork.. It really matters… 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 ›
Sausage rolls a classic !
sausage rolls.. Proper ones.. Well ok you can get all fancy pants on the things .. I have seen some in a store that are not only the price of pint of beer yet have some truly ‘funky’ flavourings! Sorry… 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 ›
A lovely day making ‘Michelin starred’ sausages …
isn’t it great when you can share a passion? And particularly when that passion is for fine foodstuffs? I got invited by Ben to pop down to their small school farm and make kielbasa .. Ok.. So that’s the ‘generic’… 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 ›
Spatchcock chuck with sweet spuds, rice and, corn and homemade jersey butter..
it’s chicken time again….🐔 Why? Well Mrs Fitz did a 16k.. With her pals.. So very proud of her.. Like seriously proud.. ( that’s her second from left..) Now it doesn’t seem it yet that is actually at midnight!… Read More ›
Making merguez & Mercs
i love merguez sausages.. I like Mercs too.. Let’s start with the merguez though. I am going for a straight lamb one.. Although adding beef is possible too.. This is breast of lamb.. Mixed with spices and herbs.. One… 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 ›
Salad adventures – part five- Egyptian style salad
this is some salad journey huh? Ok.. We are nearing the end.. Yet lets go again.. Climb aboard this salad train.. We are off to eygypt .. Well my Egypt .. Is this Egyptian? Yes.. I have decided.. And it’s… Read More ›
Salad tales.. Part four , Arabic potatoes and French beans
by now you may be thinking what the heck? What the hell is Mr Fitz up to with all these salads? Well it’s a great way of getting me to eat more non animal things.. So let us continue in… Read More ›
Salad stories .. Part three.. Kinda Turkish cabbage salad
the story continues.. It’s salad time.. Let’s travel to Turkey.. Well kinda.. I have based this on food journeys I have made.. Is it truly Turkish? Well I say it is.. Kinda! Chopped white cabbage.. Boiled in a little veg… Read More ›
Salad days.. Part two morrocan carrots..
Again on this salad trip.. And it’s a flavourful taste-full adventure for sure! Again taking inspiration from my blogger buddy Le petit paniere.. http://lapetitepaniere.com/2014/01/22/zrodiya-bel-kemoun-and-khobz-tajine/ Carrots.. Chopped and boiled.. In a pan add olive oil.. Harissa and cumin.. Warm that up….. Read More ›
Salads.. Part one! Algerian
I am not really a salad guy.. Well I have to admit that I do indeed like the cafe de Paris salad in Monte Carlo.. Ahem😏 Apart from that it’s a bit tough to get me to eat it.. Yet… Read More ›
Sunday post 10k race lunch For Mrs Fitz
i am immensely proud of Mrs Fitz.. she did a ten K race for life.. In memory of her Dad.. Isn’t that great? So it is deserving of a post race ( in the rain by the way!).. With beef… Read More ›
Homemade butter
yeah you read that right.. Homemade butter !!! I tasted these wonderful sweet potatoe rolls in john Lewis .. Not in the cafe . In the demonstration area.. I love those things! ( missed the Magimix one ) ( don’t… Read More ›
Sausage rolls from scratcho
i don’t make my own pastry that often .. Yet inspired by my blogger pal Melissa at glen house this had to have a turn out.. Decided after looking at various suggestions from the Google gods on going it alone.. … Read More ›
Making Sausages from scratch
regular readers should know by now that making sausages has a firm place in my world.. It is great to make your own.. So so so simples.. And incredibly cost effective .. These have great free range pork.. And. Excellent… 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 ›
Redbourn corned beef saffron pasties
what is it? Pasties? Pastys? Pasty? Pastie? I dunno .. Anyhoo, this is how they came to life.. First a dough made from good ol’ unsaturated fat.. Lard.. With plain flour , salt, baking powder.. Oh .. And the… Read More ›
Elderflower champers part two!
So with the elderflower bubbles getting its groove on.. Like BIG time.. https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2015/06/17/elderflower-champagne-part-one/ That’s a reminder in case you forgot.. 👍 So it’s been sat there .. A few hairy moments when the gas has inflated the bottles a leetle… Read More ›
Sunday Sausage making time …
having time on my hands while Mrs Fitz was walking that country 10k with the hounds.. And seeing as it was too early for a few pints .. (Even though it was Sunday..😉 Making sausages seems like just the time… Read More ›
Sunday roast beef
We haven’t had a ‘proper’ Sunday roast lunch for ages.. So it was high time we did.. Mrs Fitz went awalking with her pal and the hounds.. Over 10k country walk! That gave me plenty of time to get a… 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 ›
Sausage making -Cumberland seasoned
need to think about some stuff .. So sausage making is the way forward .. Some bake bread.. Some meditate .. I make sausages.. Very nice ones too! https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/?s=Sausages&x=0&y=0 These made with a nice piece of Berkshire free range pork….. 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 ›
Elderflower champagne part one
ok.. So it’s time to make the elderflower champagne again.. With the hedges in the process of being cut its a race against the machines! Picking the eldeflowers.. Chopping lemons.. Adding the lemon into the water.. With two… 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 ›
Sesame lamb ribs
Ribs.. It’s a weird one really.. I think you can’t get more ‘meaty’ than ribs.. Not in the quantity of actual meat yet more like the gnarly bone sucking thing that goes on.. I like em .. Mrs Fitz doesn’t…. Read More ›
Eggy bread and rough cut bacon
eggy bread.. Yeah!👍 French toast? Nah.. Tell it like it is.. Eggy bread. And it’s good.. Good eggs..(just one here).. Whooped and a couple of just turning pieces of French bread.. The bacon is a stick of home cured… Read More ›
Elderflower cordial easy peacey..
It’s elderflower time.. And that’s a wonderful thing in my book.. My neighbour complains that the elders are a pest.. Nah.. They are a rare treasure.. Coveted .. The champagne is happening over the weekend.. Hope it’s better than last… Read More ›
Cauliflower pakoras – lovely!
a quick and easy snackerooni .. Half a cauliflower left in the fridge.. Amazing how long they last in the fridge.. Chopped .. Batter left over from those delicious jersey royal maharajah balls.. A little green chilli added.. … 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 ›
jersey royal maharaja Potato balls (must be a better name!)..
Really not sure what to call these.. Let’s go through the process and see if a better name comes up ok? Started by using up the last of the jersey royals.. With some chopped pink onion, Mint , coriander… Read More ›
Pulled pork bun and ‘real’ chips/fries
With all that delicious pork currently residing in the big white box.. It would be terrible not to keep at it! First the chips/fries though.. I have a deep problem with not having real chips.. C’mon! Chips need to be… 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 ›
Aloo parathas , stuffed breads
as a child I often ate these. We used to have them for a late breakfast.. Brunch I suppose! My grandfather made excellent ones.. And mama made good ones too.. So it must be true therefore that I too canals… Read More ›
Toasted pumpkin and sunflower seeds with organic Japanese tamari and Turkish urfa pepper
Long title? Quick cooking.. its not all about the meats you know.. Not always.. Hehehe.. Ho hum.. This is a great snack that stops me reaching for sugar fixes .. Sometimes.. It’s super scrumptious and very easy.. Simply dry fry… 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 ›
Pork and bacon old Irish recipe sausages..Homemade of course !
sausage making time again.. Things to think about so nothing more therapeutic than making sausages.. Some bake.. Others meditate.. I make sausages.. Mmmm sosss-aaahhh-jezzz.. Taking good free range red ticket pork..mushing it up.. With chopped unsmoked streaky bacon.. Adding the… Read More ›
Chicken wings .. With franks of course! & slaw & chimchurri spuds..
Chicken wings.. Yeah.. 👍✌️👏🙏👌 Love em.. The best part of the chuck if you ask me.. Sure there are some really bad examples to be found.. So making them yerself is the only way ( perhaps).. First lets get summat… Read More ›
Porky ear treats For beautiful bassets
These are Mr Wentworth & Cora murleys favourite snacks.. And they will be playing with their friends over the weekend so they can give them a few too! I hate giving my bestest animal friends those additive loaded who knows… 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 ›
All Butter sausage rolls
sausage rolls.. A classic.. Been a while since I made them for home.. I normally make them as a gift for various sorts.. A good sausage roll is a great thing! I had this all butter pastry needed using up.. … 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 ›
Istanbul eats -breakfast & lunch
sorry for being a bit behind here.. We have packed do much into our stay and walked miles and miles.. Seriously loadsa miles! Yet let’s start at breakfast.. A nice spread.. All the usual hot items.. Plus special Turkish dishes….. Read More ›
Istanbul Eats ..cag kebab
so we are here. And yup it’s busy.. Like really freakin busy! We are staying in a very nice indeedy boutique hotel in the heart of the madness.. Grea position and a great room.. Very spacious and with a great… 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 ›
Aloo gobi with peas and breads
when I was a kid aloo gobi was my favourite supper that my mama made. In fact it was my favourite food that her parents made too .. I don’t eat it enough at all anymore .. Really should .. … Read More ›
Pork, veg and rice.. Fast!
Needed to cook this fast.. So pork shoulder chopped.. Inc rind and all… Into the uncle bens wok with a couple cloves of garlic.. Mixed veg.. Mrs middletons rapeseed oil.. And some brown basmati.. Cooked up on fierce heat.. … 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 ›
Fickle fish anchovy butter
I buy stuff that I don’t really need .. C’mon we are all guilty of it right? This was one of those things.. Assist will know fish ain’t my thing.. Yet these looked good.. Very good! Yet they were going… 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 ›
Making a pigs ear outta it!
Well not quite right really.. It started. With these heads.. ( they already had ears!).. I got the ears… As a gift.. Chopped em up.. ( you gotta get over yourself a little to chop em up!).. … 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 ›
Chimichurri chimchurri chimmmmmchhhuuurrriiiii
Love it.. It just cheers you up as Mrs Fitz says.. Am sure there are many variants to it.. Yet this is today’s one.. Parsley, oregano, coriander.. All in unequal portions.. A smack of garlic some salt and a sprinkling of… Read More ›
Mexican chorizo
So how does this start? It started with a gift from my attorney. A hamper filled with Mexican goodies! Which was pretty cool I reckon! Yet where to start? Start where you begin.. Decided on Mexican chorizo .. What… Read More ›
Mrs Fitz mutton curry
mrs Fitz doesn’t get to do much of the cooking round here.. Yet when she does it’s always a winner.. I think perhaps because she is pretty precise and won’t go off the tracks! Take the spices for this mutton… 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 ›
Chinese Roast duck & chips
ok .. So it’s a bit ‘cheaty’ using one of those half prepped ducks.. Yet they are quite nice. Sure then need a little pimping up. .. Some additions of this and that.. Yet when cooked and shredded they… 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 ›
Sausages, bangers, snags, links..
whatever you call ’em.. Sausages (for the porpoise of this!).. Are fantastic! And to make them even better.. This ensures that you are getting not only excellent value for cashola yet also a sausage with honesty and provenance .. How… 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 ›
Anthem of the seas
Is it some kinda song? Nope .. It’s a new ship.. And a big one too! The third largest in the world I am told.. And I got invited along to the pre-inaugural launch… So off along I pop…. 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 ›
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 ›
Sunday chicken supper
with some of them reduced chucks still hanging out in the deep freeze they better get a spin out.. So defrosted on the magic defrosting plate . If you don’t own one I really recommend that you get one.. Not… 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 ›
Still Eire..
get it? Still here in Eire.. First the news.. Mrs Fitz’s passport has been located in the courtesy car.. YAY! 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👍👊✌️ Ok so drove to Kinsale after a breakfast of pancakes Ahh no!! First what happened is that this… Read More ›
Easter in Eire
its easter a time of eggs and biblical stuff .. And I am in Eire -Cork to be exact.. Mrs Fitz’s homeland.. Umm slight problem though.. Mrs Fitz was due to be with me however we spent all last nite… Read More ›
Cooking with Mr Fitz 