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 ›
Recipes
A place for the recipes to be found
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Pani poori / Gol Gappa vegan Sunday lunch
Made pani poori .. Since having them in Ajman, Mrs Fitz has been mentioning them often.. So it’s about time to get the game face on! Having assembled the ingredients we really are lucky to have the diversity of ethnicity… Read More ›
Making red ticket free range jerk & apple sausages
Been a while since I made some sausages.. Dunno why.. It chills me right out.. Strange yet true! And with this great piece of red ticket free range antibiotic free piece of shoulder it just cries ‘sausages!’.. Minced twice and… 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 ›
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 ›
Sarson ka saag and fried potatoes sambosa
Love Sambosa ..samosa.. Fried triangles of tastiness.. Who cannot like them! ( apart from those ones that have carrots or sweetcorn in.. What is THAT all about!).. It’s wrong.. So so so wrong.. Started by frying off spuds and onions… 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 ›
Chimchurri sauce..
It’s my birthday.. I like saying that.. It’s my birthday!! So first up some Chimchurri sauce .. Because I have some eatings planned for this weekend!! Chimchurri sauce its roots set out Argentinia way.. Many versions.. This is mine this… 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 ›
Truffle butter & Ajman UAE
Huh? Well needed to crack two posts with one.. As we are now in the UAE after a very eventful journey that involved a nutter ploughing into the back of us en-route to the airport., destroying his car yet luckily… Read More ›
Shepherds pie sans truffle!
Ok.. Am feeling just slightly truffled out.. Decadence can only last so long huh? 😉 So a lovely shepherds pie is just the ticket as we both have chills and coldesque type shivers at the moment.. Don’t forget that shepherds… Read More ›
Truffled hanger steak, truffled potatoes, truffled green beans
Truffle everything right now!! That beautiful Umbrian winter black truffle is just calling out to be eaten.. I have already shared a little of it with some pals.. One of them the butcher that ‘donated’ the steak in return.. The… Read More ›
Umbrian black winter truffle in Amsterdam
Amsterdam is famous for many things .. Many hedonistic delights.. Much beauty and amazing architecture .. I have another post to write about a supper in a secret club.. I have to calm down a bit first at the shocking… Read More ›
Amsterdam breakfast steak & eggs
There a zillion good places to take breakfast in Amsterdam.. Ok.. Maybe not a zillion yet you get the picture right? Yet I a very fortunate that my Father lives here.. In a very fine house in a very fine… Read More ›
Steak and beetroot salad yoghurt breads
That a heap of words written up just there in that title huh? Well with leftover steak to use up.. And some red ticket items to eat up before I fly to amsterdam.. Wraps is the answer.. Oh yes and… Read More ›
Argentinian stylee Steak & chips with wild rocket and Chimchurri
Argentinian stylee Steak and chips… Always a winning supper.. Especially when you have Steak like this! Super piece of hanger/bavette.. Sinewy bits removed and the meat beaten out.. That one bit of meat will yield at least 8 steaks.. A… Read More ›
Sausage rolls for breakfast
Mrs Fitz has returned home from work as she really is not well. A terrible cough coldy thing that kept her up most of the night.. So after dosing with smuggled spanish pharmaceuticals.. ( why can’t you get the good… Read More ›
Roast top rump for lunch
Roast beef .. Mrs Fitz’ s fave.. So who am I to say no?.. The beef was a red ticket piece of top rump.. About 815grms.. So that’s more than enough for two persons and also means quick cooking.. First… Read More ›
Valentine’s pie
Valentine’s Day.. Think of it what you will.. It’s a nice time to have a treat though.. And pie is always a treat! So after a long walk in the woods with the hounds.. A trip to the butchers nearby….. Read More ›
Ox cheeks Mrs Fitz cooks
Mrs Fitz always ensures that there is something welcoming and hearty for when I return from my adventures.. This supper was no let down! Ox cheeks , slo cooked for sixteen hours.. Yup sixteen in red wine a ridiculous amount… Read More ›
Two meat & bean chilli and chips with dips
Am currently in Monaco yet prior to going a simple supper was needed.. What better than a chilli with fresh chips? With nice dips? The chilli was made by frying off red ticket rose veal mince with white spanish onion… Read More ›
Beef two times.. West meats east perhaps?
Huh? Well easy really.. The first outing for this bit of brisket was as a trad meal.. Slo cooked with carrots, shallots, celery and stock .. That made a hearty dinner.. Lovely! And with leftovers.. Chopped Dusted in cornflour and… Read More ›
Scottish style supper ( wasn’t great!)..
Having missed burns night.. My attorney made haggis .. He sent me a kit also with the OX bung and all yet I didn’t get time to go to the butchers for the meats.. Yet I fancied a scottish style… Read More ›
Doner kebab, gyros, kebob,fake-away of course!
Ok.. First thing is that this is not actually on a rotisserie so there is no spinning or turning. Which is indeed where the actual name comes from.. (Fun meat fact right there!..) Yet this is bang on the flavour… Read More ›
14 hour magical mutton /shepherds pie
Fourteen hours? Yup.. Let’s press the play button .. Still having a mutton vibe i cooked this shoulder down in red wine , seasonings and some star anise , fresh thyme.. Probably more things and cinnamon (scared it may go… Read More ›
Mutton stew
We are lucky enough to be able to get our hands on good mutton.. And after all that chicken something needs to change! Mutton is a great meat yet does need a lot of cooking.. So is very suited for… Read More ›
It’s official we are chickened out
It’s official.. Like there should be a memorandum or decree drawn up.. Signed by all parties.. (Well me and Mrs Fitz anyways..).. We have eaten enough poultry to last a good while now we reckons.. With all those spatchcock numbers… Read More ›
Beans on toast
A simple lunch, supper , or even as an appetiser? A great snack anyways.. Of course the beans have to be heinz!! That’s a given right? Yet how to make em even better? Try this out.. Chopped white onion.. Garam… Read More ›
Two day chicken eating
Still on those spatchcock numbers! It really is due to the half price event at waitrose.. This chicken cost 2.37gbp.. Four suppers out of it? You do the math! And super tasty to boot! The backbone snipped out.. Ankles snapped… Read More ›
Faggots and peas and sausage rolls
Decided to leave behind a few bits of food behind for my grandfather .. Faggots and peas.. I don’t actually eat them as the heart and liver ain’t my thing! And this was a cheaty easy one any ways! Good… Read More ›
92 year old lamb stew
Ninety two year old stew? Huh? Well it was a neck of lamb stew I made to take to eat with my 92 year grandfather .. Defrosted the neck.. That’s on the defrosting plate I got .. It’s brilliant! Fried… Read More ›
Granola flapjacks… sweet!
I don’t often make things like this.. Sure I have a sweet tooth at times yet for some reason don’t really make sweet things.. ( apart from lovely scones of course! ).. As we are still in use up mode… Read More ›
Had to spatchcock and CHUCKON again!
We enjoyed that chicken so much the other day it just had to be done again! Two chickens in almost the same amount of days! Again slashing and spatchcocking .. And varied up the chuckon .. Veal jus powder, thai… Read More ›
12 hour roast pork & veg brown rice & ranch coleslaw wraps
TWELVE hours.. Yup it’s an all nighter.. One where you keep waking up sniffing the air wondering if it’s time to get up yet..(i suppose if you didn’t like roast porky goodness then it may offend.. Doubt it though big… Read More ›
Spatchcocked chuckon
Seeing how we normally feed the hounds chicken it seemed like quite a treat to be actually eating ourselves! First the spatchcock .. Simple as long as you have good scissors .. Just cut out the backbone chop it into… Read More ›
Injun use up food
Being on the use up mode still the indoors freezer gave us the gift of a mystery curry that Mrs Fitz made a good while back.. That’s chicken she was sure.. It was.. I got this new gadget.. Gadget? Hmm… Read More ›
Turtle bean pies
Am in a bit of a use up mode at the moment.. Need to clear down the freezer food stocks.. This outing involved a mix that I think was once a joint for a roast that got turned into an… Read More ›
Sweetcorn & baby courgette fritters & last of the veal in lettuce cups
That’s a long title! I like these fritters. Like really like them.. Haven’t made them for ages though! So whilst looking for another thing I came across spooning with Rosie.. A great cookbook thing that Father sent years ago.. This… Read More ›
Veal Laab namtok thingy lettuce cups with awesome crisps
I am still unsure if this is called Laab or namtok.. I think it’s Laab .. Although this probably isn’t either! Rose veal cooked in some water with shallots.. The water helps break down the meat quickly.. Then the seasoning… Read More ›
Green verbena crispy chicken & big hasslebacks
Green verbena harrisa paste.. That’s what the lovely thigh fillets that I skinned and removed that one bone from got a smearing with.. They were left all afternoon to hopefully gain flavour.. Chicken is such a bugger to get flavour… Read More ›
Italian sausage casserole? With gratin
Why the question mark? Because I am not sure if this actually is a casserole? Let me tell you and then we can decide? Cool.. Now as you know I prefer to make my own delicious sausages.. Yet these Italian… Read More ›
Rotisserie chicken tortillas
Managed to pick up a red ticket Free range corn fed chicken.. Cool ! That’s some for the hounds and some for us.. they are having theirs with brown rice and quinoa .. Ours are being uplifted with taco seasoning,… Read More ›
Cottage pie = cows
Ok .. Now we all remember that cottage pie is made with cows right? Not sheep , pigs, ducks, (I had a duck cottage pie on a flight to Portugal once, although it was indeed rather good it’s not right!)….. Read More ›
Janssons temptation and hanger steak
Janssons temptation .. ?? It’s a wonderful Swedish dish.. A great potatoey number with cream onions, potato and anchovies.. Anchovies? Mr Fitz?? Fish? Really? Yup.. Really really.. Slice the potatoes and onion.. Layered in the dish.. Anchovies added at each… Read More ›
Leetle scones , jam and cream and chicken pie and roasties
Strange title ? Not really! I was pretty darn proud of myself cooking these scones.. Ok for bakers out there and cake people I am sure you can churn them out all day.. ! Yet I do savoury not sweet….. Read More ›
Mutton chop curry and failed naan
Well fiesta friday is in fine swing! And I still have an abundance of mutton chops.. Must be time to make a curry.. ! Easy peasey.. Fried Spanish onions .(I love brown Spanish onions..). The chops added too.. Then a… Read More ›
New Year’s Day mutton chops 1002 posts!
Well there we go it’s another year over, and a new ones just begun! ( there may be a song in that ..).. So happy new year to all.. Let’s all agree that 2015 will be much nicer than 2014….. Read More ›
Laab or is it namtok? (spicy noodles with veal)
New Year’s Eve suppers need to be quite nice indeed I think.. And it’s always good to try out something different .. So this I believe is a Thai dish? Perhaps not fully authentic yet hey! It’s darn tasty!! Minced… Read More ›
News years eve Brekkie
First of all apologies if you have already entered 2015.. Of 20015 (? that’s for my attorney! Never been the greatest with numbers ..).. That Dubai firework show was awesome though right? Yet this was a seriously good breakfast that… Read More ›
Chicken chasseur and buttery herb mash
Baby it’s cold outside.. Brrrrr!! That calls for a chicken stew.. A tasty one.. And chicken chasseur is just the ticket.. Chicken thighs, onions, tarragon, white wine and herbs and stuff.. Cooked in the crockpot/slowcooker.. First the chicken skinned and… Read More ›
Brioche bun burgers and spud skinz salad
Home made burgers .. The best there are really.. You get to choose the meat .. Reduce the fat and collagen percentages and season as you choose.. Cool ! Tonites were seasoned hard.. Veal jus powder , italian mix from… Read More ›
Homemade scotch eggs & sausage rolls
Bring out the classics!! Sausage rolls as we all know are the schizzle.. These were up to scratch.. Using some of those orange ticketed items! Hampshire sired free range Sage and onion stuffing balls ‘meat’ (sorry).. The same pork chipolatas….. Read More ›
Christmas Chimchurri hanger steak, roasted red sprouts, king spuds
Christmas lunch.. That one meal each year that terrifies and delights .. That one meal that has people eating things they never would normally.. (Or maybe that’s just a British thing?).. Particularly that turkey thing… (I say thing as most… Read More ›
Chapli style kebab & lavash bread
Lovely soft lamby kebabs.. Yummmmmm.. I love kebabs.. They have to be good though , the meat of a good quality for starters. And not left sitting around too long.. Also I do think they need to be flavoured.. Sure… Read More ›
Fried chicken breakfast & proper tasty pasties
Fried chicken for breakfast? Is this Vegas? (I did have fried chicken for breakfast once in Vegas.. Along with Yukon mash and gravy.. And it was the business!).. Yet it’s not really the thing you should have for breakfast.. Unless… Read More ›
Pat makes sausages welsh dragon & merguez-esque
I couldn’t let my godson Patrick leave our house without him making sausages.. First the style? Two types .. The first for supper.. Welsh dragon.. British Belly pork ( of course all our meat is antibiotic free and grass at… Read More ›
Patricks pie
We are lucky enough to have my Godson staying with us for the weekend.. Mr Wentworth and Vora Murley have thoroughly enjoyed having Patrick around.. Anew cuddle friend! Patrick has an Australian Mum and a welsh/English dad.. So he must… Read More ›
Injun veggie supper, red Brussels and mushroom peace
Yup you read that right.. Veggie supper.. Absolutely no meat.. And it was lovely!! First the mushrooms and peas number.. Fried onions in desi ghee.. Added ginger and garlic paste and spices.. Masala and the like.. Adding the mushrooms ….. Read More ›
Roast pork chow mein using the last of the leftover pork
That lovely porky delight just keeps giving! This was using up the last of it.. It made four good tubs.. Which meant a pal got to share in the joy of porky noodley goodness.. I love chow mein!! First chopped… Read More ›
Roast pork & potato croquettes
What’s the best thing about roasting ‘ high’? (meaning to cook more of a roast than you needed at the time..).. Leftovers! This outing of leftovers is a fave.. I dig croquettes .. That outside crunchiness .. Giving way to… Read More ›
Roast pork supper
Roast pork .. If you don’t dig pork turn over now.. Inspired by my attorney who was having a bit of a pre-Christmas thing as the countdown has now begun .. ( hope it went swimmingly!).. A piece of yellow… Read More ›
Masa chips and use up bits ala mehican
I have been waiting and wanting to use my little Hugo that I brought back from Mexico City for a while now.. Also wanting to use that smuggled back masa flour.. Just mixed with hot water with a good hit… Read More ›
Steak, breads and sauces
Couldn’t think of what else to call this post .. Suppose could have called it seriously tasty!! The bread to begin.. 250 grms of plain flour.. The last of one of the bags smuggled back from mexico .. With a… Read More ›
Tuna steak , French beans and potatoes
Tuna steak.. Huh? Not like.. Real steak?? Nope.. The fish variety.. Marinated in Bharat spices Wonderful new potatoes .. I forget the type yet very good and not those nasty. Maris peer things.. Yuck!! Mixed up with spring onion, French… Read More ›
Short rib cottage pie
Cottage pie Not shepherds pie The difference? The animal inside.. I have to admit to it bugging me slightly when they get mixed up.. Cottage pie has to be beef, and to include veggies and herbs found around the cottage…. Read More ›
Corned beef hash -easy , so easy
Hash is great.. All kinds of hash.. Corned beef hash is best though .. ( although in my younger days morrocan was rather favourable.. Ahem..).. How the corned beef being devoured here is not the corned beef you may be… Read More ›
Spaghetti bolognesey and chilli garlic toasts
Good meaty red sauce and pasta.. Cool.. Always cool .. Reminds you of great movies.. I reckon it should always be eaten when in a vest .. I am all out of vests.. (Note to self.. Get vests ..).. This… Read More ›
Beef short ribs with inca bella roasties
Short ribs.. Yeah.. I am gonna write that again.. Short ribs… Mmmmm With the weather definitely developing into the winter we have been waiting for its time to pull out dishes like this.. Two short ribs.. Browned on one side… Read More ›
Old school food (not educational)..
This is old school food.. Sometimes there just ain’t no school like old school.. Why whoop this up? To pass onto Grandfather Fitz.. Mama is going up to spend a little time with him so food gifts are the best… Read More ›
Hanger steak wraps with Arabic salad
My favourite piece of steak.. Cut out of an English bullock that has been aged upon passing.. And of course from my favourite butchers! Onglet or hanger steak is simply wonderful ! And if you think that there is just… Read More ›
Eating up leftovers, perhaps a fusion too far?
With the fridge holding stock of various delicious ‘ just can’t bear to throw them away’ items.. It had to be a simple supper of leftovers.. Leftover cous cous.. And the lamb ras thingy.. (Originally part of this!).. And little… Read More ›
Easy roast beef & lovely (ultimate?) roasties
We were lucky enough to have one if MrsFitz’s best pals come and stay with us from eire. .. So fun was had.. For Sunday lunch though it had to be a roast.. With the weather starting to proper winter… Read More ›
Wild saffron cous cous & pouisson & puffys
Remember that wild saffron I said that father Fitz got me in morocco ? Well it arrived from Amsterdam in great shape!! And also some great smelling ras al hanout.. So that shaped supper .. The cous cous is scary… Read More ›
Low and slow duck chinese-esque?
Finger food for supper.. And what better than duck wrapped in chinese pancakes with green onion and cucumber.. Just why does that work so well? Who invented that flavour combo? I think they deserve a great big hat for that….. Read More ›
Italian P&B burgers & dog chicken chow mein
This was lunch today.. I write it like that as it was a mighty fine lunch.. Italian P&B? Pork an Beef minced.. With fantastic Italian herb mix from Amsterdam .. Probably the best smuggled in ‘ herbs’ ever … Ahem…… Read More ›
Twice baked karate chop Italian spuds
It’s definitely the weather for baked potatoes.. The mornings are now frosty and misty.. There is a damp in the air and it’s squelchy underfoot! That calls for food hugs.. One of the best simple pleasures I reckon is the… Read More ›
Hanger steak wraps & sabzi pollo herby puffys
That steak just lasted and lasted.. A superb purchase!! (One more bit to go after this!! ).. (That was just a reminder for ya!..).. So what next to turn it into? Wraps.. Well wrong language really.. What would you call… Read More ›
Left over fava bean lamb with cous cous
Had some of those chops left over. That’s the good thing about cooking just the little extra when can.. Inspired by Father Fitz’s recent trip to morocco .. Am thinking a cous Cousy number.. (Although it turned into more of… Read More ›
Steaks & Chops & Padron peppers
Steak and chops for supper… Yeah! The chops? Lamb.. Great deal on lamb at the moment in the UK.. I heartily suggest buying it and enjoying it , you could always freeze some too.. Although why not just hook yourself… Read More ›
Easy beef bourguignon & panko roasties + sheesh kebab chigwell
Many fine recipes for beef bourguignon .. That classic dinner party dish.. The make life easy yet everyone thinks it was complicated dinner party dish.. Marinating the meat in wine for 24 hrs..adding boiled pork rinds scraped.. Lardons, those tincy… Read More ›
Mrs Fitz lamb stew..
With the travel over for a couple of weeks it’s nice to reset the body clock properly.. The cold weather has definitely appeared, which is quite nice as you get to wear your cold weather articles.. Seeking the scarves and… Read More ›
Peppercorn fillet with sprouts & inca bella roasties
Last of that fillet steak need eating… What a wonderful purchase of a great bit of beast.. Perfect for rolling in very strong pepper .. Umm a little too strong.. Simply cooked in lurpack cooking butter.. The inca bella potatoes… Read More ›
Who doesn’t like chicken wings?
Ok.. Put your hands down if you are vegetarian ( a ‘real’ one not the kind that thinks fish, chicken and sheep guts (cheese) are ok to eat..).. Or a vegan.. Or simply someone who doesn’t like good fried chicken….. Read More ›
Chinese supper for one.
With Mrs Fitz over in the Emerald Isle it’s supper for one.. Chinese .. Dish one: Chow mein – plain.. Roscoff onion. , Chinese garlic & ginger, shredded carrot .. All cooked in chilli oil diluted with sunflower oil.. Beansprouts… Read More ›
Spatchcock pouissin & inca bellas
Chicken and veg.. Meat and potatoes .. Simple honest eating.. Ok.. ‘Poshed’up a bit by having the pouissins.. Yet they were red ticket items ! Simply taken out of the packet.. Straight onto the oven bars.. Above the wonderful (… Read More ›
Pains perdu.. & dim sum
First the dim sum .. Bought from waitrose.. Mrs Fitz loves dim sum.. Any good? With loads of dressings .. Nah.. Nopey dope dope nope.. Ahh well I know not to ge them again .. Mind you the complex packaging… Read More ›
Red ticket fillet
Wasn’t planning on having steak again for supper.. Yet with this red ticket special on a fantastic piece of Hereford beef fillet it just couldn’t be missed! Reduced from £43 per kilo to £12!!! Now that’s a saving!! So you… Read More ›
Steak & spuds
(The lead picture is not the steak we are having.. Just to let you know!! ) Sometimes all you want fur supper is something easy peasey.. (Not japaneasey..).. Steak .. Mrs Fitz loves steak.. I quite like it too.. I… Read More ›
Cooking with Mr Fitz 