Apple Meringue Puddings 04 February by Rosana McPhee Continuing our celebrations for Bramley Apple Week, Rosana looks at the origins of this well loved apple. She also shares a delightful recipe, based on her mother's favourite dessert, using just four ingredients: Apple Meringue Pudding.
Homemade Strawberry and Lavender Jam - a taste for summer 20 June by Rosana McPhee Continuing our recipes for National Jam Week (18th-24th June), we have a delicious strawberry & lavender jam. Rosana McPhee presents a recipe for making this yummy variation on traditional strawberry jam
Rain or Shine - Tasty Picnic ideas for indoors or outdoors 17 June by Rosana McPhee It's National Picnic Week from 18th - 24th June 2012. Great British Chefs' blogger Rosana McPhee didn't let the recent wet weather stop her from having an indoor picnic and put on a delicious spread. She kindly shares her recipes for vegetable cake, mini hot dogs, coarse aubergine pate & Japanese cucumber pickle.
Celebrate The Big Curry Lunch with Curried scallops by Shaun Rankin 24 April by Rosana McPhee Curry is one of the nation’s favourite dishes thanks to the British Army, who brought ingredients back to Britain between 18th and 19th centuries from the Indian sub continent. The Lord Mayor's Diamond Jubilee Big Curry Lunch, will be on Thursday 26th April 2012 at London's Guildhall. It's part of a day of events where people can host a one off curry themed event for charity. Great British Chefs' blogger Rosana McPhee decided to make Shaun Rankin's curried scallops with coconut & coriander dahl for the occasion.
Meeting Laurent Vernet, master meat taster, at The Guinea Grill 27 March by Rosana McPhee This week is National Butchers' Week. Set up five years ago by the Meat Trades Journal it aims to promote the craft, skills, knowledge and profile of butchers across the UK by leading a week of special focus & activities around different cuts of meat. Great British Chefs blogger, Rosana McPhee from Hot & Chilli was invited to a meat tasting by Quality Meat Scotland. Find out how she learnt how tasting beef requires similar skills to those found in wine tasting:
Smoked bacon hash & fried duck egg by Adam Gray - Hot & Chilli Way! 21 March by Rosana McPhee Eggs and bacon aren't just standard breakfast ingredients. Add potatoes and you have a versatile hash dish which makes a great brunch. Great British Chefs blogger, Rosana McPhee from Hot & Chilli loved Adam Gray's Smoked Bacon Hash with fried duck egg, but decided to give it her own personal twist. She shares her recipe here
Chicken, bacon & palm heart pie by Rosana McPhee 07 March by Rosana McPhee How about a take on a pie from overseas to celebrate British Pie Week? Great British Chefs blogger, Rosana McPhee from Hot & Chilli kindly shares her recipe for a version of chicken, leek & bacon piebased on 'empadinhas'. See the recipe here...
Introducing National Marmalade Week 2012 25 February by Rosana McPhee The first ever National Marmalade Week takes place from 25th February – 3rd March 2012 giving people all over the world a chance to celebrate this sunny preserve. Great British Chefs blogger, Rosana McPhee from Hot & Chilli shares her recipe for Dark Chunky Marmalade & also a delicious Marmalade Pouring sauce which you can use on breakfast pancakes.