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Category: Recipes

PAN FRIED PORK CHOPS WITH CAPERS AND SOY BUTTER SAUCE

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • August 7, 2019
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 This is one of the best pork chops recipes with capers and soy sauce butter.   It was one of our favourite dishes for the summer of 2019. Back in the … Continue Reading →

FRIED HALLOUMI CHEESE WITH LIME AND CAPER VINAIGRETTE

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • July 15, 2019
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A   Combining crispy fried halloumi cheese with a lively lime and caper dressing, it makes an excellent summer lunch, or a tasty starter. One of her best dishes from … Continue Reading →

PASTA PUTTANESCA

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • July 15, 2019
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  PUTTANESCA is one of my favourite pasta dishes – “aren’t they all” –   it is a strong and gutsy sauce, and as Delia rightly says:- ” it is a … Continue Reading →

SPAGHETTI al PESTO

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • July 6, 2019
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  It’s hot outside, so let’s think pesto.  Pesto is one of my absolute favourite sauces. It tastes fresh, herbal, nutty, garlicky and luxurious, all at once. Sue and David … Continue Reading →

SHEILA’S MOTHERS POTATO CAKES

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • June 16, 2019
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Sheilas Mother apparently made really good potato cakes. Misshapen, and soft and gooey from all the butter.   You can also roll them out thinly and fry like an oat cake. … Continue Reading →

JANE GRIGSON CURRIED PARSNIP SOUP

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • June 15, 2019
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  This is Jane Grigson’s famous soup, and loved by everyone who tastes it. The colour is deep amber, and the texture thick.  The soup is thick and creamy with … Continue Reading →

PEA AND LETTUCE SOUP

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • June 15, 2019
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    This recipe was given to us by Sheila’s Sister-in-Law. It is so so easy, but tasty. Summer in a bowl. Ingredients 1 head of lettuce cos or iceberg … Continue Reading →

MAPLE PORK RIBS WITH TOMATO CHUTNEY

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • May 24, 2019
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This is our Pork choice for international Pork Day this year. Nigel Slater cooks the ribs in an unusual way.  Simmering them in a thick mixture of spices, mustard seeds, … Continue Reading →

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