Kimchi fried rice (kimchi bokkeumbap)

If you love kimchi, you will love this dish. But you have to like kimchi. This is a real comfort grub dish and really warms the soul. Make sure you prepare some cooked rice in advance Makes enough for: 3-4 people Hands on time: 40 mins Total time: 40 mins Ingredients 750g cooked rice (about…

Meatballs in pancetta and onion sauce

You can make your own meatballs but if not you can always buy ready made ones for a midweek meal. Any meat for the meat balls works but pork and beef gives a really nice balance of fattyness and flavour; chicken and turkey can be quite dry but are lower calorie. Makes enough for: 2…

Kimchi

There are many ways to make kimchi so be flexible with the vegetables you include. You can throw in carrots or radishes. You can buy gochujang (Korean chilli paste) from Asian supermarkets or some larger supermarkets. Makes enough for: a 500ml jar Hands on time: 30 mins Total time: 2 days+ Ingredients 1 medium chinese…

Burrata with tomato and basil salad

Makes enough for: 4 people Hands on time: 10 mins Total time: 40 mins Ingredients 350g mixed tomatoes, choose around 3 different colours and sizes ¼ tsp salt Large pinch freshly ground black pepper Pinch caster sugar 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil zest of 1 unwaxed lemon 1 tbsp of lemon juice about 10g…

Buttermilk scones

These scones work perfectly for a wonderful afternoon tea. Pair with clotted cream, your favourite jam and a pot of tea. Bliss. Makes enough for: 5-6 scones Hands on time: 20 mins Total time: 35 mins Ingredients 225g plain flour 3 tsp baking powder a pinch of salt (less than 1/4 tsp) 50g cold butter…

Sourdough cinnamon buns

These cinnamon buns are really sweet and make a great breakfast, brunch or afternoon tea. As usual, the main ingredient in this sourdough recipe is time. Makes enough for: 6 – 8 rolls Hands on time: 30 minutes Total time: 18 hours Ingredients For the dough 100g active white sourdough starter 200g strong white bread flour,…

Twice cooked Chinese pork belly with Chinese leaf cabbage

Makes enough for: 4 people Hands on time: 40 mins Total time: 3 hours 30 mins This is a really good chinese recipe and once you have the shaoxing wine it’s really easy and tastes so good. I usually have it just like this recipe (with potatoes), but it does go really well with rice…

Chicken Schnitzel

Call it what you will; schnitzel, escalope, milanese – it’s breaded chicken. Yum. Makes enough for: 3 schnitzels Hands on time: 40 mins Total time: 40 mins Ingredients 3 chicken breasts 50g panko breadcrumbs 20g grated parmesan teaspoon mixed herbs 3 tablespoons flour salt and pepper 2 medium eggs, beaten (you might get away with…

Nigella’s ham in cola

If you’ve never cooked this before you are missing out. It is the only way to make a ham. The sugars from the coke penetrate the gammon and make it the tastiest ham ever. Once you’ve made ham like this, there is no going back. If you’re into the English language, the meat is called…

Chinese dumplings

These are called gaozi in Cantonese, jiaozi in Mandarin. Some people call them pot stickers as they stick to the frying pan. They are similar to Japanese gyozas. They are mega tasty. You can get dumpling wrappers from your local Chinese supermarket – try and get the Chinese ones which are a bit thicker than…