- Blanch flowering sprouts in boiling salted water for about 1 minute. Drain and dry off excess water.
- Roll in olive oil (you could use butter instead). Season with crushed sea salt, cracked pepper and fresh grated nutmeg. They are really nice to eat just like this!
- Roast in the oven @ 200 oC for 10 - 15 minutes till colouring on the outside. Caramelisation = flavour!
- Drizzle with red pesto and sprinkle over grated parmesan.
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Think you don't like sprouts? Think again - try these red pesto and parmesan roasted flowering sprouts!
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Special birthday dinner party catering in Blockley, Gloucestershire.
Always good when you can surprise the birthday guest!
Catered birthday dinner party in Cardiff
- Tie the savoy cabbage wedges together to save them falling apart.
- Blanch them for approx 2 minutes in boiling salted water.
- Refresh in cold water.
- Wrap in pancetta
- Blast them in the oven 10 - 15 minutes @ 180 oC.
Christmas sandwich and cake buffet for an office party
Turkey, red pepper, spinach and cream cheese Christmas tree
Smoked salmon and cucumber Christmas trees
Beef, rocket & horseradish snowmen
Oreo white chocolate baubles
Gravity birthday cake with jelly bean ice cream for children's TV characters theme night
This year their fancy dress night (children's tv character from accross the years) happened to coincide with a fiftieth birthday, so in keeping with the Children's party theme we made a chocolate gravity cake with smarties, chocolate fingers and marshmallows. Then, after the requisite photo op served it as dessert with jelly bean ice cream and prosecco jelly. Good job calories don't count after 9pm......
Jelly was so popular we had to send out the spares too!