Recipes

With such a boom in e-commerce, is the future of Master Butchery really as depressing as we're often informed? Royal Warrant-awarded online meat suppliers Donald Russell champion Master Butchery and lesser-known cuts of meat. It’s a curiously warm Tuesday morning on the brink of winter rolling aside for spring to frolic on to the scene like a new born lamb, and there’s a knock at the door. A man carrying a polystyrene container almost as big as a chest freezer...

While some chefs’ signature dishes are unsightly culinary car-crashes, others are actually quite enjoyable. Jacob Kenedy’s (owner of Bocca di Lupo, Gelupo and VICO) signature - ‘lasagnacini’, for instance, is a playful hybrid between two Italian classics: lasagna and arancini – deep-fried risotto balls. Available at VICO in Soho, which was recently awarded a Bib Gourmand in the 2017 Michelin Guide, the dish is also possible to recreate at home thanks to this week’s featured recipe. This recipe makes about...

Head to your butcher and pick up a beautiful dry aged sirloin, and then place it straight onto the coals on your BBQ.... Eh?.... What did you say?? Yes cooking straight on the coals is definitely a wonderful way of cooking, but it takes some nerves to just pop your steak straight onto the coals...most people ask...won't it burn? Won't it get gritty or ashy? Well the answer to these is no....the reason is a little science, and using good...

Just beneath Sosharu restaurant in Clerkenwell, 7 Tales bar is part of Jason Atherton’s Social Company, which offers a constantly changing cocktail menu of drinks created by bartender Robyn Wilkie. Typically simplistic and influenced by Japanese culture, using Japanese ingredients, the bar’s drinks list generally features a selection of 10-12 cocktails. 7 Tales’ homage to St Patrick’s Day, for instance, combines Irish Jameson whiskey with Japanese Midori liqueur, Asahi lager, yuzu juice and coconut water. The drink is available at...

Just in time for the spring, Mr Fogg’s in Mayfair has teamed up with Old Forester – America’s first bottled bourbon – to create a bespoke cocktail, ‘Old Kentucky Spiced’. A heavily-themed bar that’s based around the adventures of Phileas J. Fogg, the protagonist of Jules Verne’s classic ‘Around The World in 80 Days’, the team at Mr Fogg’s have created the cocktail, which will be available for a limited time. The drink has a whisky base of Old Forester...

In 2015, it was reported that more than 300 million portions of fish and chips are eaten in Britain each year, with cod being the most popular choice, by far. Battered fish, is fine – but with such rapidly depleting stocks of cod, it’s difficult to understand why so many of us traditionally eat it, almost religiously, each Friday night. Let’s be honest, more than 99 per-cent of us would struggle to tell the difference between a tranche of battered...

With National Noodle Month recognised throughout March, this week’s recipe is a fresh, satisfying Thai salad. Created by Andy Oliver (Som Saa) in collaboration with Singha Beer, the recipe is designed to be paired with a cold beer and seems ideal for the warmer months. Serving four as part of a shared Thai meal, this dish takes less than an hour to prepare and cook and can be made with pork and seafood, too. Ingredients Serves four as part of...

Since opening on Greenwich Peninsula last year, perched between North Greenwich tube station and The O2 Arena, Craft London has become incredibly popular. Although Stevie Parle’s food is the main draw, from the venue split over three floors – the top-floor bar is also impressive, offering stunning views of The O2 Arena, the Isle of Dogs and the Thames. What’s more, to coincide with a brand new bar menu launching next month, Craft London will introduce a new ‘I’m SE10’...

Before we all start scrambling to the supermarkets to panic buy ingredients for pancake day (28th February), it’s worth noting that with so much focus on healthy living at present, it’s now easy to make healthier pancakes without compromising on flavour. Arla B.O.B, for instance, is the only skimmed milk on the market which tastes just like semi-skimmed milk, enriched with naturally occurring milk protein. Using mashed banana, eggs, wholemeal flour and fat-free Arla B.O.B milk – this week’s recipe makes...