What requires bread making skills but looks like a tarte?
And more to the point, what would marry Paul’s passion for bread with Mary’s excitement for lovely looking cakes…? Continue reading
Category Archives: cartoon
Chocolate and raspberry torte: happy birthday Fidget!
Regular readers will know that Fidget’s first birthday falls this weekend – and what better way to celebrate than with a very special guest! Continue reading
Nigel Slater’s duck with glazed apples and mange tout
Duck is such a tasty dish, but if it should ever go wrong… Continue reading
Liver and onions / fegatini di pollo alla veneziana
Hmm… getting in touch with their inner buffoon, more like – but don’t be fooled: those two clowns are less likely to be moved by the flood of their emotions than the rumble of their stomachs… Continue reading
Jose Pizarro’s Tarta de Santiago
This delicious treat – now a national favourite – was originally linked to the pilgrimage town of Santiago de Compostela, which explains why Fidget was up with the lark and anticipating a long trek. A relief, then, to find he didn’t even need to leave the cartoon kitchen… Continue reading
Thai prawns with coconut and pineapple
Savouring the last of the summer sunshine, Fidget was recently seen sampling some exotic cocktail concoctions… Continue reading
Pasta alla Norma the Fidget way
This is a traditional Sicilian dish but Fidget decided to give it a personal twist in a north-meets-south kinda way. And, yes, you may be forgiven for thinking he was presenting the weather forecast… Continue reading
Streusel cheesecake with chocolate / Torta stracciatella ricotta e cioccolato
Not one to hold back when given clear instructions, Fidget was giving 150% when tasked to pulverise the biscuit to sprinkle on this sensational cake – another foolproof recipe from Stefano Caffarri (Il Cucchiaio d’Argento). Continue reading
Pork medallions with mustard crust and mash
This summer the weather’s been hit and miss, to say the least – and certainly not wall-to-wall scorchio – so Trota thought she’d trot out some mid-season comfort food… and having heard the word ‘medallion’ mentioned in the cartoon kitchen, Fidget decided to get right into the groove… Continue reading
Monkfish with chorizo and sundried tomatoes
Sometimes it’s almost surreal what happens in the cartoon kitchen! Even the abbot got involved… Continue reading
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