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Cream of Carrot and Leek Soup

24/04/2012 By
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“Soup Glorious Soup” As the cooler evenings arrive, so hot starters can be considered. And in my view, a good home-made soup takes a lot of beating.   Read the new cook books, or the menus of trendy restaurants and you’ll come across some weird ingredients used these days in a soup. For my wife and […]

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The Editor’s Apricot Tart

24/04/2012 By
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Unlike the English gentleman of the 19th century who always kept an apricot tart on his sideboard every day of the year, I make this about once a month. Actually, I assemble it, because it is a joint venture of my wife and me – she makes the pastry and the crème pâtissière, whilst I […]

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"Ginger-nuts"

24/04/2012 By
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The village lady who helps in the garden loves them, kids adore them, neighbours pop in when they know Mary has baked some. They’re called “Ginger-nuts” and they are delicious home-made biscuits. The recipe is from a very well known cook of yesteryear whose columns were widely read in newspapers and magazines in the UK […]

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Chocolate and Banana Dessert

24/04/2012 By
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The pastry kitchen at the Coral Beach Resort, Paphos prepares a range of good, sweet things for the hotel’s restaurants. This is just one, a lovely combination of chocolate, banana and other flavours on a praline base, which is served with a raspberry and rosemary sorbet. Ingredients for the Chocolate Mousse 100 g egg yolk […]

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Chicken Waterzoi

24/04/2012 By
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Recipe from Belgium Belgium is a country I don’t think a lot about but in which my wife and I have had some wonderful gastronomic experiences. You can gorge yourself to death in the Ardennes, if you like, whilst on the Channel coast you can find a perfect Dover sole and lots more besides. Whilst […]

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Marble Cheese Cake

08/04/2012 By
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This is a great and perennial favourite dessert at the InterContinental at Aphrodite Hills – an unusual and delicious cheesecake. Ingredients for 6 Servings 875 g cream cheese 200 g icing sugar 4 large eggs 200 g 70% dark chocolate melted 125 g icing sugar Method Preheat the oven to 210°C. In one mixing bowl, […]

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