My love for Gochujang is undying! Sometimes, you just need a tasty pasta sauce to turn to when cooking feels like too much effort. This sauce is incredibly easy to make, delightfully tasty and has a little spicy kick. The Gochujang adds a lovely peppery spice, while the vodka enhances the flavour. I usually batch…
Tag: comfort food
Korean Gochujang Pulled Pork
My latest flavour obsession is Gochujang, a fermented soybean and chile pepper paste, and one of the building blocks of Korean cuisine. It’s salty and spicy with a hint of sweetness, and to use an in vogue culinary term, it’s packed with umami. I have never been to Korea and I’m not good with spice,…
Mary Berry’s Cottage Pie with Dauphinoise Potatoes
There is nothing more comforting than cottage pie. Simple, tasty and not particularly healthy, unless accompanied by a side of vegetables. It’s no secret that I am a fan of Mary Berry, and the queen of all things comforting has this pretty tasty and artery clogging cottage pie. Rich meaty mince sauce topped with a…
Braised Beef in Red Wine
With more time on my hands because of the lockdown and the winter nights drawing in, my slow cooker has been getting a lot of use. I received my slow cooker years ago as a wedding gift, it sat in a box for about 5 years before one day I decided to give it a…
Apple Cinnamon Bread and Butter Pudding
As we are now in Autumn, and the weather gets colder it’s the perfect time of year to turn to the more comforting robust foods. Salad for me certainly belongs in summer, it’s now the time for hearty soups and stews, as well as comforting sweet brunch treats, perfect for lazy autumn weekends. I’ve seen…
Carrot and Coriander Soup
It’s chilly outside, it’s supposed to be spring and we are on lockdown! So it still feels like the right time to make a nice bowl of warming soup. On a recent supermarket visit for essentials, I could only get a large bag of carrots, I like a carrot but there are only so many…
Voluptuous Aubergine Parmigiana
I have loads of cookbooks, some barely opened. Stuart likes to complain about how many I have and how they just seem to sit looking pretty on the shelf. So, to prove to him that all the cookbooks are great and essential, I have set myself a challenge to cook at least one dish from…
Macaroni Pie
Scouring the freezer this evening looking from something for dinner, I came across the remains of my Mac ‘n’ Cheese. “Great” says Stuart we could make it into a big Pasty… great my lovely Mac ‘n’ Cheese made into a pasty. I did have some shortcrust pastry in the freezer (cheating I know!) and it…
Easy Cauliflower Soup Recipe for Comforting Meals
You decide to buy a cauliflower, can’t remember why and need to use it before you have to chuck it in the bin? No, not Cauliflower Cheese…. Cauliflower soup!! No idea why I decided to do this, I think its because it is cold, and I wanted something comforting and soupy. Luckily for me so…
Delicious Comfort: Jamie Oliver’s Mac ‘n’ Cheese Recipe
After a long absence and at Stuart’s request, Mac ‘n’ Cheese has made a reappearance on our menu. Todays weather hasn’t helped in the decision to go down the comfort food route. Earlier this week with the sunnier days I was thinking we were getting into salad season, but alas no. My go-to Mac ‘n’…
Queen of Everything 