Cooking With Richard

Hatfield House panorama

rich — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:00:43 +0000

(This is not actually Hatfield House, but the chapel in the west garden)

Medlar

rich — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:22:07 +0000

A medlar (similar to an apple or a quince) that I borrowed from Hatfield House today. These have to be rotted down slightly (a process called bletting) before we can eat them, and then they are supposed to taste of apple sauce and cinnamon.

Alternate pizza

rich — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:00:02 +0000

These recipes came from Nigel Slater’s Fast Food book.

The first is goat’s cheese, nasu and red peppers:

(I thought this one was really nice)

then artichoke hearts and olives:

then a bit of both …

The weather tomorrow …

rich — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:55:39 +0000

I hope it won’t rain.

Open studios around Watford

rich — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:54:06 +0000

Hertfordshire open studios in and around Watford during September.

Lucky me!

rich — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:00:57 +0000

Look what N-sama made for me on Sunday!

Home made pesto

rich — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:00:15 +0000

Home made pesto, made with basil and a little bit of shiso and parsley.

Previously …

Pevsner on Hertfordshire

rich — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:49:55 +0000

Pevsner’s Hertfordshire from the famous series the Buildings of England. I’m pretty sure Maki would like this a lot.

Courgette soup

rich — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:10:34 +0000

This recipe along with 2 lbs of our own courgettes, our own basil, and our own chives, was very delicious.

Space food

rich — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:00:27 +0000

Here’s the raw avocado soup, a rawfood recipe:

It looks, and probably tastes, like the green gunk they have in science fiction films. Well, it’s not too bad, but I felt quite hungry afterwards.

Update: I realized that I forgot the olive oil …

Raw avocado soup

rich — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:00:07 +0000

I really need to try this raw food recipe by Ani Phyo:

Vice

rich — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:58:19 +0000

On Lady E’s desk, which is now my workbench!

Carrots

rich — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:20:01 +0000

Snail news

rich — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:03:13 +0000

Snails might have a homing instinct …

Better not “home” here, coz I’m going to eat you.

Frittata

rich — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:00:51 +0000

Frittata from Nigel Slater’s Real Fast Food book. The courgettes are from the garden.

Crumble

rich — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:00:32 +0000

With blackberries from the garden, oranges, greengages.

Brambles

rich — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:36:27 +0000

These ones are headed for the freezer …

Sainsburys smash’n'grab

rich — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:34:42 +0000

Here’s the news at Hemel Today.

Banana “ice cream”

rich — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:00:30 +0000

Everyone is talking about how you can freeze bananas, blitz them, and you end up with “ice cream”.

I made it. It takes a bit like a frozen smoothie:

Spanish omelette

rich — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:00:09 +0000

This is a sort of spanish omelette. The recipe was adapted from here.