Lamb-chetta

Rolled and tied lamb with extra herbs tucked under string

Last weekend I was casting around for what to do with some lamb breast and neck I had defrosted and the weather seemed to good for hearty stews. I asked the hive mind that is twitter and carried on flipping though cook books for inspiration. At roughly the same time as I was eyeing up a porchetta recipes Chris from La Hogue Farm shop suggested a herby stuffing and wrapping the breast round the neck.

And so I set out to make lamb-chetta.

I didn’t want too dense a stuffing so I decided to simply use lots of fresh herbs.

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Easy peasy BBQ baby chicken

Ahhhhhh its barbecue time of year and barbecue kind of weather:smell the grilling food,hear the chink of glasses,the laughter,the fun,the delicate aroma of firelighters,the burnt food,the lobster tinged neighbours. England,the summer.

But it’s be a shame not to join in with at least some of this,right? Correct. Here’s the easy chicken (well poussin actually) we did last night:2 poussin butterflied (dead simple this,lie it breast bone down,hold the parsons nose,cut along either side of the backbone and remove,flip it over,press down firmly on the breast [...]

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Smokin’tomatoes:an experiment

After enjoying the ‘In the Bag’ challenge so much I thought it would be good to join in another blog event. I spotted the ‘No croutons required’ event over at Tinned Tomatoes run by Holler.

It’s a vegetarian challenge,I’m no vegetarian but I do like a bit of a challenge.

One of the things I’m finding so great about food blogging is checking out the other food blogs and from that getting the grey cells moving to come up with new ideas or remember forgotten favourites. Suddenly lots of ideas come together and you want to try something [...]

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