Gingered Glazed Ham

Ham is a traditional meat for the Christmas table, alongside the usual turkey.  We particularly enjoy them together at tea time as cold cuts with salad, pickles and chutneys. Cooking the ham completely or partially in ginger ale, rather than conventionally in water, gives a lovely sweet flavour which penetrates the whole joint of meat. Adding [...]

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Roast Lamb with Chilli Sauce

In her novel Chocolat, Joanne Harris writes a little about the Mexican background of the history of chocolate and the novel’s heroine, Vianne, serves her customers hot drinking chocolate flavoured with chilli. It may seem unusual, but cocoa has also long been used to complement the flavour of meat and is a key ingredient in the [...]

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Roast Lamb with Orange & Rosemary

I love Roast Lamb, but am not a great lover of the mint sauce with which it is traditionally served.  This quick and simple method gives a lovely background hint of orange, as well as the more obvious rosemary flavour. Just be aware that these lovely flavours could be masked by mint sauce! Somehow this recipe works well [...]

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Australian Spiced Roast Pork

I remember scribbling down the ingredients for this marinade during the 1990s. I had heard someone recommend it on television … or possibly radio (I think it was a well-known personality, but wish I could remember who).  It is such a simple recipe but it does add a wonderful flavour to a roasted joint of pork. Just remember to leave [...]

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