Bangers & Mash

A couple of weeks ago, I got 4 sausages from my colleague Staffan. I might have mentioned him earlier, he is my supplier of boar meat and other good stuff! On of the first things I ate in London last year was a sausage with wild boar and apple. So for Sunday's dinner I tried to recreate that dinner.


I roasted the sausages in the oven because I wanted to do a gravy from the juices (but that didn't really work out). I made a fluffy mashed potatoes with lots of butter, milk and nutmeg. The green stuff on the plate is mushy green peas with mint! David gives the sausage an 8 (and the other stuff too), I'll give it a 7, not because of the sausage (that was an 8, believe me) but because of my failure to make gravy!

Oh, and if you ever have money you don't need you can always get me a KitchenAid. Don't forget the accessories package!

Apricots & Hazelnuts

There's one thing (ok, maybe two things) I'm not that confident about in the kitchen and that's baking. I don't know if it's wait for the bread to rise or the kneading or the messy fingers... And how do you get around that problem? Well, by baking bread without yeast! I got this great recipe from my brother; Apricot and hazelnut loaf.


It's great with just butter on it. Other combinations? Maybe figs and walnuts, white raisins and almonds... I'm sure making this bread again.

Risotto

Do you even try to top yesterdays dinner at Bastard (read more here)? No, probably not.



One of my signature dishes (if I may) is a Risotto. The basic recipe for a Risotto is simply arborio rice, onion, a splash of white wine, a nice stock (vegetable or chicken) and parmesan cheese. I usually add some asparagus but today I mixed things up with green peas. My kind of comfort food!