Category: Recipe Journal

  • How I Make Parsnip Ice-Cream

    How I Make Parsnip Ice-Cream

    I love coming up with different ice-cream flavours to try out. Today we make parsnip ice cream to do a taste test on how it pairs up with a ginger and fig sticky toffee. You’ll need,   – 327g milk – 371g cream – 140g sugar – 2 parsnips – 25g milk powder -170g pasteurised […]

  • Winter Soup

    Winter Soup

    I love this soup in the winter months. After growing up in England, chestnuts remind me of Christmas. We would normally send a variation of soup out as a taster to get Christmas lunch started.  

  • Coffee Brine & Pork Belly

    Coffee Brine & Pork Belly

    When you’re not sure how it going to taste the only way to find out is to test it. In this video I test 3 pieces of pork belly for the best flavour   – Plain brine and cooked in coffee – Coffee brine and plain cook – Coffee brine and cooked in coffee Which […]

  • Snapper With A Black Olive Fritter

    Snapper With A Black Olive Fritter

      This dish has been on my dinner party menu for some time. Simple flavours and easy to make with this pretty cool fritter makes for a great fish main.    

  • This Dish is ON My Next Dinner Party Menu!

    This Dish is ON My Next Dinner Party Menu!

    I’ve been thinking about this one for a while and we get to find out if it works as a dish. As part of my PCX service at ChefDine dish development and trying out new dishes is a big part in what we do. Find out if this dish makes the cut and if it’s […]

  • Gnocci di Ricotta AKA Gnudi

    Gnocci di Ricotta AKA Gnudi

    There are many ways to make gnudi. Here’s my version that is denser than some recipes so it has some bite and bulk to the dish. The base is made from butternut squash and ricotta and I finished it with pine mushrooms that I picked myself in Bright.  

  • Cooking Snapper for a Dinner Party

    Cooking Snapper for a Dinner Party

    Simple to prepare with few ingredients giving you a fresh finish to make sure to use the best quality produce.  

  • Epic Chicken

    Epic Chicken

    If you are looking for a simple and effective dish to whip up when having friends over consider this. Its got it all, spice, sweetness, salty, umami so a lot going on with using few ingredients