Rubs & Marinades

We BBQ all year round and as a consequence I love marinading meat & fish. A while ago I was sent an on-line copy of Jamie Oliver’s book - then one that was never really published. For easy of use I have printed off his marinade / rubs and have them to hand in the [...]

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Chicken & Apricot Tagine

I love trying out new recipes and often follow a hunch I have for something mixing flavours and textures to suit.
The following recipe is my own “concoction”. It serves 6 people

You will need

6 chicken portions
3 lemon confit
garlic
ginger
ras el hanout
1.5 litres of chicken stock
2 medium onions
4 large tomatoes
1 can of chick peas
handful of dried apricots
3 [...]

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What’s cooking?

We have friends coming for dinner tonight. Manon Lily’s “guardians” from Domaine de Meilhac and a wonderful ceramiste & her partner from Gruissan Plage. The culinary thinking cap has been on for a while. I only have to cook two courses as Céline has offered a dessert.
So I have decided to make a cream [...]

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