Rhubarb & caramel cake

This cake is a god damn dream and will make all other cakes seem a bit, well, not as good. Four layers of a simple vanilla-scented sponge flecked with rhubarb, sandwiched with layers of caramel cream cheese icing, pieces of roasted rhubarb and ribbons of caramel sauce. See, told you — dream cake.  The recipe…

Fried sage leaves with gurnard

Barely a recipe this one, to be honest with you. But fried sage leaves are something that I love to eat and make often. If you grow sage, you probably have a metric shit tonne of the stuff, or if you buy some sage for a recipe, you’re bound to be left with some to…

Preserved lemon butter

Butter! Bloody love it. Good on bread. Good on vegetables. Good on everything. Especially when you flavour it up with some lemon and thyme. Preserved lemon butter is delicious on roasted vegetables. On medium rare steak. On pan-fried fish. On steamed vegetables. Probably not on cake, but that’s over to you.  Preserved Lemon Butter A Bon…