Kaha-Buth – Yellow Rice

This is an important festive dish of Sri Lanka. It’s tinted with saffron, cooked in coconut milk and tends to be generously garnished. The following is one example, there are many others, every cook uses their own spices and quantities. 

Red cabbage my grandmother’s way

Red cabbages come in all sizes. It’s a dense vegetable, and goes a long way. And because you use every bit of it, there’s no waste. A large one will be enough for several helpings with enough left over to freeze for another time. Cooked red cabbage freezes well, so it doesn’t really matter how […]

Cuissot de porc frais en sanglier

Leg of pork marinated in wine How to make pork taste like wild boar. We’ve taken this recipe from Peter’s battered and much-loved copy of Elizabeth David’s ‘French Provincial Cooking’. It’s not something to attempt if you’re pushed for time, the meat needs to be marinated for four days. This is a method of making […]