Taste of Glasgow

. Here’s a real winter warmer for you.  Thanks to our friends over at Scotherbs for the recipe.  We’ll be running some articles soon on how to get the best from fresh herbs, so keep your eyes peeled. Ingredients 3 large, fat green chillies, de-seeded 1 tsp ground coriander ½ tsp turmeric 2.5cm (1inch) piece [...]

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Wintertime is when I get the most out of my slow cooker, it’s ideal for making tummy warming home cooked delights. One of my favourite meals that I cook is my beef Hungarian goulash, just the dish to warm you up when it’s cold out. Now if you don’t have a slow cooker (invest in [...]

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I love Kedgeree for a weekend breakfast but it can be a bit of a pain to knock up in the morning, especially if you’ve indulged in a few shandies the night before.  So here is my quick and painless version. For the purists a recipe for Kedgeree from scratch can be found here. Kedgeree [...]

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I cooked a recipe about a year ago that used Marsala wine and since then the bottle has not been touched so when I discovered this recipe I was over the moon and ever more so when I found out how tasty it was! This recipe is a classic Italian dish and as per most [...]

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Pork cheek is a brilliant and extremely cheap cut of meat which, when braised like this, is meltingly tender and falls apart with the touch of fork.  It can be difficult to get but any good butcher or even your supermarket will order some in for you if you ask in advance.  The braised pork [...]

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Chicken pie is another of those classic homely dishes that everyone should know how to make. My mum can make amazing looking pies but I don’t tend to bother too much with the way mine look. Save a lot of time and hassle and just use the pre rolled pastry you can get from the [...]

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