Herby lamb fillet with red pepper couscous.

Herby lamb fillet with red pepper couscous.

Lamb neck fillet Garlic Rosemary Thyme S&P Season fillet, brown on all sides. Take a piece of tin foil, place a couple of rosemary sprigs, a couple of thyme sprigs and a couple of cloves of bashed garlic on it. Put the lamb fillet on the herbs, seal in the foil, cook in the oven [...]

Chilli Con Carne – slow cooker

Chilli Con Carne – slow cooker

500g (1 1/4 lb) beef mince 1 onion, diced 2 stalks celery, diced 1 green pepper, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 (400g) tinned tomatoes 2 (400g) tins kidney beans (always buy the ones in chilli sauce) 1 (400g) tin cannellini beans (drain these) 1/2 tablespoon chilli powder 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon dried basil [...]

Pan fried duck breast with a port and redcurrant reduction

Pan fried duck breast with a port and redcurrant reduction

  Serves 2 2x Gressingham duck breasts 75ml port jar of redcurrant jelly 50g butter new potatoes veg of your choice This is a pretty simple recipe, but it’s packed full of flavour and can be ready in 20mins from start to finish. All the elements take about the same amount of time, so prep [...]

Brownie Truffle Bars

Brownie Truffle Bars

  Ingredients 6 oz (170 mL ) bittersweet chocolate, chopped 1/2 cup (125 mL) butter, cubed 1 1cup (250 mL) packed brown sugar 3 eggs 2 tsp (10 mL) vanilla 1 pinch salt 1 cup (250 mL) quartered walnuts 1/2 cup (125 mL) all-purpose flour   Truffle Icing: 6 oz (170 mL ) bittersweet chocolate, chopped 1/4  cup (50 [...]

Juicy Beef Burgers

Juicy Beef Burgers

  Recipe makes 4 Quarter Pound Patties Ingredients 1 egg 2 tbsp (25 mL) water, tomato_juice, stock or red_wine 1/4 cup (50 mL) dry bread crumbs 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 tbsp (15 mL) Dijon Mustard 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 tsp (2 mL) each Salt and Pepper 1 lb (454 g) lean ground Beef 1 tsp dried Fine Herbs Preparation In bowl, beat egg with water; stir in [...]

Vegan Chilli

Vegan Chilli

  Just to add to the mix, heres the chilli recipe that I made last night: 1 Packet Yves soy ground round (mince alternative) 1 red onion diced 1 red pepper diced 1 cup of button mushrooms chopped 1 cup of frozen corn 1 bottle of beer (dark is better but not guinness) 1 habanero [...]

Panwarrior Gets a Facelift!

[wpfp-link] Welcome to the new Panwarrior website. I thought It was high time to give this sleeping giant a makeover and even though I say so myself im pretty pleased with the results!! As you can see the site looks different, in a good way I hope. Also the search function has changed….if you are [...]

Man Vs Food – Could you eat that much?

I’ve often wondered how much I could eat…. How much food could I fit into my stomach before I either rip it or start crying. I imagine there is a fine line between the two… Watching Man vs Food is rather like watching a game of football….when a striker is one on one with the [...]

Great British Menu Blog

Welcome to the Great British Menu Blog. Here I will be writing about all the happenings in the BBC programme ‘The great british menu’.  

Pearl Barley Risotto with Marinated Feta

  200g pearl barley 30g butter 6tbsp olive oil 2 celery stalks, small dice 2 shallots, small dice 4 cloves garlic, small dice several sprigs of thyme 1/2 tsp smoked paprika 1 bay leaf 4 strips of lemon zest, finely chopped/grated 1/2 tsp chilli flakes 400g chopped tomatoes 700ml vegetable stock 300ml tomato passata 1/2 [...]