Beef Pochero
I did mention before of my intent to fine-tune my pochero recipe–that was after wondering if beef and cabbage could complement each other–and yes, they do (pochero was still in […]
Fish Paksiw
I asked Nanay to send me her fish paksiw recipe.Here’s what she sent: PAKSIW NA ISDA Ingredients:Isda (fish)Suka (vinegar)Asin (salt)Luya (ginger)Siling mahaba (berde) (green, long chili)Kaunting tubig (a little bit […]
Lime and Ginger Cordial (Rick Stein’s)
Have you been re-hydrating? We have had weather warnings here in the UK since last week. It’s interesting to note that what is categorised as heat wave here is the […]
Salmon paté
The local supermarket nearby sells smoked salmon trimmings—8 grams a packet. Ingredients: 8g salmon trimmings 100g cottage cheese (I double this) 70g crème cheese (I double this) 2 tablespoons yogurt […]
Rice in coconut milk
Sometimes I would have this what I’d call not craving, but a deep yearning for a food back home. In this instance, suman sa ibos. Where to get banana leaf? […]
Plum pudding – 1 year old
This is from the same Christmas pudding recipe that I posted 4 years ago. On why it’s called plum pudding when there’s no plum–I don’t know. Last year we made […]
Mincemeat
Last year we finished our last jar of mincemeat. These last few weeks were then spent hunting for organic oranges to make the candied peel. When all the ingredients were […]
Elevating my apple tart
One of our lovely parishioners and her husband gave me some bramley apples from their tree last Harvest Week–19 apples to be exact, most of them the size of 3 […]
Adobo sa puti
The thing with adobo is that it really is not sour–this surprises my guests whenever I tell them the dish is mainly cooked in vinegar. But maybe because we use […]
Fish with tofu
Saute garlic and onion in olive oil, throw in some julienned capsicum to fry, and then sliced tomatoes (plenty!), and a bit of salt to make the juice run (I […]
Cooking Filipino in the UK 
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