Spanakopita are a long time Elldrew family favourite; packed with flavour and loaded with spinach and feta, we get to pretend they’re healthy even though they’re not really. From an initial experiment a few years ago they are now a regular on our summer menu, and made in bulk they also freeze beautifully. Here we …
Elldrew’s legendary chicken & leek pie It’s looking very autumnal out there so time for us to share one of our favourite winter warmers: our chicken & leek pie. This recipe is not only cost effective and simple to make, it will wow friends and family as it’s absolutely delicious. Perfect straight out of the oven …
Elldrew love tiramisu; that perfect blend of coffee, a little alcohol and a lot of cream. It’s one of our favourite desserts if the tiramisu recipe is made just right, so not having an Italian bone in either of our bodies it’s taken us years – and many attempts – to perfect what is now …
Weekend breakfast is often one of Elldrew’s favourite meal time, it’s the chance to take things slow and cook up some homemade favourites (or guilty pleasures) like our Bacon Twisties or Breakfast Loaf. It’s also perfectly acceptable to cook and eat in your pj’s, with a large brew of coffee and fresh OJ, calorie counting …
Sometimes you try and recreate a restaurant dessert and it’s a disaster, other times you manage to make it even better than the original (subject to opinion of course). This easy no-bake white chocolate cheesecake falls into the latter and is one of our standby go-to desserts; it’s a big serving but it’s also rare …
One of the first recipes Ell remembers making was a Carbonnade of Beef (Carbonnade Flamande) stew, taken from a 1970’s Good Housekeeping magazine. It was a peculiar recipe for a budding young cook to attempt, a beer based beef stew for someone who wasn’t old enough to drink, but his vagarity and intrigue prevailed and …
New Year’s Eve at home has become something of a tradition for Elldrew with a close group of friends taking turns to host each year. Gone are the days of standing out with 1 million other party reveller watching the London fireworks from the Thames, no more mass raves at nightclubs around the Capital. The …
Whilst we love the simplicity and ease of Australian food stylist and chef Donna Hay’s recipes and style of cooking, sometimes Elldrew like to embellish a recipe to better suit the occasion. Her original recipe for lamb, cumin and chilli parcels sounded delicious however we wanted to create a similar dish, with a Moroccan infusion, …
For a perfect dish, suitable for even the fussiest of eaters, totally vegan free and absolutely delicious, you can’t go past this Moorish aubergines plate from Jose Pizarro. Full of flavour and looking even more impressive, this dish, both Moorish and moreish, is now firmly on the Elldrew favourite list for future entertaining.
For a recent meal with friends who are gluten intolerant, we wanted to look at including some form of bread accompaniment that we all could enjoy. We went so far as tracking down a loaf of gluten free Sourdough but having heard bad things we didn’t want to rely only on that, and in hindsight …