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Mushroom Risotto

This week in the Emmarose household it’s Italian inspired and we’re kicking the week off with a simple risotto. Whenever I roast a chicken, if I’m not making gravy, I still roast it with plenty of white wine or dry vermouth. This makes a lovely sauce, that when I am making gravy I just reduce slowly with some extra of the vermouth in the roasting pan. When gravy isn’t on the menu I keep this…

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Homemade Jaffa Cakes

I meant to post this recipe a lot sooner than this, but Easter holidays and a sinus infection got in the way! These are my homemade Jaffa cakes, which are my all time favourite biscuit. I literally cannot be trusted with a packet of them! I will, without remorse or care for my health, eat an entire pack of them. I hope you enjoy and this is a really simple recipe, they would be a lovely treat…

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#UFuud; jaffa cakes; orange; chocolate

Homemade Artic Roll

Last weekend, I think, felt like the start of spring. The sun was shining, I could dry laundry outdoors(!!) and the days started to feel longer. What better way to celebrate than with an ice cream cake (as my children call it). It’s simple to make and looks impressive, what’s not to love? You could of course make your own ice cream and that would make this make even more impressive, but last…

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Rankin Selection Crunchy Barmbrack and Banana Crumble

Happy St Patrick’s Day! I’m Chef Paul Rankin of Rankin Selection traditional Irish breads. In honour of St Patrick’s Day, I thought the readers of Emma Rose might like this recipe for my Crunchy Barmbrack and Banana Crumble. Barmbrack is a traditional Irish bread that is packed full of sultanas and orange and lemon peel. The following recipe is a tasty dish for brunch on St Patrick’s Day or any…

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#Paul Rankin; Barmbrack and Banana crumble

Dutch Apple Cake

So it’s been a little while since I’ve posted, in fact it’s been a little while since I’ve had time to cook! So on Sunday I had some bramley apples lurking in my fruit bowl and decided to make a Dutch Apple Cake. I always make an apple pie with cooking apples and fancied something a little different. Something that would go with custard, in fact. Such was my mood! I’ve been working lots lately…

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What to do with Leftover Bread?

This is another food item that I most often found myself throwing out. We used to buy loaves and they would sit and go mouldy. Children also changed how I approached bread, mine absolutely love bread and could easily eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This meant I didn’t really want them to see bread was always available, so I started freezing loaves. Mostly we use a regular sliced pan for…

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What to do with leftover Lettuce

Last week I asked you on my social media pages what food items you most often throw out because you didn’t use them up. One of the most common ones was Lettuce and salad leaves, and I’m as big of a culprit as any of you. About a year ago I realised the amount of food we threw out in a week was completely unacceptable. I do a shop every few days and sometimes on a weekly basis. Every time I came…

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Chilli Beef with Coffee and Bourbon

I first came across coffee in chilli when I watched Jamie Oliver’s American series and (of course) I bought the book to accompany the series! However last year I bought Felicity Cloake’s perfect host book and she had a delicious recipe for pulled pork chilli with coffee and bourbon. I didn’t honest believe the bourbon, which is added at the end, would make much of a difference. But I can assure…

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Whisky Sours 🍸

Cocktails are one of my favourite things, and particularly hard to find somewhere (where I live anyway) to find somewhere serving well made ones that don’t come from a bag or are premade.

I had one of these delicious bourbon sours a few nights ago 🍸

You’ll need: Two parts bourbon One part freshly squeezed lemon juice Half part simple syrup

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the bourbon,…

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Christmas Gift Ideas for the Foodie in your life

Have you a foodie in your life and are you struggling to find that perfect gift for them? Are you a foodie and just want to tag your gift buyer in this post? Read on for some Christmas gift ideas I’ve come up with for food (and drink) lovers.

1. Hampers

These are a great gift for any budget, you can order fabulous Christmas hampers from James Whelan Butchers, Avoca or Notonthehighstreet.com or…

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Supper Club Menu's & Dates

Supper Club Menu’s & Dates

We’ve decided to run a couple of supper clubs in October/November and here are the dates menu’s. I posted the details on how a supper club runs a couple of weeks back –> http://wp.me/p4BWwC-hH

To book email me on [email protected], there are 8 spaces available on each date and it’s first come first served. To cancel I need at least 48 hours notice, otherwise I will have already bought…

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This Happened in September

A round-up up of what happened in September ;)

It began with some preserving and jam-making! This is my barbecue plum sauce recipe:

http://wp.me/p4BWwC-gS.

I marinated some chicken legs and wings with this stuff for my sons birthday party.

We had these peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies with a scoop if ice cream in the middle for a pizza party we threw. Recipe: http://wp.me/p4BWwC-gM

Gi…

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What is a Supper Club?

I’ve had quite a few questions from people about what a supper club is, and we’re planning on running another one at the end of October so I thought I’d use this opportunity to clarify what a supper club is and what’s involved.

1. A supper club is essentially an underground or pop-up restaurant in someone’s home. For the host, it’s an opportunity to do something they love (cook/feed people), and…

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Meat Free Feasts

Lately I’ve been trying to cut down on the amount of meat I eat, not because I’m a vegetarian but because it’s better for us! Eating meat every day isn’t recommended, particularly red meat. Experts advise limiting red meat consumption to one or two days in a week, eating fish or chicken on the other days. Or better still reserve a couple of days for meat free munching. Eating too much red meat…

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Weekly Movie Review

Review of The Giver

Directed by Philip Noyce

The Giver is an adaption of a book of the same name, written by Lois Lowry in 1993. I have not read the book, but of those I know that have, they can be evangelical about it and some were none too happy with casting on this production. The fact that the awesome Jeff Bridges and the high Priestess of acting Meryl Streep are in it, made me want to…

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#The Giver

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies

These were divine with a scoop of vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two, or better still if you can get (or make) salted caramel ice cream! We had friends and their children over for dinner recently and we had these after pizza, which was perfect because there was no need for bowls or cutlery so no washing up ☺

You’ll need:

2 tbsp milk 125g light brown sugar 125g butter 100g smooth peanut butter

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#peanut butter chocolate chip cookies

Leftovers Pasty with Autumn Chutney

This dish is a perfect way to use up the leftovers of a Sunday lunch. This week we had my parents for dinner and as usual I made extra portions! No-one in my house is knowingly underfed. Besides I knew we could throw the leftovers into a pasty. Now anything pastry covered is usually my husbands domain, he adores anything with pastry, but I have to admit this was a great way to use up leftovers.…

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