Posts in cooking
Jonathan Kapp's Whole Roasted Trout

Jonathan Kapp is sharing a recipe for a Wayfarer whole trout. In the students’ first week we visited many of our suppliers including Wayfarer Trout. Clearly, the beauty of this farm captured Jonathan and stimulated a desire to make this dish.

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Emily's Frankies' Ginger Ham and Green Bean Salad

The recipe student Emily Schmidt selected includes the use of ginger beer and you’ll be surprised how easy it is to prepare her Frankie’s Ginger-Beer Poached Gammon. I know that as you look at the photograph (taken by the school’s new photographer, Kate Martens) and read up the recipe, you’ll be asking yourself why you save gammon for Christmas.

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Potato and Almond Bake

My almond-and-potato dauphinoise (fancy name for a cream-based potato bake) is a firm favourite and I wish all chefs would put as much love into cooking as Elaine did when she made this for our recipe test and photo shoot.  Hands-down it’s the best daupinoise I have ever eaten.  It has the perfect balance of crunch to creaminess. Elaine and I have a love affair with potatoes which means we could never go on the Banting diet. Potatoes and almonds help relieve headaches so I know what I’ll do when next I feel one of those coming on.

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