Brussels Sprout Pizza with Balsamic Caramelized Onions and Goat Cheese
A delicious rustic-style pizza with caramelized balsamic-glazed red onions topped with a layer of crispy, golden brown brussels sprout leaves. Mozzarella and goat cheese add richness and tang.
If, like me, you get a lot of your culinary inspiration from Pinterest and Instagram (I admit it, I’m completely addicted to both), you might well think that pumpkin and squash were the only vegetables available from September through November. Not true!
Don’t get me wrong, I love squash and that high-pitched squeal you heard was probably me squee-ing with excitement when the first delicatas arrived at the farmer’s market but a girl’s gotta mix it up a little, right?
Thus, our Brussels Sprout Pizza with Balsamic Caramelized Onions and Goat Cheese was born.
A brief culinary tour of our (not so recent) trip to England and Wales.
At the beginning of the summer (2013), Matt and I went to England to visit his family and do a little sightseeing. For years we went every other Christmas which means that we hadn't been to the UK when the weather was warm for ages. Now don't get me wrong, Christmas...
Chard, Onion and Goat Cheese Tart
When my gorgeous sister-in-law Hayli and her delightful husband Tristan got married in France a couple of summers ago, Matt and I spent a week at a gîte (french farmhouse) with his family and a mad gaggle of their international friends. It was a delightful mixture of...
You won’t find these at Williams-Sonoma
In the process of clearing out my Nan's house this year, we dug out these vintage kitchen items. On the left, a pair of butter paddles. On the right, stamps/presses for stamping either shortbread or butter. There's a shamrock, a thistle and a dragon, so I wonder if...
Our garden – summer update
It's been ... er, a while (a SEASON) since I posted about our garden. We've had mixed success: the raised bed went in in early April, along with a good deal of mixed potting soil, top soil and compost in a ratio governed only by general internet advice. The vegetables...
Making friends with molds for fun and profit
Quick, what's a SCOBY? If you answered, "Matt, surely it's an international criminal ring dedicated to evil and fought against by MI5 and James Bond", well done, you're almost correct. Go and do a Google Image search for "SCOBY", and then, if you're not convinced that...
Adventures in Cheese
Last month we stepped into the world of cheese making for the second time. The first time was a few years ago, back in Brooklyn. The aim was "fromage blanc" which is a very lightly developed, soft cheese, like ricotta. All cheese needs some kind of culture to start...
In case you’re wondering if you can boil a pre-sliced ham in cola
You can, but you shouldn't. Here endeth the lesson (and the ham). Seriously, though, this was a good lesson in experimenting for us. We wanted to put together an Easter dinner for our family. We knew from research (but not experience) that ham in cola is a popular...
Building the garden – Part I
This is our first year in the country with a yard. It's great to have all that space, and Arya loves having the freedom of running around the house and barking at cars and passers-by, but right now that's really all it is - space. Almost from the first time I saw it,...
Home to roost
When I was a teenager living in Wateringbury, Kent, we kept chickens. We had a moderate garden behind the house, which I was proud to have helped to plan and build (I designed the curved patio area - to this date probably my only piece of landscaping), and my mum and...
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