Magazines are full of beautiful kitchens. And often beautiful houses. They're usually huge, stunning to the eye and beautifully lit. They've never been to see the Home Stuff Team.... Ahem....
We believe in real homes.... We want you to make the most of what you've got! (We do - because, frankly, we have to.) So look at this picture. A mess at first sight, but this is last Saturday's dinner in the making. Roast belly of pork with mashed potatoes, gravy made from roasting the pork on a bed of cheap and cheerful chopped onions, a bay leaf and salt and pepper, with a bottle of cider chucked in to lift all the gorgeous crispy bits, followed by pear and almond pastries with a light custard, made by rolling out a sheet of shop bought puff pastry, mixing equal quantities of ground almonds, icing sugar and butter and spreading it on the rolled pastry leaving a 1 inch border and topping with sliced pear before baking in a medium hot oven until brown and bubbly. (see top pic)
It's more exhausting to type the recipe than to make it - and they went really well together. All made in a tiny, ordinary kitchen.... And scoffed. By real (hungry) folk.
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