Home/Recipes/Celeriac, Caramelised Shallot and Brown Butter Soup Jump to Recipe VEGETARIAN Celeriac, Caramelised Shallot and Brown Butter Soup By Stephen La Rosa A silky celeriac soup finished with brown butter, topped with sauteed celeriac, a crunchy fried celeriac crumble, and pomegranate for sweetness and crunch. Three preparations of one vegetable, each doing different work on…
Home/Recipes/Butter Scotch Sour Jump to Recipe DRINKS Butter Scotch Sour By Stephen La Rosa A whisky sour reworked with maple syrup and brown-butter fat-washed whisky, finished with a frothy egg white top and a few drops of orange bitters. A festive twist on a genuine classic. A whisky sour reworked with maple syrup and brown-butter…
Home/Recipes/Gin, Grapefruit and Elderflower Tonic Jump to Recipe DRINKS Gin, Grapefruit and Elderflower Tonic By Stephen La Rosa A bittersweet aperitif built on gin, fresh grapefruit and floral elderflower tonic, brightened with lime and a whisper of salt. Built to get you hungry before a big meal, not to sip mindlessly through one. A bittersweet…
Home/Recipes/Crispy-Skinned Snapper with Fennel, Citrus and Black Olive Salad Jump to Recipe SEAFOOD Crispy-Skinned Snapper with a Fennel, Citrus and Black Olive Salad By Stephen La Rosa Pan-seared snapper with shatter-crisp skin over a bright winter salad of shaved fennel, orange, grapefruit and Kalamata olives, dressed with an anchovy vinaigrette. Light but built for the…
Home/Recipes/Proper Hot Chocolate Jump to Recipe DRINKS How to Make a Proper Hot Chocolate (Using Some Pastry Know-how) By Stephen La Rosa A hot chocolate built like a ganache, dark chocolate melted into warm cream and milk until thick and properly chocolatey, closer to a drinkable pudding than the powder-and-hot-water version most of us grew…
Home/Recipes/Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Pomme Puree Jump to Recipe VEGETARIAN Roasted Garlic and Rosemary Pomme Puree By Stephen La Rosa Silky mashed potato passed through a sieve and worked with plenty of butter, roasted garlic and rosemary. The French cousin of mashed potatoes, refined but genuinely easy once you know the steps. Silky mashed potato…
Home/Recipes/Spiced Apple Mule Jump to Recipe DRINKS Spiced Apple Mule By Stephen La Rosa A moscow mule twist built on apple juice, lime and cinnamon, topped with ginger ale and served over ice in a copper mug. Autumn in a glass, five minutes start to finish. A moscow mule twist built on apple juice, lime…
Home/Recipes/Imbuljuta Chocolate and Chestnut Mousse Jump to Recipe SWEETS MALTESE ‘Imbuljuta’ Chocolate and Chestnut Mousse with Carob Crumble By Stephen La Rosa Imbuljuta is a traditional Maltese Christmas drink built on chocolate, chestnuts, citrus and warm spice. This is that drink reimagined as a proper dessert: a chocolate chestnut mousse over a brown-butter carob and…
Home/Recipes/Simple Roast Chicken and Garlic Gravy Jump to Recipe MEAT & POULTRY Simple Roast Chicken and Garlic Gravy By Stephen La Rosa A whole chicken dry-brined overnight, stuffed with onion, thyme and lemon, roasted until the skin crackles, served with a roasted garlic gravy built from the drippings. One of those dishes that gets better…
Home/Recipes/Braised Cabbage and Kale with Crispy Guanciale Jump to Recipe MEAT & POULTRY Braised Cabbage and Kale with Crispy Guanciale By Stephen La Rosa Cabbage and Tuscan kale braised in rendered guanciale fat, finished with mustard and a splash of vinegar, topped with the crispy guanciale itself. A simple side dish that punches well above…
