Pear & Cranberry Cornmeal Cobbler
[…] peel, core and slice the pears into 1cm pieces. I do this along the short side not in long lengths as I find they keep their shape a little better […]
[…] peel, core and slice the pears into 1cm pieces. I do this along the short side not in long lengths as I find they keep their shape a little better […]
[…] and satisfying in every way, this dish could happily exist as a meal in itself accompanied by a simple green salad or padded out alongside a piece of chicken or fish.
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Outside of the compulsory Hanukkah latkes, my first memorable taste of a vegetable pancake/fritter was on my first trip to Australia in the late 1990’s. Sydney was in the […]
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The new festive side. The new weeknight treat. The perfect leftover, stolen from the bowl out of the fridge. These brussels that cook in mere minutes are an instant winter […]
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