BBC Good Food

29 April 2010

Tested

"Celery in a lasagne? no no no no no. Lasagne isn't complete without roast butternut squash in the layers (a la Jamie Oliver...)"

13 October 2009

Member

"Hello Katrina, I'd like to try your recipe but I have a couple of questions. What can I substitute a pressure cooker? Is pearl barley easy to find in supermarkets? My boyfriend is not partial to celery - can I substitute that with anything else? I hope I haven't completely ruined the recipe asking all these questions! :)"

28 June 2009

Tested

"I made this as a special treat for my boyfriend who is a HUGE apple fan and he loved it. The apricot jam is a must to complete the taste. This dessert is lovely served with vanilla ice cream."

28 June 2009

Tested

"I made this for my Sunday dinner this evening with new potatoes and broccoli. I too used puff pastry instead of shortcrust and it came out fine. I don't think I've ever had Salmon en croute with shortcrust. The sauce was great and I froze the rest to use on other dishes at a later date - it would go perfectly on normally grilled salmon. I made the sauce with Watercress and spinach as suggested but skipped the rocket. Whizzed it in a food processor with cream cheese, black pepper, two cloves of garlic, all purpose seasoning and one quarter of lemon juice. Tasted wonderful. In addition to putting some on the croute, when the new potatoes were cooked, I spooned some of the mixture over the potatoes before serving all up. Yum!"

03 March 2009

Tested

"I made the meatballs from scratch a day before with mince and left in the fridge to set. Fried them then cooked the pasta separately. I left the pine nuts out altogether and was please with the result. Nice dish!"