Pancakes
1 1/2 cups flour
2tbsp sugar
3tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1 3/4 cups milk
2tbsp oil or melted butter

4 cloves garlic, slivered
2 shallots, minced
zest & juice of 1/2 lemon
zest & juice of 1/2 lime
2 red peppers, cut into strips
1 broccoli w/ stalk, cut into bits
2oz whisky
2oz black bean sc
2oz oyster sc
2oz franks hot sc
13 oz vanilla vodka
Drink 3/4 of the vodka. Saute the garlic, shallots, lemon & lime zest and juice until translucent. [...]

This is best done over two days, make the filling and syrup the first day, then assemble the next.
Filling
7 cups Walnuts (shelled)
2 tsp Cinnamon
2 tsp Ground Cloves
3 tsp Nutmeg
1/2 cup sugar
zest of one orange
Grind walnuts roughly, don’t powder them, the chunks should be about half the size of peas. Do not refridgerage.
Syrup
5 cups sugar
5 cups [...]

Easy and tasty.
2 cups lukewarm water (85°F to 95°F)
1 tablespoon active dry yeast (for do-ahead version) or quick-rising dry yeast (for same-day version)
5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon cracked black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
4 3/4 cups (about) bread flour
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
2 teaspoons coarse sea salt
Stir 2 cups lukewarm water and [...]

1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, cleaned and left a bit damp
1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons heavy cream
1/3 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped
1 teaspoon grated orange zest (optional)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
kosher salt
white pepper in a millPreheat the oven to 350F. Put the potatoes on a baking sheet and bake in the [...]

Dinner was awesome. Started off with tomato bruschetta, which turned out quite good. Then we moved onto herbed goat cheese and roasted garlic spread on crostinis. I almost passed out from the sheer joy of such a simple and nearly perfect dish. Almost better than sex. For the main course, we had Roasted garlic and [...]

4 skinless & boneless chicken thigh fillets
spring onions, sliced into 3cm/1.5 inches batons
skewers
For the Yakitori Sauce
75ml Japanese Soy Sauce
60ml Sake
15ml Mirin
1 tablespoon caster sugar
To make the Yakitori Sauce:
In a small saucepan add the Soy, Sake, Mirin and caster sugar - stir and slowly bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes [...]

15ml shallots
5ml garlic
4oz vermouth
400ml cream
15ml butter
4 21/25 prawns raw peeled devained tail on
4 20/30 scallops, abductor muscle removed
4oz baby shrimp meat
10ml terragon
Saute garlic, shallots and butter until sweated (no color). Deglaze w/ vermouth. Reduce by half. Add cream, reduce by half. Mounter au beurre. Chill, store.
Saute prawns/scallops until 75% cooked. Add baby shrimp and 3.5 [...]

A
1oz Wild mushrooms
10ml minced Garlic
2 minced shallots
B
3 breasts cooked chicken 1/2″ dice
2oz white wine
C
500ml cream
100ml glace de viande
D
1tsp fresh tarragon
Saute A. Add B, reduce au sec. Add C, reduce by half. Add D. Cool, wrap in filo.

A
1 apple, brunoise
1 pear, skinned, brunoise
1 peach, skinned, brunoise
1 tsp butter
2ml nutmeg
3oz goldschlager
B
2ml nutmeg
20g walnuts (powdered)
C
10ml mint
10ml honey
10ml butter
Saute A, add goldschlager after fruit is cooked. Flambe, reduce by half. Remove from heat, chill. Mix B together. Blend C. Wrap A in filo pastry, 4 layers total, spreading B and a generous portion of [...]