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rmtbray's review
5.0
I'm blown away by some of the recipes in this book. With inspiration ranging from mostly around Europe and the Near East, Diana Henry has managed to come up with lots of interesting flavour combinations. A lot of the food is very affordable, and there are lots of recipes to use up the expensive ingredients (roast joints etc) you might have left over.
Almost every recipe is followed by a set of 'Also try...' ideas, so once you've mastered the main recipe there are lots of variations to play around with, and some have recipes from the whole leftover dish, for example a cauliflower, blue cheese and bacon bake can be turned into soup by adding 2:1 chicken stock and milk, then blending.
Will be taking this/photocopying lots of recipes for uni, the two I've tried already are Silesian Heaven (an Eastern European rich and dark pork stew with tea soaked dried fruit and cider in) and one of the 'Also Try's, sausages with cider (using it up from the stew) and butterbeans- as my mother doesn't like the chorizo in the original recipe, the variations meant I could work around it! Both delicious.
ETA 28/12/13 - I've since cooked so much more from this, and not a single recipe has gone wrong or not been genuinely delicious. One of the best cookbooks I've come across!
Almost every recipe is followed by a set of 'Also try...' ideas, so once you've mastered the main recipe there are lots of variations to play around with, and some have recipes from the whole leftover dish, for example a cauliflower, blue cheese and bacon bake can be turned into soup by adding 2:1 chicken stock and milk, then blending.
Will be taking this/photocopying lots of recipes for uni, the two I've tried already are Silesian Heaven (an Eastern European rich and dark pork stew with tea soaked dried fruit and cider in) and one of the 'Also Try's, sausages with cider (using it up from the stew) and butterbeans- as my mother doesn't like the chorizo in the original recipe, the variations meant I could work around it! Both delicious.
ETA 28/12/13 - I've since cooked so much more from this, and not a single recipe has gone wrong or not been genuinely delicious. One of the best cookbooks I've come across!
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