Saturday, 28 December 2013

Christmas is Gyoza Season

Gyoza dumplings are some of my favourite nibbly things out there. They cost a bomb to eat in restaurants and let’s face it, the North is hardly blessed with places to eat them, unless you fancy braving Yo!Sushi and its rotating belt of dubiously warm plates. However, they cost next to nothing to make at home; all you need is to source the wrappers from a Chinese supermarket and you’re set. I made these for our traditional Christmas Eve buffet, which is a little nibbly things dream, peppered with dozens of amuses bouches that I spent all day happily preparing.

Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Christmas Eve Buffet!

It’s finally here! A day well spent in the kitchen preparing my favourite meal of the year. Tonight’s selection includes homemade prawn gyoza, parma ham, goat’s cheese and fig bundles, ham cooked in coca-cola with a treacle and brown sugar glaze, balsamic vinaigrette salad, crudités, potato salad and many more! Happy Christmas!