Eat Me Kitchen

02/12/2025

2. Crushed Potato, Avocado, Parmesan & Pomegranate

Another super easy festive looking canape, serve at room temperature. The size and quantity depends on which baby new potatoes you have…for example, a 750g bag of Miniature Potatoes from Tesco would be perfect here.

So, you will need:
A bag of new potatoes
2 tbsp olive oil
75g finely grated Parmesan
Pomegranate seeds
Some feta, crumbled
A few rosemary sprigs

2 x avocados
A lemon, zest & juice
Chopped fresh mint
A garlic clove, crushed, or garlic powder
Chilli flakes or Aleppo pepper
Salt & pepper

Oven is 200c.

🧀 Mix the avocado flesh with the other ingredients to make a tasty mash up & chill
🧀 Boil the potatoes in salted water until just tender, 15-20 mins. Drain, steam dry & cool
🧀 Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper, cover with a layer of potatoes, leaving space between them. Crush each one with the bottom of a glass - so they are small, round and biscuit shaped
🧀 Drizzle over the olive oil & season, roast for 20 mins
🧀 Flip the potatoes over and top each one with a generous layer of Parmesan
🧀 Roast for another 10-15 mins until golden, cool slightly
🧀 Plate, top with the avocado, pomegranate seeds, feta & rosemary, drizzle with more olive oil & serve.

Make in batches if you have lots of guests.

Let me know if you make them!

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02/12/2025

Life currently:

I used to live near here about 15 years ago, my Dad’s house is in the next village (although currently occupied by my step mother). The view is looking down the Dale towards Bolton Castle, the fell opposite is Penhill.

I’m trying hard to keep my anxiety in check for my hip operation and recovery, the date of which has now been changed three times…and, yes, I’m doing admin and not anything else dodgy👀in these beautifully sited lay-bys!!

Anyone else working in an unusual location today?!

28/11/2025

A little five part series of easy, cheesy Christmas canapés (as in canapés made with cheese🤪)!

#1. Baked Figs, Parma Ham, Halloumi & Hot Honey

Thanks my lovely friends Joe & Elise for being tasters 🫶

These ingredients will make eight bite sized nibbles, serve them warm:

Four ripe black figs, cut in half top to tail
1/2 pkt of halloumi cheese, cut into 8 pieces
Fresh basil or mint or thyme or oregano leaves
4 slices of Parma ham, each cut in 1/2 lengthways
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp hot honey
A handful of toasted almonds

Oven is 190c

🧀Top each fig half with a basil leaf (or mint, or thyme, or oregano)
🧀Add a piece of the halloumi on top, & wrap all this in a slice of the ham
🧀 Arrange on a tray on grease proof paper, add olive oil & bake for 8-10 mins
🧀 Once cooked, plate, drizzle with the hot honey, more herbs and some toasted almonds for crunch (which I didn’t have!).

You could also thread all the ingredients onto a little cocktail skewer and serve cold rather than baked…and/or swap in mozzarella or a hard goats’ cheese instead of the halloumi.

13/11/2025

13/11/2025

It’s everywhere, and rightly so in my opinion! Whipped, tangy feta is really versatile, goes with sweet and savoury flavours, doubles as a sandwich spread or dip, has aesthetic appeal and is really easy to make.

Whizz in a processor, or mash with a fork:

200g feta cheese
170g Greek Yoghurt (I buy 5 or 10% FAGE tubs, which is pronounced FYE-YAY and means EAT IT!)
Juice and zest of a lemon
1 garlic clove, crushed to a paste with a pinch of salt
2 tbsp evoo

Spread onto the base of a lovely platter (thanks for the luscious, vintage plate), then top with your choice of roasted veg/fruit.

I peeled, chopped and roasted a packet of heritage carrots that were reduced (do the unusual colours put people off??), with some evoo, oregano, ground cumin, salt and Aleppo pepper for 15 mins at 200c.

I faffed around with dill, mint leaves, pomegranate seeds and more Aleppo pepper on top to make it look pretty!

Dishes like this look great as part of a Christmas buffet, or as part of a sharing menu.

Other combos to try:

Roast fig, beetroot & thyme
Roast squash, hazelnut & sage brown butter
Roast cherry tomatoes, nectarines, pistachios & hot honey
Garlic confit, bay & pomegranate molasses

Lemme know what you make if you’d like to, or have other combos you’ve tried and want to share :) ⬇️

07/11/2025

This is really easy, & makes two flatbreads, but just double, treble etc if you need more:

100g plain flour
100g Greek yoghurt
1/2tsp flakey sea salt
1tsp baking powder

1. Mix the flour, baking powder & salt together in a bowl.
2. Make a well and add in the yoghurt.
3. Bring it together with a fork.
4. Pat and knead to a dough & then rest, covered, for 1/2 hour.
5. On a floured surface, cut the dough in half.
6. Pat the dough into two rounds - not too thin, Savvas!
7. Get a frying pan really hot and dry fry one by one for 90 secs per side until fuffy and slightly charred.

So good with garlic butter, or any other toppings like hummus, tzatziki etc. x

13/07/2025

This is a great summer pud, super easy & quick.

Also, here are a few flavours you could try pairing with strawbs that really make them ‘pop’, tried & tested during my jam making (Jamsmith) days:
Basil, Mint, Ginger, Black Pepper, Balsamic Vinegar, Champagne, Cognac, Rum, Chocolate, Elderflower, Honey, Maple Syrup, Citrus, Vanilla, Almond & Rose.

Strawberry Tiramisu:
6-8 portions
500g strawberries, hulled & halved
3 eggs, separated
50ml elderflower cordial (or any of the liquid flavours listed above)
1 lemon & 1 orange, juice
A few drops of vanilla essence
500g mascarpone
A packet of ladyfingers (savoiardi) biscuits
150g caster sugar
Α trifle bowl, gratin dish or individual glasses

🍓whisk egg yolks & vanilla with 100g of the sugar, until pale & creamy
🍓macerate the strawberries in the rest of the sugar, the orange/lemon juice & the elderflower, give them a gentle squish & leave for at least 15 mins so all the juices start to come out
🍓whisk the mascarpone into the egg yolks & then separately whisk the egg whites to soft peaks
🍓fold the egg whites into the mascarpone mixture
🍓put the strawberries into a colander over a bowl to collect the juice, dunk the biscuits into the liquid, then begin layering into your chosen container…biscuits, strawberries & cream & repeat.
🍓Grated chocolate, almonds, or lemon zest are good toppings over the last layer of cream
🍓Refrigerate before serving & don’t leave it out for too long in really hot weather (raw eggs!).

Let me know if you make it!

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