31 Saturday Dec 2016
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A quiet New Year’s Eve dinner at home. Loving the new oven. Roasted a couple of tiny lamb legs and am getting better at roasties too. But the most exciting (and delicious) part of the evening was making gambas al ajillo at home for the very first time. See vid below…
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Later on watched the Madrid ball drop in Puerta del Sol on TV, raised a glass to the new year, and then headed to bed. How was your evening?
30 Friday Dec 2016
26 Monday Dec 2016
24 Saturday Dec 2016
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What a wonderful Christmas I’m having! A few months ago Julie & Steve informed me that they had just made plans to come to Sevilla for Christmas, which gave me something to look forward to. We’ve already been out and about this week, and then I planned this mahoosive Christmas Eve dinner, which turned out fabulous (if I say so myself!).
Here is a close up (for Sara) of THOSE confit potatoes from Quality Chop House in London. I have to say they didn’t quite come out the same, but they were pretty damn tasty nevertheless. And I even got some advice from chef Shaun Searly on Twitter, which I thought was very sweet of him.
After dinner I got out the enchanting Robert Sabuda pop up Christmas books sent to me by Jane many years ago and we all sat, well, enchanted, as we read them together. It was such a lovely evening, lots of fab food, wine and chat. Thanks for coming guys! xx
20 Tuesday Dec 2016
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So the new oven arrived today! It’s a bit of a wonky fit and is a pretty basic model, but hey, it has more than one temperature and the grill works. So definitely a step up from the old one. Of course the landlady refused to pay for it, saying her usual “you can take it with you when you go!”. But still worth it, I think, especially after agreeing with a new rent deal until February 2018. It also means I’ll be able to properly cook a kick-ass Christmas Eve dinner. Stay tuned…
Had to finally start doubling up (using both the quilt and the duvet). Cats love it.
Have to say this big guy made it hard to get out of bed this morning. He was so nice and warm…
