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Archive: Jan 2020

How to cook crispy fish

I love salty crispy fish skin, but it’s so easy to mess this step up.  Here are foolproof tips for frying the perfect fish.  Trout is a good fish to experiment with as it’s affordable and a fairly thin fillet, so the skin is all important. The key is pre-seasoning your pan: Get a stainless-steel…

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January 26, 2020

Lime Leaf Falernum recipe

What is Falernum? It’s a tropical liqueur originally from the Caribbean that is used in Tiki cocktails. It’s base ingredients are lime peel, cloves, ginger, almonds and sometimes allspice and it’s delicious. I made a variation of this recipe for my 2020 Tiki event to serve at the jungle location (cocktail recipe listed under the…

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January 7, 2020

Tom yam hed recipe (Thai sour soup with wild mushrooms)

I first tasted this delicious soup in Chiang-mai, Thailand and fell in love. The recipe below is from Chef Lin (Panphailin Puntira) who runs Love Chiang Mai cooking school and was my amazing teacher on several trips to the area. My favourite version of this soup features wild local mushrooms. In Thailand (Late October) pickers…

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January 3, 2020