The Keston Kitchen Calendar 2013

Back in 2010, The Keston Kitchen Calendar was born.  Packed with seasonal, delicious recipe's by the 4 of us and featuring some excellent photographs plus we raised £1000 for The Passage, a charity that helps feed homeless people in London and recieved a personal letter from Her Delianess.  It was a good year!! We are very excited to announce that 2013 will welcome the 2nd edition of the KK Calendar. Each month features original, seasonal...

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Winter Tomato Tarts

Winter Tomato Tarts with Parmesan short crust New / old tins from ebay have been staring at me for two months now so here goes... Rule - half fat to flour. I used 110g flour to 55g butter (Netherend is simply the best) with a pinch of salt and tbsp of water. Rub the fat into the flour lifting as much as possible - mum says add the water and mix with a knife - do no knead. Add some grated Parmesan if you fancy. Pinch the ingredients...

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Berlin - 5 days of food

Last weekend i went to visit Julia and her Keston Kuche in Berlin. The weather was very chilly but the cafes were warming and there is an amazing choice of food to sample from traditional German to cuisines from around the globe. Berlin may not be the obvious choice for a foodies paradise but if you go to the right places (and hanging out with a resident definitely helps) you will be pleasantly surprised. Her are some of my culinary highlights, take...

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Roasted & Stuffed Butternut Squash

by Ceri x Autumn is officially my favourite season.  Summer is lovely, but always infinately hectic and, erm well... hot! With the arrival of Autumn comes the crisp clear mornings and the inevitable back to school feeling, that I still very much get due to how busy the summer is.  I love seeing your breath as you step out into a cold sunny morning with frost still on the ground, kicking and crunching the leaves underfoot in the park,...

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Sloe Gin

This year on my birthday i was in Cornwall. One of the gifts i was very happy to receive was the River Cottage Handbook 2 - Preserves. This has been an important resource in the Keston Kitchen, particularly at this time of year, very glad to now own a copy myself as the previous one moved to Camberwell with Charlotte! When i got the book i was keen to use some of the recipes from it as soon as i could, where we were staying by the Helford river,...

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Brunch in Berlin

577 miles between us but Keston Kitchen teamwork is still going strong.   So as Keston Kitchen UK was dishing up an exotic brunch at the Elrington Table, Keston Küche has been dutifully dining out at some of the best brunch tables in Berlin. Brunch platter for two at Cafe Anna Blume in Prenzlauer Berg Brunch is a Berlin institution.  It's reflective of this city's laid back mentality that Sundays are perfectly designed...

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Join us for - BRUNCH CLUB - Hackney - 22nd Sept

  Join Keston Kitchen and the Elrington Table in Hackney E8 for BRUNCH this Saturday. email to book: patrickgray82@gmail.com / charlotte.whiting@gmail.com...

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I Heart Italia: Sausages & Broccoli

I Heart Italia: Sausages & Broccoli Italians do it better. Well, sometimes at least. If you like sausages and broccoli this is the dish for you. It goes very well with a smooth, creamy mash and takes sausage and mash to new heights. I dream about this dish. 850g Italian sausages - the ones from East Dulwich Deli are simply the best! 600g broccoli, cut into florets 1 teaspoon olive oil 2 French shallots, finely chopped 3 garlic cloves,...

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Nora's Bacon Hash

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This week I have mostly been eating...

Herefordshire Cherry Focaccia with Caraway Seeds. No.1 breakfast for champions. Milk Tea & Pearl - cold tapioca tea[!] - either love it or hate it I guess. Olympic Onion Rings. Thanks to Rachael for inspiring me with her Cheese Javelins. Pickled Radicchio-mouth watering!! Basic recipe: 150ml malt vinegar; 300ml water, 65g caster sugar, salt. Add spices of choice. Mix cold and pour over. EASY. BBQ Corn, Avocado & Tomato Salad. p.MsoNormal,...

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Tempura

 Tempura - an enjoyable summer battering   p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Fish and chips is one of the best things when the mood is right, although the batter can cause a food coma to come on rapidly and immediately after consumption. Fritto misto is also one of the best things when in Italy and by the sea.  When...

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Jubilee Week Roundup

Pizza Oven - the beginnings - a delightful dome - reminds me of something in Florence... Devonshire cream tea in Torbay - with ginger scones and all mind! Marcus Wareing's banana bread - made in a jelly mould. Crinkle cut. 100% Forest of Dean wild boar salami. Satisfying. The Silver Spoon chicken with pomegranate (and Italian dried mushrooms). Che libro! Brustengo - another Italian dish, also known as bubble and squeak! It goes...

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Chicken Breasts stuffed with Sun Dried Tomatoes, Olives, Basil & Feta

by Ceri X      It's all quiet on the Keston front this week.  The girls are away for a seaside holiday, so I am on my own which has meant pottering around the house; cooking and generally recovering from the weekend.  Last weekend was spent in the first of many fields of the 2012 season at the lovely Fire in the Mountain festival in Wales.  Whenever I return from a festival; the 4 days of fun, work and generally...

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Lamb & Cannellini Beans

I Heart Italia: Lamb & Cannellini Bean Spezzatino I love lamb. It has always been my favourite roast. Over the last month I've been waiting for the right opportunity to make lamb and cannellini bean stew, a staple in the Italian kitchen. I got some lamb, got some beans, found some cousins and a sister to invite for dinner, got some more lamb and beans to ensure sufficient quantities and got to work. I checked with Jacob Kennedy in the...

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THE EGG

The egg is a great gift from the chicken.  Sometimes I wonder if I eat too many eggs. Below are three recent egg dishes. All were invented 'use up ingredients' recipes. Baked Eggs - leftover pork & lemon meatballs, spinach and eggs - oven baked  Corned Beef Hash - caralmelised red onions, leftover mustard mash, leftover broccoli, corned beef and a fried egg Asparagus Frittata - leftover asparagus, onion, eggs, parsley,...

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New York New York!

New York New York!A food diary for two.Dinner at La Esquina (coming to London soon...)A perfect margarita and a beer cocktail with fruit juice, salsa roja, salt and lime - never again!Ceviche Acapulco (market fish, salsa roja, avocado, jalepeno, lime) with plantain frittersTaquitos:- pulled pork, picked onions and habanero- pork shoulder, condensed milk, salsa rojaBreakfast on Union SquareCappuccino x2Eggs Benedict and eggs Florentine - served with...

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