Chilli Up North Blog

Pork shoulder has to be one of the best cuts of meat available, It’s cheap, packed full of flavour and can be cooked is lots of different ways, as a result I’m  a huge fan, whether it’s hog roast, BBQ pulled pork (like in Hickorys) or Slow roast spicy pork for Sunday roast  it’s always [...]

A couple of weeks ago I noticed the  tubs of Jamie Oliver Crust on offer in Morrisons, £3 for 2 tubs. They both contained chilli so I thought it would be rude not to give them a try. Basically the crust is breadcrumbs flavoured with various herbs and spices, in this case it was  Chilli, [...]

I’ve been meaning to have a crack at a Spanish omelette or Tortilla for ages and finally got round to it tonight. All the quantities are kind of estimates as I just used what I had to hand, It was great warm but even better cold. If you are of the vegetarian persuasion you can leave [...]

This recipe is taken straight from Jamie Oliver’s website and Jamie’s America Book, I made it last night and it was absolutely delicious, the only thing I changed was I used a bit less stock (5ooml) and chucked in a big squirt of spicy chipotle sauce. I used Morrisons the Best Pirri Pirri Sausages to [...]

This recipe was very kindly sent to me by Amanda @chocfishmerino, who if you don’t know  make some fantasic Merino wool stuff like tops and hats for hiking.  I’m really into lamb at the moment so I will most certainly be trying it when I get chance. I love the way the recipe uses home [...]

I’ve made this a few days ago to go on the next incarnation of the chilli burger recipe (watch this space as  I plan to post each of the side dishes followed by the new burger recipe) it’s one of those things that can be made well in advance and then kept in the fridge, [...]

This recipe is straight out of Jamie Oliver’s, Jamie does America book, i made it last week and it was delicious, it needed a little bit more heat but that’s easily done. As with most things I cooked it first then whacked it in the slow cooker while we were at work, I also served [...]

I made these a couple of nights ago as a spur of the moment thing when I managed to get some monkfish.  Sorry about the lack of picture but I will take one next time I make it. It serves 2, so just buy a piece of fish that’s the size you want depending on [...]

Liz from the Harlequin in Sheffield very kindly sent me this recipe some time ago and I completely forgot to post it (Sorry Liz) I feel really bad about it as Liz went to lots of effort in perfecting the recipe and taking photo, she also sends me lovely chutneys and pic ale chilli. I’ve [...]

These fire onions were sent to me as part of the package from Woody from Fire Foods sent me (I reviewed the chilli choc drops here). They come in the same black, red and bright yellow packaging, giving you the impression that the contents is hot and spicy, possibly bordering on dangerous. As soon as you [...]