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Beef casserole

Retrokitchen – after quite some delay – is upping the ante ever so slightly today. This dish differs from the previous recipes at a number of levels. First, it is seasonally specific, being far better enjoyed in the colder months. Second, it takes more time than the other recipes, ie well over an hour. Lastly, Continue reading
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Chicken in pastry with honey red sauce

I love this recipe. It’s so darn easy and tastes great. Also there’s something a bit magic about creating pies. It’s the crisp, golden structure which makes people think you’re a genuinely talented cook. Little do they know…. Let’s start with that long-standing drug – alcohol, in prime 1970s form: They’re not my hands, incidentally. Continue reading
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Spaghetti bolognese

I love this recipe. I’ve had spag bol everywhere from takeaway joints to seemingly swish ristorantes. I don’t recall anything as tasty as this. Of course, it’s about as Italian as Domino’s, but a whole lot nicer. I daresay it’s an English recipe from when old Mum was there in the 1960s. Well, put it this way, I Continue reading
