Matar Paneer is one of my favourite Indian dishes. It’s basically cheese and peas in a spicy tomato sauce. Delicious, no? I often make this when I am entertaining, as the flavour is show-stopping but it is easy to prepare and forgiving if you have other things on the go and can’t give it your…
Shepherd’s Pie
An easy, comforting meal ideal for those cold nights when you want something satisfying and delicious that will warm you up from the inside. It’s always made with lamb. Always. An easy way to remember this is that ‘shepherds shepherd sheep’. Just picture the words from the old carol: “While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All…
Pink Champagne Cupcakes with Marshmallow Rose Frosting
As a writer, it’s important to get to know your genre. With the new book I am writing, I found myself entering a new world and so one afternoon, I decided to take a trip to the bookstore and mingle with my new genre. At the shop, I beelined for the ‘Childrens 10+’ section and…
Blackberry Syrup
Blackberries always stir up fond memories for me. As a child I remember taking the dogs out for a walk with my nan, winding down the farm lanes, peering into the fields to watch the horses, cows and sheep grazing in the sunshine. That’s how I always remember it: warm and sunny. I’m sure we…
Persian Love Cake
It’s finally here! The day has come! My first novel Bricktop’s Club is available to buy! It’s both exciting and terrifying. I’m not one for big parties or raucous shindigs, but I do love cake. I decided to bake myself something special to commemorate my special day and share the love. What better way to share…
Chicken, Mango & Paneer Curry
My dad hails from the beautiful island of Mauritius and so growing up, delicious curries with exotic spices made up our evening meal as often as fish and chips or steak and kidney pie. That’s why I feel so lucky, because I grew up around the unusual, the colourful and the outlandish. I wasn’t afraid…
Haggis Pie
Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, (Good luck to you and your honest, plump face,) Great chieftain o the puddin’-race! (Great chieftain of the sausage race!) ‘Address to Haggis’, written by the bad-boy of poetry: the great Robbie (Rabbie) Burns, who lived fast and died young at the tender age of 37 in 1796, but…
Salted Caramel Syrup
2008 was The Year of Salted Caramel. Can you believe that it is over a decade ago since Starbucks started selling their Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate? Starbucks being the yardstick for when a trend has truly made it to the big-time, of course. Yet by 2008, Salted Caramel was already over thirty years old. It…
Gingerbread Syrup
Baby, it’s cold outside… This is the time of year when the Alpine weather visits Zurich and our little city transforms into Narnia. The mercury has dipped to minus 5, a taste of the cold weather ahead, and everything outside is covered in a blanket of pure white snow. It makes me want to hibernate…
Twelfth-Night Bolognese
At the end of Christmas, I find that the last thing left dwindling in the back of the fridge is cheese. Cheese that proudly graced many-a-board or was ruthlessly pilfered at in the dead of the night when you’re standing in your pyjamas using the fridge light to salaciously break away nuggets of the good…
Gen's Christmas Kitchen 