Brian Jones, Author at Krumpli

Fesenjan: Walnut and Pomegranate Chicken Stew

Fesenjan is a simple slow cooked Iranian stew featuring walnuts, pomegranate molasses, onions and chicken thighs that packs a huge punch of flavour.

Fesenjan is a rich and unusual stew from Iran. Containing both walnuts and pomegranate molasses and honestly not much else it makes for an odd recipe, but one that tastes fantastic.

Chicken Liver Ragu With Polenta

I adore cooking with and eating offal, sadly it is not more popular, this chicken liver ragu combines them with peas and mushrooms in a red wine sauce

I love this chicken liver ragu recipe, simple, tasty, hearty and dirt cheap to cook. Basically, it is the perfect dish for just after Christmas when we have all spent our pennies and it is dark and cold outside!

Cumberland Sausage with Onion Gravy

A glorious made from scratch coiled Cumberland Sausage is the star of this very British bangers and mash recipe that also has a kick ass onion gravy!

Us Brits are rather fond of a good sausage. One of the first things I taught myself to make when we moved to Hungary was a good British Homemade sausage. This Cumberland sausage recipe is an extension of that.

Radicchio Salad With Chicken, Hazelnuts and Blue Cheese

This Radicchio Salad is a perfect light winter main course salad, featuring Chicken, Hazelnuts and Blue Cheese it is loaded with the best winter produce.

As far as I am concerned radicchio is the perfect winter salad leaf and is at the heart of this Radicchio based chicken salad.

Honey Mustard Pork Chops With Parsnip and Broccoli

These honey mustard pork chops are baked in the oven together with parsnips and broccoli to create a simple but stunningly tasty complete meal.

You could be forgiven for thinking me and pork chops have a thing going on because these honey mustard pork chops join an ever-growing list of pork chop recipes. I don’t care how they come they really are one of my favourite things to cook.

Super Crispy Spiced Fried Chicken Wings

When it comes to finger food fried chicken wings are hard to beat, these come wrapped in the crispiest of crispy coatings with a healthy bit of spice!

I am a real advocate of moderation when it comes to consumption, these super crispy fried chicken wing definitely fall on the side of indulgence. Now indulgence is fine, so long as it is not a permanent state of being.

Mushroom Ragu With Cheesy Polenta

This rich mushroom ragu recipe is the perfect vegetarian meal and is served on a wonderfully comforting cheesy Gruyere polenta.

My wife has been bending my ear for weeks to come up with a new dish to serve over polenta and this Mushroom Ragu is the sign of my capitulation. To be honest she even started hinting in the height of summer. She just lurves polenta!

Slow Roast Duck Legs With Dates and Tamarind

These roast duck legs are slowly cooked in a rich date and tamarind sauce that is boldly flavoured and rocks the whole sweet and sour vibe!

These slow roast duck legs are cooked in the most incredible sweet and sour date and tamarind sauce. This recipe has some serious cohones in the flavour department.

Garlic Spaghetti with Blue Cheese and Sage

Pasta for the quick win again and this simple garlic spaghetti recipe is pushed over the top with some crispy sage breadcrumbs and Gorgonzola cheese.

This garlic spaghetti recipe is my take on olio e aglio… Except my version definitely leans towards Northern Italian produce rather!

Dan Dan Noodles

Dandan noodles or dandanmian as a Chinese dish from the Szechuan province. It typically contains chili oil, ground pork, Szechuan pepper and some form of preserved vegetable, ordinarily mustard stems.