Notes about Recipes in this book

• Toad in the hole

  • anya_sf on March 23, 2019

    This review is for the onion gravy. I used the sausage and batter recipe from Canadian Living (the batter recipe is fairly similar), although I added dry mustard to the batter per this recipe. The onion gravy was great. I substituted tawny port for madeira and did not quite need the full 2 cups of beef broth. Everyone enjoyed it.

• Indian-style carrots with mustard seeds (Carrot kari)

  • Rutabaga on December 11, 2017

    I made a simplified version of this dish, omitting the split peas and curry leaves. It had a pretty mellow flavor despite the arbol chile, and was pleasantly buttery. I was concerned the carrots might be too soft, but they weren't mushy, and the softer texture was a good match for the accompanying curry and rice.

  • Barb_N on December 14, 2017

    I also omitted the peas but had frozen curry leaves. The dominant flavor for me was char as the heat was too high for the spices before adding the liquid. Not a favorite.