Recipes and ideas
Here you can find more detailed recipes about how to use your spice mixes, as well as ideas to create other dishes to delight your taste buds.
How to cook...
Cajun spice mix
Butterfly chicken breasts and rub or spray with a little oil. Sprinkle 1/2 to 1 teaspoons of Cajun mix on each side and grill or oven bake until cooked through.
​
The more you add, the more heat you will get. I like to use a pepper shaker to get an even covering.
Chilli con carne
Brown 450g of minced beef. Sprinkle in the packet of spice mix and a good squirt of tomato puree and fry for 1 minute. Add a 400g of tinned chopped tomatoes and a 400g tin of drained kidney beans. Add 100ml of water, stir and simmer for 40 minutes.
Beefsteak chilli
Brown 450g of diced lean beef. Add the packet of spice mix, along with 1Tbsp of tomato puree and a beef stock cube and stir for 1-2 minutes. Add a can of chopped tomatoes and 150ml of water and simmer gently for 2 hours. Add a can of drained black beans and simmer for a further 20 minutes.
Pulled pork part 1
Ask your butcher to take the rind off a 3-4lb joint of pork shoulder.
Open the rub mix and take out 3 tablespoons for the sauce.
Place the joint in a roasting tin and firmly rub in the remaining rub mix all over the meat. Cover and place in the fridge overnight.
​
Pulled pork part 2
After 24 hours, remove from the fridge, add 150ml of water to the pan and cover tightly with foil to help the meat steam. Place in a preheated oven at 150 degrees for 4 hours, adding more water if it starts to dry out. When cooked, the meat should easily pull apart with a couple of forks.
Pulled pork part 3
In a saucepan, add the remaining spice mix, to which add:
200ml tomato ketchup
100ml water
75ml cider vinegar
150 soft brown sugar
4 Tbsp runny honey
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
3 tsp garlic puree
Bring to a boil and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
Either pour over the pork and mix it all in or serve separately.
What of the future?
When I started this journey, it was never about running a business, it was always about finding the best experience I could make with different ingredients. Through many experiments and friends sampling my spice mixes, I am at last confident that they work to give the best taste, but also the simplest methods of creating great tastes at home.
​
All of the spice mixes are hand blended and contain no artificial ingredients, anti-caking agents, preservatives or flavourings. All you get is spice and herbs and a meal to be proud of.
​
So...the future.
Perhaps I will step back into catering and start a one stop chilli stop where people can come in, grab a taco or two or a bowl of steaming chilli.
Only time will tell. I will keep you posted.