Recipe: Quick and Easy Homemade Amaretto

I love almonds. From marzipan to caramelised almonds, from almond fingers to almond apple pie, you name it, I love it.

So you can just imagine how much I love Amaretto. Almonds, sugar and alcohol - I mean c'mon, this is the nectar of the gods.

Here in the UK Amaretto isn't hugely expensive, so homemade amaretto isn't really a cheaper alternative, but making your own does mean you win bragging rights with your friends and that you can adjust the recipe to better fit your palet. This recipe is so quick and so delicious that in no time at all you will find yourself whipping up batches for all your friends.

A great addition to your alcohol stash or a fantastic Christmas gift for an almond loving friend, you are going to love this.

Recipe: Baked Cheese (Vacherin Mont d'Or) with White Wine and Garlic

Us Greedies love cheese and Vacherin Mont d'Or is one of our favourites, so when our friends (who we like to refer to with the collective noun Natalain) bought us one the other night, we were very happy Cochons indeed.

Vacherin is great as it is - served on bread or with crackers - but with Christmas quickly approaching, we thought we'd share with you this super quick and utterly delicious recipe for Baked Cheese with white wine and garlic. It's gooey, it's creamy and it's sure to be a hit.

Trust me, if you like cheese, you'll love this.

Recipe : Primrose Hill Scotch Eggs

Despite what the name suggests, Scotch Eggs are not actually Scottish. In fact they are credited to having been invented by Fortnum and Mason in 1783 right here in London. Scotch eggs are the perfect picnic food but seeing as the seasons are changing and picnics are no longer really an option, we thought they would be better suited to Sunday brunch.

Take a look at the recipe to find out how Mr. Greedy Cochon made these fabulous looking Scotch Eggs.

Recipe : Garlic and Thyme Butter for Beef or Lamb

The other day Mr. Greedy Cochon and I decided to brave to throngs of tourists and went to Borough Market. By the time we headed home our bellies were full of cheese, meat and any other freebies we could get our hands on and our wallets were severely lighter due to the two amazing steaks that we had picked up for dinner.

Mr. Greedy Cochon decided to whip up a quick and easy Garlic and Thyme butter to slather over the tender steaks and boy was it delicious.

Recipe : Chorizo Bread

This is a great recipe for Chorizo bread that is simple and quick to make. Perfect wit a nice hunk of cheese, for making your sandwiches a little more interesting or simply for slathering in salty butter. Yum!

Recipe : The Camden Stuffed Marrow

This little recipe is one that was taught to Mr. Greedy Cochon in the best way possible, by his Mum. He has decided to share it with you today, enjoy!

Recipe : Rosti with Mushroom Sauce

Rosti is a delicious recipe from Switzerland that hasn't quite caught on in the UK, or anywhere outside of Switzerland in fact. We sometimes eat potato cakes, but only really as a side-dish rather than a meal in itself.

This great little recipe is quick and easy and the mushroom sauce is absolutely devine.

Recipe : Shoulder of Lamb served with a compote of garlic confit on toast

Mr. Greedy Cochon has once again been busy in the kitchen creating a brand new recipe. The shoulder of lamb is juicy and incredibly tender and the compote of garlic is deliciously floavoursome without being overpowering.

It's great as a dig-in, sharing king of dish, but it's also great for parties if you pre-make the little toasts and hand them out, although on second thoughts, with the amount of garlic that goes in, serve at your own peril.

Recipe : Sticky Pork in Ginger Beer

This amazing recipe of Mr. Cochon's invention was inspired by the mouth-watering sticky pork BBQ recipes from the deep south of America with a bit of a British twist.

Perfect served with corn on the cob, mashed potatoes and ice cold ginger beer.

Camden Town Cafe and Restaurant Reviews, Recipes and Much More

Hello! We are Les Greedy Cochons and we are on a mission to bring you the best food from Camden Town, Mornington Crescent, Kings Cross, Kentish Town, sometimes the rest of London and sometimes the world.


We only review places or dishes that we love, so if it's on the blog then it's worth a visit. If you want to know a little bit more about who we are, then you can visit the about us page. If not they why not take a look at some of our reviews or try out one of our original recipes.


Bon appétit!