Over the Christmas of 2014 my sister and I had and idea to make our monthly dinners have a bit of a theme. We decided that we would work our way through the alphabet with meals beginning with a different letter each month.  With the inclusion of a friend we decided that the one person would make the starter, another (the host) the main and the other the dessert.

THE CHALLENGE:

• to make something that you’ve never made before
• to make a dish that starts with the letter
• the dish could also include ingredients starting with the letter, but not needed

As with the GBBO challenges I wanted something new to challenge me in the kitchen. I’d certainly advanced my baking skills, but my savoury culinary skills had been a little neglected and they needed flexing!