Blackcurrants: Blackcurrant Cordial
The second of two quick and easy weekend posts. See yesterday's post on Blackcurrant Vinegar here. Even if you think life is too short...
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- Jul 23, 2016
Blackcurrants: Blackcurrant Vinegar
This is the first of two very quick recipes for the weekend - come back tomorrow for Blackcurrant Cordial! This is good for deglazing...
- Jul 13, 2016
Blackcurrants: Blackcurrant Ice Cream
I don’t know of a more flamboyant coloured ice cream. Come to think of it I don’t know of many better flavoured ice creams. And it’s a...
- Jul 9, 2016
Blackcurrants: Summer Pudding
If you use a mixture of berries in a summer pudding, you have to go easy on the blackcurrants because they have a habit of overwhelming...
- Jul 4, 2016
Blackcurrants: Blackcurrant Jam
This recipe series was first published in the summer of 2006 in The Sunday Times, but read on and you'll see it's perfectly relevant 10...
- Jun 28, 2016
Summer Veg: New Potatoes
New potatoes, boiled or steamed and tossed in butter are delicious, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do anything else with them. Here are...
- Jun 22, 2016
Summer Veg: Braised Petits Pois
I know I should be insisting that there is nothing to beat fresh peas, but, honestly, for this recipe I think frozen petits pois are...
- Jun 16, 2016
Summer Veg: Aubergine Rolls
I’ve given two fillings here, but mix, match and add as you like. Olives, anchovies and capers are all candidates. Choose aubergines that...
- Jun 10, 2016
Summer Veg: Stuffed Vine Leaves
Everyone seems to have a pet vine in their garden or on their balcony these days, but, if you haven’t, it’s almost worth nipping down to...
- Jun 4, 2016
Summer Veg: Tomato-Stuffed Red Peppers
I had a damascene conversion to vegetables in the summer of 2004. Actually I had no choice. For eight weeks, I was not allowed to eat...
- Jun 1, 2016
Ice Creams: Variations & Sauces
Rounding up my ice cream series with variations on a theme, and two sauces. This is also a good place to point out my favourite way of...
- May 21, 2016
Ice Creams: Coffee Ice Cream
The accepted wisdom with coffee ice cream is that you should either use instant coffee or strain out the fresh grounds, but I like coffee...
- May 18, 2016
Ice Creams: Lime Ice Cream
You can make this with lemon instead, but lime, with its spicy note, is sensational. It’s very intense in flavour, so will overpower a...
- May 15, 2016
Ice Creams: Very Chocolatey Ice Cream
Every ice-cream cook has to have a chocolate recipe. This is mine. It was after making this and a seed-speckled vanilla that I turned my...
- May 12, 2016
Ice Creams: Mango Ice Cream
Here is proof that you don’t have to have eggs and custard to make quick, easy, exotic-tasting ice cream. If it’s not eaten within 12...
- May 4, 2016
Ice Creams: Bay Leaf Ice Cream
It may not feel all that summery right now, but we are promised warmer weather this weekend so why not make some ice cream in...
- Apr 24, 2016
Salads: DIY Salades Composées - Part 2
See Part 1 of my Salades Composées two-part series here. Salad dressings The soy and ginger dressing (from my Smoked Salmon Salad recipe)...
- Apr 23, 2016
Salads: DIY Salades Composées - Part 1
This is part one of two - today's post on salad components will be followed by part two tomorrow on dressings. Top tips Don’t have too...
- Apr 19, 2016
Salads: Filicudi Salad
The Aoelian island of Filicudi takes its caper-growing and its salads seriously. This one – perfect as a simple starter with bread, but...
- Apr 11, 2016
Salads: Smoked Salmon Salad with Soy and Ginger Dressing
Smoked salmon with brown bread should be a treat, but when you’ve had too many garden parties with canapés of sun-warmed smoked salmon on...