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...
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