#salad

Chestnuts: Introduction, tips & quick ideas

There are few smells more evocative than the waft of roasting chestnuts and few more perfect ways of spending a Sunday afternoon than...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

Salads: Potato, Chorizo, Prawn and Paprika Salad

Salad doesn’t have to be something on the side or a bit of greenery bringing up the rear. It can be a starter or the main event and it...