Peppery mushroom salad with a separated yoghurt dressing and Parmesan shavings
Because you add the acidic lime to the yoghurt, it will separate – don’t worry, it’s supposed to. If you have any deep, chocolatey urfa pepper, sprinkle over a ...
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Peppers stuffed with apple and mascarpone
Rather an unexpected mix this – peppers with apple – but it’s fresh and a bit festive.Goes especially well with white fish fillets with mussels and saffron....
A chicken salad for cheats with lovely lemony mayonnaise dressing
So I’ve arrived! After nearly four hours of nose to tail in searing temperatures on Dante’s inner infernal circle also-known-as the M25 I’ve managed to escape o...
Warm salad of smoked trout, asparagus and beluga lentils
A lovely, summery salad of smoked trout….you could add soft-boiled eggs and transform it into a kind of exotic kedgeree.If you wanted to cheat even more you...
how to cook couscous – even people who normally find it boring think this is not
“You probably began exchanging gastronomic intimacies as early as your first date, and by now she must be dying to taste some of the specialties you’ve describe...
Halloumi Kebabs With Peanut Butter Sauce
I have a lot to thank my vegetarian colleague for. I wouldn’t normally eat strictly vegetarian food, but increasingly I am finding that there is much to be said...
Smoking Gentle Giant Beans with Cheese and Spinach
Love at first sightOszkar, one of our Hungarian Vizslas, fell in love with a brindle Great Dane called Jazz. I will never forget one heart-stopping moment ...
About Poppadoms – What They Are and How To Cook Them to Perfection
There are many ways of spelling poppadoms – papadum, papadom, poppadam, and even papad to name just a few.However, almost all are made with black gram flour...
Duck livers – a dead simple method and a very slightly more sophisticated concept
We recently had to collect a colleague from Schipol airport horridly early in the morning. We made it bearable by staying nearby in the old Dutch village of Abc...
Blank canvas two peas and pumpkin seed salad
This recipe is for a sort of contradiction in terms – an interesting and original green salad! It’s very good in its own right – the sugar snap peas and the see...