Such a glorious dish – easy, smells tantalising, tastes delicious and fills the hole. Baked pasta never lets you down.
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Sicilian Ricotta Crostata
O-ho, this is rich – chocolate, Marsala-soaked fruits and pastry – but sooooo delicious!
Rich Shortcrust Pastry
At least once in your life, make a batch of rich shortcrust pastry. You may just fall in love with it!
Hummus – Best-ever!
I love smooth and creamy hummus but loathe commercial brands that stink of processed garlic and repeat on you later with an acrid throat burn. Making it from scratch is easy.
Creamy Dreamy Hummus – I know how!
I might just have to suck this one up … yep, the old wive’s trick works.
Aquafaba
You better believe this …
Deep-fried Eggs with Chillies
Oh, the speed. And the taste! These eggs will take your breath away.
Crying lamb
Rark up the oven and get cooking a leg of lamb …
Paprika
Smoked Spanish paprika has a distinctive aroma – like a hide of leather stretched out in the sun to dry, mingled with charred chillies and cigar box.
Shallots
There’s nothing more annoying than a recipe that calls for 1 shallot (or 2, 3, 4…).
How much is that?
Crate Brewery
Putting a toe in the water is something that comes naturally to Tom and Jess Seaton. Counter Café, their London café famed for great breakfasts where everything is cooked from scratch, is situated on the Lea Canal in Hackney Wick, where you can ‘sit on our tropical pontoon and pretend you are on Waiheke Island’. […]
Pizza Bianca with Crispy Pancetta
Ho Ho Ho! Potatoes on pizza. Yeah!
Wine & Cheese Tasting in City of Light
First stop Paris, O Chateau for a wine & cheese tasting
Pizza Dough
Making your own pizza dough costs next to nothing, but you do need time.
Grilled Pizza
These pizzas are sooooo good.
Making bread
Learn the all-important steps to making bread
Persimmon & Feta Salad
This is a stunner, and a great way to get more antioxidants in your diet. Fresh and tangy, salty and crunchy, the perfect foil to a rich meal to follow.
Spaghetti Squash with Dirty Butter
Only 10 minutes prep for this? Yep.
Spaghetti Squash
It’s not a pasta, it’s a squash!
Witloof, Pear & Haloumi Salad
Fresh, fruity, sweet and salty, oh, and very cute!
Chestnut Crumble
I’m always tempted to buy fresh chestnuts. It’s their rich glossy brown shells that get me, but as soon as I’ve bought them I start fretting about what I’m going to do with them.
Feijoa & Lime Leaf Chutney
Bubble it away, but don’t let it catch on the bottom of the pot!
Witloof
Sort out the riddle: witloof, endive, chicory …
Ricotta Hot Cakes
Light-as-air hot cakes. Serve ’em up and watch them go!
Hot Times on the High
I’d happily eat everything that’s on the menu at Dishoom
Dal with Cauliflower
Cauliflower never tasted so good