Roasting tomatoes
Slow roast, fast roast, whole or halved, here’s the low-down on roasting tomatoes.
Autumn/Fall
Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad
If only our mothers and grandmothers had thought to roast these cute little buds we would have loved them at first bite!
Apple & Cranberry Pie
Whoa – this is a good one – apple & cranberry pie scented with a few grates of orange zest, topped with homemade pastry. Seconds guaranteed.
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Hero Vege | Winter
Broccoli Stir-fry with Chilli, Ginger & Oyster Sauce
This is a quickie, and scrumptious, and good for midweek.
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Lunch | Pies & Tarts | Winter
Erbazzone
Erbazzone is sweet, earthy, savoury and salty, with contrasting textures of moist filling held between flakes of buttery, salty pastry. Heaven.
- Autumn/Fall | Carbie Stuff | Dinner | Hero Vege | Winter
Polenta Pie with Eggplant
Holey Moley, this is just the thing for a freeze-ball night. And it feeds a crowd, and reasonably cheaply, too. BUT there are a few steps to it and it’s not the sort of thing to try and whip up at 6.00pm.
Witloof in the Pan
Cooked this way witloof is reminiscent of artichokes. Scrumptious.
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Main Events | Show Off | Winter
Moroccan Chicken
Mint and cumin, ginger, cinnamon and chilli, and almonds, prunes and figs, and, oh, chicken. This is spectacular!
Radicchio Salad with Caper Dressing
Sock it to ’em with this salad – colour and crunch and gutsy flavours with a bitter-sweet edge.
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Main Events | Show Off
Roasted Lamb Nuggets with Anchovy, Bacon & Shallot Stuffing
This one will ring all the bells – roasted lamb bursting with flavour and deliciously juicy, and so easy to carve. Makes a little lamb go a long way.
Hot-smoked Salmon with Sorrel, Poached Eggs & Crispy Pancetta
Whoa! What a Mamma of a brunch: salt, crunch, carbs, smoke, mouth-feel and tang: Hot-smoked salmon, sorrel, poached eggs & pancetta socks it to them!
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Hero Vege | Ilaria’s Recipes | Lunch
Autumn Mushrooms (‘shrooms!)
It’s the magical mushroom season and I’m hooked!
I’m addicted to mushrooms, or ‘the ‘shrooms’ as we call them! Frangipane Pear Tartlets
Oh-la-la … little French tarts to wow your guests. When you see those little cutie baby pears come on sale, remember this recipe. It’s made for them!
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Lunch | Soups & Suppers | Winter
Pappa al Pomodoro – Tomato & Bread Soup
Pappa al pomodoro is usually made in summer when tomatoes are ripe and plentiful, but this version, a ‘best-ever’, using both canned and roasted vine tomatoes, is scented and richly flavoured, chunky and textural, and is good at any time of year. Especially now when there is a nip in the air.
Crunchy Ciabatta Crusts
While your pot of soup is gently bubbling away, turn ciabatta crusts into crunchy nuggets. It’s easy. But the difference they make to soup is amazing.
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Salads | Show Off
Pretty in pink
This is hardly a recipe, just a combination of delicious ingredients which are somehow more gorgeously decadent when combined.
Potato & Tofu Curry
I’m addicted to curry! My favourite time to eat it is randomly in the morning – nothing like a hearty dose of leftovers to kick start the day!
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Main Events | Salads | Show Off
Pork Cutlets with Fresh Apple Salad
At my house we all fell in love with this dish at the first mouthful. The clean acidity of apple salad mingling with crème fraîche and sweet juicy pork cutlets had us all in raptures.
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Lunch | Salads | Summer
Eggplant & Date Salad
I love this freshly tossed, when everything’s all perky and standing to attention, the onion crunchy, the lemon biting fresh and the chilli gnawing the back of you throat …
We’re jammin’
You’ll be a right clever-clogs whipping up a batch of glistening tangy-sweet homemade jam
- Autumn/Fall | Dinner | Main Events | Show Off | Summer
Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Preserved Lemon
Preserved lemon and spices really work their magic on lamb, giving it a spicy sweetness which tastes just as good as it smells during cooking.
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