A family recipe, perfect comfort food…
Category: Brunch
Spicy tomato sauce
Spicy tomato sauce, versatile and utterly delicious. I’ve been buying shedloads of @iowtomatoes while they are still available, and making tons of tomato sauce to keep us going through the winter months
Pumpkin soup
Ingredients 1/2 fennel, chopped 1 leek, sliced 1 butternut squash, peeled and chopped 2 cloves of garlic, chopped olive oil 1/2 tsp smoked chilli flakes 300 ml vegetable stock Salt and pepper Pumpkin seeds Double cream Aleppo pepper Method Add a splash of olive oil to a large saucepan, and set on a moderate…
Real Ale Chutney and apple sausage rolls
Ingredients 400 g free-range sausage meat ½ small onion, finely chopped 1 apple, unpeeled and coarsely grated 1 lemon, zest only 1 tsp dried oregano 5 tablespoons Cherry Tree Preserves Real Ale Chutney 45 g fresh breadcrumbs Maldon sea salt and fresh ground black pepper 1 pack of ready rolled all-butter puff pastry 1…
Real Ale Chutney and apple sausage rolls
Ingredients 400 g free-range sausage meat ½ small onion, finely chopped 1 apple, unpeeled and coarsely grated 1 lemon, zest only 1 tsp dried oregano 5 tablespoons Real Ale Chutney (I use Cherry Tree Preserves https://www.cherrytreepreserves.co.uk/ chutneys) 45 g fresh breadcrumbs Maldon sea salt and fresh ground black pepper 1 pack of ready rolled…
Pickled vegetables
Pickling liquor 300 ml cider vinegar (I use Belazu Co) 300 ml water 60 g caster sugar 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon black peppercorns 1 teaspoon fennel seeds 1 teaspoon coriander Optional extras: Sprig of lemon verbena, orange zest, dill fronds, green chilli. Vegetables 500 g mixed vegetables (cucumber, shallots, carrot, radish, cauliflower, kohlrabi,…
Tomato & tapenade tart
Easy peasy, and full of umami
Chargrilled asparagus with broad beans, peas, buffalo mozzarella and lemon
Ingredients 1 bunch of asparagus spears 300 g fresh peas* (or frozen equivalent) 500 g fresh broad beans* (or frozen equivalent) 4 radishes, sliced thinly 1 unwaxed lemon, zest and juice Buffalo mozzarella (4-8 small balls, or 1 large ball, torn into pieces) Extra virgin olive oil Sea salt flakes and fresh ground black pepper…
Watercress soup
Simple and delicious soup, full of nutrients and packed with flavour
Watercress, blood orange & avocado salad
The sun is out, spring flowers are emerging, and it’s time to wake up the taste buds with some deliciously peppery crisp watercress.
