Summertime oregano…
Summertime oregano Summer brings with it many perks from long lazy Sunday walks to chilled out BBQS with extended family, early rises to watch the spectacular sunrise or late-night strolls to take a little time out and reflect on our week. We are so incredibly lucky in the UK to [...]
Aquafaba – Meringues
Aquafaba – Meringues Aquafaba is the liquid that can be found preserving chickpeas. The water is full of chickpea protein and is wonderful and incredibly useful. However, when did chickpea water become popular and ‘a thing’? I don’t recall my mum using or whipping this protein-based liquid up into a [...]
Riso Gallo 3 grain vegetable bake
Summer grain & veggie bake There is not much that can beat a well-stocked larder or store cupboard, in fact I simply adore it, especially when I struggle to close the door fully and must wedge it closed with an oversized tin of tomatoes. Stocked with copious (regimentally stacked) packets [...]
Strawberry risotto with Wimbledon bubbles..
Risotto fit for centre court! Welcome back Wimbledon, we have missed you greatly! With the start of Wimbledon last week, we can all be certain of three small elements; fresh ruby strawberries, Pimm’s by the glass and the British weather which is always a little precarious over the summer. The [...]
Ravioli like a pro from Marcato!
Squid ink ravioli – Ravioli like a pro from Marcato! A beautiful recipe that showcases diversity of flavour with fantastic colour finished with a seasonal flourish of edible petals. Marcato - A toll for making a typical recipe of culture with your own hands. This is why Marcato becomes the [...]
Polenta pizza
Polenta pizza Everyone loves pizza. It is a treat with a sense of comfort and generosity. Pizza is delicious warm or cold and equally in my house its acceptable to be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. I prefer homemade pizza though, as I have control over how the dough [...]
There’s nothing Fawlty about my Basil!
There’s nothing Fawlty about my Basil! The sewing and gardening season is upon us and I anticipate many triumphs and failures along the way. I seem to always do well and have an abundance of courgettes, potatoes and tomatoes, my herb garden blooms and pretty much everything else takes [...]
Wild garlic buds..
Pickle my buds - Wild garlic Spring brings with it the long awaited and incredibly well-hidden in a hide and seek fashion, wild garlic leaves, buds, and flowers. I have only recently become aware of wild garlic, possibly over the last 5 years or so and with each passing [...]
Filippo Berio – Rustico
Filippo Berio Rustico Filippo Berio Rustico is a delicious, unfiltered extra virgin olive oil crafted for the olive oil lover amongst us all. Made without any filtration, tiny pieces of olive give Filippo Berio Rustico a rich green, slightly cloudy appearance with the most delicious, balanced flavour. A true [...]
Colomba di pasqua – Italian Easter cake
Colomba di pasqua – Easter cake Easter may seem a distant memory for now, but I still wanted to share with you how to create this simply beautiful and very speedy ‘Colomba di Pasqua, the italian Easter cake that is shaped as a dove. This cake symbolizes hope, prosperity, health, [...]
Spring dandelions
Spring dandelions – Forage these sunshine heads on your daily walk! Bittersweet and foraged makes this dish a perfect later spring treasure. I use the sunshine head of the dandelion in salads while pan frying the stalks and leaves as a side. Dandelions are best picked within the spring [...]
Olive oil & ricotta ciambella
Olive oil and ricotta Ciambella cake Food memories tend to always be happy memories because whether the food you are recollecting was good or bad, it will always be surrounded by other factors. The time you ate or made the dish, your age, and influences, who you were with [...]