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A plastic container filled with slow-roasted tomatoes covered in olive oil, showing shrivelled, glossy red tomato halves and seasoning.

Confit Tomatoes

These are fabulous little flavour bombs which can be used on canapes, as a garnish, on a pizza or delicious on a bruschetta GET AHEAD: I make these in a large batch as they store in an airtight container in…

Five plates each feature a salad of sliced red and yellow heritage tomatoes, topped with a ball of burrata cheese, fresh herbs, black pepper, and a drizzle of olive oil, arranged on dark round plates.

Marinated Tomatoes with Burrata

Macerating the tomatoes for a couple of hours, brings out all their juicy sweetness and the marinade can be used as a dressing. If you can’t get hold of burrata, try using buffalo mozzarella. If you can’t get hold of…

A pot filled with various fresh vegetables and herbs, including leeks, celery, carrots, parsley, thyme, and chives, arranged together and ready for cooking, possibly to make vegetable stock or broth.

Pressure cooker chicken stock

In a recent class I ran we started by sampling shop bought stock, homemade and reduced homemade. The difference in flavour was a revelation to the class and they could tell that with a bit of effort, you have a…

Four photos show two whole chickens: top left and right are raw, bottom left shows one being basted whilst roasting, and bottom right displays both chickens cooked, golden and crispy on a baking tray.

The best roast chicken you’ll ever eat

The joy of this recipe is a perfect roast chicken in 1 hour Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt can be bought online and is really worth having as one of your kitchen staples. It’s the least salty of all the salts…

Best Homemade Focaccia

Best Homemade Focaccia

I’ve struggled and tested so many recipes and techniques to find the easiest, perfect focaccia bread and – I think, I’ve found it! It’s super easy but be accurate. Most important ingredient is time – this cannot be rushed no…

An open flatbread wrap topped with herbed chicken pieces, chopped lettuce, diced tomatoes, sweetcorn kernels, and a white sauce, ready to be folded.

Goan Chicken Cafreal

This recipe might seem like a lot of ingredients but once they are in the mini chopper, and blitzed, that’s all the hard work is done! This recipe is very specific to Goa; packed full of flavor and including coconut…

A frying pan filled with arroz con pollo, showing seasoned chicken, rice, tomatoes, red peppers, and fresh parsley on top. The dish looks freshly cooked and colourful.

Chicken and chorizo rice

Another easy one pot dish. The important thing here is to make sure you use cooking chorizo as the cured ones will dry out and become too hard. It’s also vital to use the correct rice.