Harissa, Ricotta & Tomato Frittata
A frittata for two, baked in the oven with cherry tomatoes, spinach and little pockets of harissa ricotta. Line the tin with baking paper and you can just lift it out – no washing up. India, your brunch is ready!
Creamy Roast Fennel Pasta with Lemon Pangrattato
An easy Saturday-night staple, built around a fennel that had been lurking in the bottom of the fridge. My lovely friend Tia brought me a proper Italian lemon, so its zest went into the pangrattato. Fennel pollen is a bit…
Egg Fried Rice
A very quick cook, and the best way I know to use up leftover rice. In fact, it’s better made with leftovers – day-old, cold rice is exactly what you want. What did it take? About three minutes.
Raspberry & Almond Crumble
I go through my freezer every so often to use things up, and a bag of languishing frozen raspberries became these incredibly quick crumbles for two. Almonds and raspberries are a marriage made in heaven, so there are ground almonds…
Vanilla Raspberry Creams
You know I’m not big on desserts, and I don’t like custard, so this is my poor man’s trifle. I made it to run down a bag of frozen raspberries, and a bargain Madeira cake did the rest. Who needs…
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…
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…
Baked vegetable & herb frittata
For this recipe you can use whatever veggies you have and like. I used cabbage, peas, pepper, shallots, leeks, broccoli and mushrooms. You could use 2 or more veg and variations are endless. Delicious served hot or cold and will…
Romesco Sauce
A classic Spanish sauce which is usually served at room temperature. There are many variations but mine doesn’t have breadcrumbs as I think they are unnecessary and means this sauce is then gluten free. My own personal twist to this…
Tagliatelle with Roast Fennel & Lemon Pangritata
Fennel is one of my favourite vegetables and it’s the hero of this dish.