TO DRINK: If not ouzo, the fresh nuttiness and slight saltiness of Monis Fino sherry suits this dish perfectly.
Print Recipe Prickly pear, smoked chicken and radish salad with baby spinach and pesto croutons Serves: 2 Cooking Time: 20 mins Ingredients 8 thin slices of baguette 30ml (2 tbsp) basil or rocket pesto 10ml (2 tsp) olive oil 750ml (3 cups) baby spinach 2 prickly pears, quartered or sliced 1 smoked chicken breast, thinly
Halve the breadcrumbs and increase the herb ratio. Mussels are low in fat so reducing the carbs makes this healthy.
Print Recipe Sweet potato, banana and cinnamon loaf cake with meringue buttercream Serves: 2 x 25cm loaf cakes Cooking Time: 1 hour 30 mins Ingredients CAKE 200g (1 cup) brown sugar 2 large eggs 125ml (½ cup) milk 80ml (? cup) vegetable oil 15ml (1 tbsp) vanilla extract 150g cake flour, sifted 7ml (1,5 tsp)
Print Recipe Honey and lemon semifreddo Ingredients 1 large egg 4 large egg yolks 125ml (½ cup) honey 310ml (1¼ cups) fresh cream zest of 1 lemon a squeeze of lemon juice Instructions 1 Using a large heatproof bowl, beat the egg and egg yolks with the honey over a saucepan of simmering water until
Print Recipe Fish skewers with aubergine, peppers and sun-dried tomato Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 30 mins Instructions 1 Chop 1 large aubergine, 1 seeded green pepper and 500g fresh hake into large chunks. Soak 50g sundried tomatoes in boiling water and leave to stand for about 10 minutes. Assemble the skewers by threading each ingredient
Print Recipe lemon cream shortbread sandwiches Serves: 12 Cooking Time: 5 mins plus 4 hours for freezing Instructions 1 To make the lemon cream, combine 200ml chilled crème fraîche, 70g good-quality lemon curd and the zest of 1 lemon in a chilled bowl and beat until firm peaks form. Line a baking tray with wax
SAUCE 20ml (4 tsp) cooking oil 5ml (1 tsp) hot curry powder 10ml (2 tsp) turmeric 5ml (1 tsp) coriander powder 2 onions, sliced 15ml (1 tbsp) chopped…
If the ancient Romans had discovered this tangy salad in time, perhaps their Empire wouldn’t have fallen. Caesar salad actually has nothing to do with old Julius and the emperors who followed him. It was invented in Tijuana, Mexico, sometime in the 1920s, by chef Caesar Cardini, who used leftovers to create a salad for guests in his restaurant. The original dish contained romaine (cos) lettuce, croutons, Parmesan, salt, pepper, lemon juice and a coddled egg. These ingredients appear in most modern versions of the salad, but there is endless argument about the rest. Some insist on anchovies, some on…
Print Recipe Ricotta, honey and almond ice cream Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 10 mins plus extra for freezing Ingredients SYRUP 200g (1 cup) sugar 125ml (½ cup) water 10ml (2 tsp) ground cardamom 45ml (3 tbsp) ready-made coffee ICE CREAM 500ml (2 cups) fresh ricotta 60ml (¼ cup) milk 190ml (¾ cup) syrup honey, to