I have long wanted to reinvent my ginger and pear pudding from MasterChef and this cake version uses raw Jersey mascarpone from Old Hall Farm.
Recipes
-
Continue ReadingThis delicious gooseberry and vanilla pannacotta makes the most of this fruit’s short-lived season. Make it today for a tasty summer dessert.
-
Continue ReadingWhen the weather is this hot, you need your sides to be amazing, and this apple, fennel and raisin slaw is perfect for summer days. Make it today!
-
Continue ReadingPimp up your cauliflower by turning into a cauliflower macaroni cheese. Add whatever other flavours you like to make this dish your own.
-
Continue ReadingMy honey harissa lamb shanks is a perfect one-pot summer dish, leaving you more time to entertain while the oven does the hard work for you!
-
Continue ReadingThis utterly delicious and fresh salad of butternut squash, asparagus and halloumi can be cooked on the barbeque or in the oven.
-
Continue ReadingThis pasta dish has fast become one of my most popular recipes and the one that everyone keeps asking me for – and it is also one of the easiest! It almost feels like a cheat to share it here, but with summer days calling for al fresco dining, here it is. Just make sure that your lemons are fresh for that extra zing, and you can use crème fraiche in place of the cream as wished. This lemon linguine pasta recipe is so versatile – serve it on its own with a green salad, with chicken or with roasted…
-
Continue ReadingA very delicious and easy halloumi and roasted vegetable tart that uses a vibrant Belazu tapenade and ready-made puff pastry for the base making this an ideal quick dinner for midweek. I roasted my vegetables for extra flavour, adding the asparagus and halloumi towards the end so that they were cooked to perfection. As ever, there are no rules – go for the flavours you like and use the veggies that are lurking in your fridge that need eating. A tomato sauce base would work just as well with this – as would a cheesy sauce! INGREDIENTS (Serves 4 easily)1…
-
Continue ReadingWild garlic is the early herald of summer days ahead, that fragrant green leaf that can be freely foraged in woodlands. For me, wild garlic is always the precursor to asparagus, which is proving to be late this year due to the continuing cold weather! Below are two lovely recipes for wild garlic, a pesto and a butter, both of which can be frozen. The pesto is made extra special with the use of walnut-leaf wrapped aged pecorino from The Tuscan Farmshop; they deliver nationwide, so why not treat yourself to this vegetarian-friendly Italian delight! WILD GARLIC & WALNUT-LEAF PECORINO…
-
Continue ReadingWith the long Easter weekend approaching, and the rule of six back in place, I asked my friends at Norfolk Gin if they could recommend a cocktail for this weekend. Their suggestion was this delicious iced Norfolk coffee designed by Sue Telford from For the Love of Gin. With temperatures set to be unseasonably warm the next few days, I suggest enjoying the iced Norfolk coffee ahead of the weekend, as well as during! If you like the flavour of Turkish coffee you will love this iced Norfolk version of the coffee classic. Turkish coffee is traditionally served without milk…