This month’s recipes
Author Archives: Louise
Giorgio Locatelli’s beef stew with peas and potatoes
Cold, isn’t it? I turned the heating on for the first time this week and I didn’t once feel guilty about how early in September it was. And, when the light dips along with the mercury, my thoughts turn to … Continue reading
Nigel Slater’s Blueberry and Peach Cake
I’ve not been cooking, or baking very much recently. There was the small matter of having to move out of my flat for three weeks whilst it was redecorated, then there was a heatwave which never inspires me to go … Continue reading
Posted in Cake recipes
Tagged blueberries, cake recipes, Fruit recipes, Nigel Slater recipes, summer
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‘Sometimes it snows in April’: braised beans with greens
I didn’t think I’d get a chance to share this post before next winter, what with the sun coming out and all thoughts of food turning to asparagus and barbecues. But, suddenly, it’s really cold again and these beans are … Continue reading
Posted in Bean recipes
Tagged borlotti beans, gluten-free recipes, haricot beans, one pot recipes, River Cottage, vegetarian
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Palomar’s cured lemon paste
Palomar is a restaurant in central London that I discovered, along with an awful lot of other people, a couple of years ago. I ate there, for the first and only time, on my birthday after we found that our … Continue reading
Posted in Lemon recipes
Tagged Jewish food, lemon, Palomar, sauce recipes, weekend recipes
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Weekend baking: Pierre Hermé’s chocolate shortbread
A little bit of Alsace for you here, via Pierre Hermé and the Guardian. A really simple, really chocolately biscuit that takes minutes to prep and minutes to bake (though you do need to chill the dough for a few … Continue reading
Posted in Biscuits and small cakes
Tagged biscuits, Guardian recipes, Pierre Hermé, quick and easy recipes
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Fast, perfect noodles
January whizzed past at a rate of knots this year and barely anything I cooked registered as worth a blog post. Except these, which are possibly my favourite fast-food discovery for a while. Late-night food in my flat barely lifts … Continue reading
‘Forgotten’ lamb for the slowest weekend of the year
If ever there was a weekend for this recipe, it’s this one. The rush and post-prandial fug of Christmas may be lifting, but there’s still an indolence in the air, a desire not to start anything new, or too energetic just … Continue reading
Posted in Lamb recipes
Tagged Burgundy, Iris Apfel, lamb, lamb recipes, one-pot, slow-cooking
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