This month’s recipes
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Author Archives: Louise
Moro’s marrow, or how to turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse
The summer, such a lovely warm summer, seems a long time ago as I sit looking out of the window at torrential rain and listening to the thunder. But it is only five weeks since I met my old friend … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn recipes, Green veg recipes
Tagged marrow recipes, Moro, Polpo, River Cafe, The Providores
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Polpo’s runner beans with Pecorino and red onion
Runner beans in my world have, until now, always meant two things: a stringy challenge that is like eating dental floss and a constant reminder of my grandparents’ incredible green-fingeredness. Not a summer went by when we didn’t either eat … Continue reading
A little something to cool you down: iced coffee
There are few days, or years, in England when I really can’t bear the heat of coffee. And since I drink very little of it, or rather can only drink very little of it, the idea of pouring it over … Continue reading
Unbelievable herb salad with butter and almond dressing
There is a great thrill, to me at least, in discovering not so much a recipe as a tip. So when I recently learnt that the best way to peel ginger was by using a teaspoon (thanks Debora) I was … Continue reading
Posted in One pot, Ottolenghi The Cookbook, Salad recipes, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged salad recipes, summer recipes, Yotam Ottolenghi
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It’s salmorejo and gazpacho weather
I’ve never understood the notion of barbecues. Why, when it is already boiling hot, would you want to light a big fire and stand over it getting hotter? No, when it’s 30° (oh, it’s such a treat to write that) … Continue reading
Posted in Claudia Roden, One pot, Soup recipes, Summer recipes, Tomato recipes
Tagged Ballymaloe, Claudia Roden, Cordoba, soup recipes, Spanish recipes
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Wines of Chile and a Chilean pebre
A few months ago Stella and I did a tasting with Spanish wines; I’m sure you can imagine how much I hated that. It was a great success, particularly since food-matching with Spanish wines is such a joy. And so … Continue reading
Quick blog, quick breakfast: avocado on toast
One of my favourite breakfasts on the planet is pan con tomate, a salty-sweet delight that goes perfectly with good coffee. It might also be my favourite because usually I have it in Granada, and if I’m there I will … Continue reading
Summery socca
You’ve probably never heard of socca. I hadn’t until a year ago when I found it in one, then two, cookery books, both written by Francophile North Americans (David Lebovitz and Dorie Greenspan). It is a chickpea (gram) flour pancake … Continue reading
Ballymaloe and Patatas (well, what else?!)
Three weeks ago I volunteered at the first Ballymaloe food festival, which took place just outside Cork in Ireland. It was a delight: I saw good friends, watched many an idol (Claudia Roden, Jancis Robinson, Rory O’Connell), found ingredients that I have never seen … Continue reading
In praise of craft…the joys of baking with a master
Yesterday I took my godson/nephew Matt for his long-overdue, ‘well-done-on-your-exam-results’ present: a class on bread-making at The Bertinet Kitchen Cookery School. Bread, or rather the baking of it, has become a bit of an obsession of mine and, having met Richard Bertinet at Port … Continue reading
Posted in Bread recipes, Dough
Tagged Bertinet Kitchen, bread making, real bread, Richard Bertinet, Ritz Escoffier
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WTF Do I Eat Tonight? 