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Category Archives: The Cook Shelf
Peter Gordon’s gnocchi with feta and tomato sauce
Salad was my plan today, or something about how to build one with different elements. But oh my, the weather; if it rains much more I think the colour might be washed out of the sky for good. I’m sitting … Continue reading
Posted in Cheese recipes, Chefs, Cook at home with Peter Gordon, Cookery writers, Fast food fixes, Pasta and gnocchi recipes, Peter Gordon, Peter Gordon, Summer recipes, The Cook Shelf, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged feta recipes, gnocchi recipes, Marks and Spencer, pasta recipes, Peter Gordon, summer recipes
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Bill Granger’s Greek salad with halloumi
Bill Granger again? Halloumi again? Yes, and I’m not going to apologise because it won’t be long, at least in the UK where it already feels like autumn, before tastes like this seem like a distant memory. This is a delicious mini-tweak to … Continue reading
Lime and coriander salsa and a failed Nigel Slater recipe
Sometimes the greatest ideas, the most obvious combinations lead to naught. I don’t mind my dinner being a bit rubbish if I haven’t made much effort. But when I have followed a recipe to the letter, not making any substitutions … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Granger, Bills Open Kitchen, Cookery writers, Fast food fixes, Nigel Slater, Real Food, Salsa and sauce recipes, Summer recipes, The Cook Shelf, Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged Bill Granger, easy recipes, fast recipe ideas, Nigel Slater, quick and easy recipes, sauce recipes, summer recipes
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Peter Gordon’s Tomatoes on Toast
Don’t be fooled by that innocuous description. I think these could be life-changing tomatoes on toast, the sort of tomatoes that turn ‘on toast’ from the bridesmaid to the bride. What is it with these Antipodeans and their ability to … Continue reading
Wednesday roast: classic two-lemon chicken
Why is it a Sunday roast? Why not a Monday, or Tuesday, or even Wednesday roast? Yes, yes, I get all the likely history and the fact that most of neither have the time or energy to think about a … Continue reading
Posted in Chicken recipes, Cookery writers, Donna Hay, Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, Gluten-free, Marcella Hazan, One pot, Summer recipes, The Cook Shelf, Tips you won't want to live without, Wheat-free
Tagged fast recipe ideas, Marcella Hazan, roast chicken, roast chicken recipes
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Simon Hopkinson’s anchovy and onion tart
I’ve never been much of a fan of telly chefs; I remember vaguely watching the Galloping Gourmet prancing about a kitchen in the days of black and white television, I probably watched some Delia under duress in the seventies and … Continue reading
Basil oil
My basil plant is starting to look a little leggy and unhappy. Chuffed as I am that I have managed to keep it alive for several months (probably due to the fact that I bought it from a garden centre … Continue reading
Rose Prince’s Three-Minute Spelt Bread
Tesco’s is open again, taxis are touting for business and, apart from the police officers on every street, life in my little bit of London seems to be calming down. I never thought I’d say this but I was glad … Continue reading
Posted in Bread recipes, Rose Prince, The New English Table
Tagged bread recipes, quick bread, Rose Prince
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Salbitxada…or tomato and almond pesto by another name
Is this easy? Yes. Delicious? Absolutely. Unpronounceable. Without a doubt. But I would just concern myself with the first two; you need to know what it tastes like not what it sounds like. Salbitxada comes from the Valls area of … Continue reading
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