This month’s recipes
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Category Archives: Wheat-free
An unforgettably good way to cook fish
I’m sorry for that rather vague and over-long title. I thought that if I called this ‘salmon confit’ you would switch off, because I’m getting a bit too fancy and, if I mentioned the words star anise and cardamom then, … Continue reading
Posted in Fish recipes, Summer recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged fast recipe ideas, fish recipes, salmon recipes
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Tagliata or Steak, Rocket and Parmesan salad recipe
Tagliata means ‘cut’ or ‘sliced’ in Italian and there are many variations on this recipe which, at its base, is a rare steak, sliced up and served with salad and a lemon, garlic and Parmesan dressing. Jill Dupleix creates a … Continue reading
Courgette and Tomato Tian recipe
Courgettes and tomatoes are now in season and therefore cheap and this tian is a truly easy and delicious way to cook them both. Tian, as I mentioned last week, is the Provençal word for an earthenware dish and, if … Continue reading
Posted in Cookery writers, Elisabeth Luard, Fast food fixes, Gluten-free, One pot, Recipes from magazines and newspapers, Spring vegetable recipes, Summer recipes, The Guardian, Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged courgette recipes, Elizabeth Luard, the Guardian, tian recipes, vegetarian recipes
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Asparagus with fried capers: Rozanne Gold again
Today’s post is a bit like last night’s dinner: short, fast and done in the gaps between everything else. I sing in a choir on a Tuesday night so I either a) eat a sandwich on the train home between … Continue reading
Rozanne Gold’s Chicken with Crème Fraîche recipe
Some friends came to dinner recently and they were a tad early…early enough for me to lose my last half hour and therefore for them to lose their dessert. As we sat around the table post the lamb tagine, I … Continue reading
Tomatoes with cream, basil and cheese
Did I say summer was back? Well it’s not, not unless you count pouring rain as summer. I went to a barbecue on Saturday night and yesterday morning I was thinking of another: you know, salad, some grilled lamb, a … Continue reading
Lamb mini-burgers with tapenade and feta
Summer’s back! We sat out on the balcony listening to the sirens of Finsbury Park last night, with barely a thought of turning the heating back on. I said barely. And with the welcome rise in temperature comes the promise … Continue reading
New new potato recipes
Sometimes you can mess too much with a good thing. I love new potatoes. Whether served hot, cold, steamed, boiled, fried or baked, in a salad or on their own, I find their taste both fresh and soothing and, like … Continue reading
Posted in Cookery writers, Gluten-free, One pot, River Cafe Easy, Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers, Salad recipes, Spring vegetable recipes, Summer recipes, The Cook Shelf, Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged Gordon Ramsay, new potato recipes, potato salad recipes, River Cafe Easy recipes
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Spinach and raisin tian recipe
All that Tesco’s shopping has sent me kicking and screaming to the South of France, at least in terms of recipe ideas. A tian, according to Larousse Gastronomique is ‘an earthenware ovenproof dish from Provence…used to prepare all kinds of … Continue reading
Tesco’s day five: asparagus carbonara
This is one of the first things I learnt to cook as a student, a version of carbonara that is not in the least bit authentic but is delicious nonetheless. I’ve added some asparagus because it’s a great partner for … Continue reading
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