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Ricotta with cherry jam on Turkish bread
I am very particular about this for breakfast, morning tea or afternoon tea or indeed any meal. Slice a Turkish bread roll in half and toast until crunchy. Spread thickly with ricotta and home made cherry jam or best quality store bought cherry conserve – I like Bonne Maman.
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Plain cauliflower cheese
This is a spice free version. Break a large cauliflower into florets and roast with olive oil for 30 minutes. Meanwhile heat 500ml milk, 4 tablespoons plain flour and 50g butter in a small pan and whisk until the butter melts and the sauce is thick. Pour over the cauliflower and top with 100g grated…
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Pumpkin curry
Heat 2 tablespoons sunflower oil in large stock pot. Add 1 onion finely sliced and 3 cloves garlic. When coloured add 4 tomatoes chopped, 1 kg pumpkin chopped into 3cm cubes, 1 teaspoon each of turmeric, cumin, ground coriander and garlic masala. Sweat the vegetables then add 400ml tin coconut milk and 250ml water and…
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Chicken and pomegranate salad
Separate the leaves of a whole lettuce. Mix the juice of one lemon, 2 tablespoons mustard and 1/2 cup olive oil. Add a handful of shredded poached chicken. Dress the salad and then top with the seeds of a pomegranate.
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Moroccan chickpea curry
Slice 2 large onions, 2 cloves garlic and grate 2 teaspoons fresh ginger. Sauté in a large pot with 2 tablespoons olive oil for 15 min. Add 1 teaspoon ground cumin and 1 teaspoon ground turmeric and 1 cinnamon stick. Mix in and cook for 2 minutes before adding a 400g tin crushed tomatoes and…
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Rubbish food lettuce soup
This uses up wilted forgotten lettuce otherwise destined for the compost. Heat 2 tablespoons peanut oil in wok and add chopped spring onions and garlic. Fry. Add 1 litre hot stock, 4 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar and a teaspoon of sugar. Add a bunch of lettuce roughly chopped and simmer for…
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Beetroot tarte tatin
Cut 6-8 beetroot into quarters (or eights if very large) and 2 red onions into quarters. Mix in 2 tablespoons brown sugar and 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar. Add 2 star anise. Put in a tarte tatin dish, cover with aluminium foil and bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees celcius. Meanwhile, defrost a sheet…
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Apple crumble
A good way to use up excess apples from my food box. Cut 6-8 apples into quarters, remove core then half the quarters so you have eighths. Butter a tarte tatin dish or pie dish then add the apples with 1 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg and 1/2 cup water. Bake in 180 degrees…
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Basil pesto
Put 6 cloves garlic, 300g chopped Parmesan cheese, 300g pine nuts, 270ml olive oil and 6 bunches basil (including stems) into a food processor and process until smooth. Spoon into large size ice cube trays and freeze for individual serves. When frozen, store in containers in the freezer as pesto does not keep well in…
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Garlic confit
Put 9 springs thyme, 9 Arbol chillies, 9 bay leaves,1 kg peeled garlic cloves and 1.5L olive oil in a large saucepan and put on the lowest heat you can. Gently heat until the oil is gently bubbling then cook for 30 minutes. When cool, place a spring of thyme, a chilli and a bay…
Fifteen Kilograms of Imperfect Lemons 