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Caribbean Cake with Orange Mascarpone Icing
Collette and Les are having an opening party for their allotment plot. We begin to believe it is an allotment plot but for a time there were rumours that Les was building a miniature Taj Mahal. Les is taking great care with careful brick laying, edging and seed planting. I could picture their plot winning an award at the Chelsea Flower…
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Courgette Flower Tempura
My daughter-in-law Sam is having fun with allotment produce. Strawberry jam sounds good ! And now the courgettes are growing inches every day. Never let them get too big. What you cannot eat give away; large courgettes never will become marrows. Here our favourite everyday recipe is to cut the courgettes into batons, dust them…
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Recipe of the Day 10th July – Hummus
Hunting through my store cupboard, I came across chickpeas near their best before date. In homage to Greece, I had to use them and made hummus. Perfect for an easy summer lunch as we had a rustic loaf, Pecorino cheese, crisp lettuce and some radishes to hand. – Susan
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Recipe of the Day 9th July – Beetroot, apple and dill salad
Inspiration for this salad came from Natalia Conroy’s book, The Kitchen Orchard. Refreshing and tangy, it was excellent yesterday, served with salmon, for a pre-theatre supper. 2 medium sized raw beetroot, peeled and coarsely grated 3 eating apples, peeled cored and coarsely grated A bunch dill, stalks removed and finely cut 1 tsp capers 1 tsp Dijon…
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Recipe of the week w/c 6th July – Artichokes, Peas and Broad Beans
Artichokes, Peas and Broad Beans Artichokes, peas and broad beans are a true taste of summer. This is our dish of the week. An equally good variation is to substitute a generous shake of sumac for the capers. I haven’t shelled all the broad beans but sliced some of the smaller ones in their pods to give more…