This is a great stand-by aromatic, mild curry with loads of flavour. It is made mainly from store cupboard/freezer staples. With ingredients like frozen hake, a can of coconut milk and some spices from the store cupboard it can be rustled up in less than 15 minutes.
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Pide or pizza?
I have long been a fan of thin, crisp, freshly made pizza. Especially if cooked in a wood fired oven. What I did not realise that a Turkish version called pide is just as delicious. Turkey like other Middle Eastern countries, has beautiful flat bread which are cooked quickly and topped with a small amount of delicious, simple ingredients such as spinach, kasar cheese, onion, walnuts and red pepper or, diced beef, tomato, green pepper and parsley.
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Pickled cherries
The inspiration for this recipe is from Diana Henry's beautiful book - Salt, Sugar, Smoke. It has many ideas to inspire the keen cook, particularly at this time of the year. But these cherries were prepared in a sweet pickling juice back in July and have been waiting for an opportunity to pair up with a suitable cheese or meat.
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Roast parsnips with Romesco sauce
Romesco sauce is vibrant red Spanish sauce made from the best of its ingredients – sweet red peppers, chilli, garlic and tomatoes, almonds and Spanish sherry vinegar. It’s appeal is the sweet, sour piquancy which is a perfect match for roasted vegetables chips, chicken and fish. There are many versions of this sauce but this is a simple one made mainly from store cupboard ingredients.
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Blueberry and hazelnut yogurt cake with lemon and poppy seeds
If I make a cake I like to enrich it with some nutritious ingredients including, fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds. I also like to use interesting flour. Last year I hunted around for a basic, cake recipe that could be adapted to the seasons. I came up with a wonderful plum and almond cake which can be adapted to be gluten free by substituting gluten free flour for plain flour. This year I have tweaked the recipe and used yogurt instead of buttermilk and added a few other complementary ingredients.
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