Posted in - Press on December 13th 2015
capers creme fraiche lemon oatmeal bread porridge bread salmon pate
The bread is easy and delicious, the salmon mixture speedily combined. Ideal for a light lunch with salad or greens.
Bread Ingredients
80g porridge (produces about 325g cooked porridge)
600ml water divided up into two separate 300ml amounts
700g wholemeal flour
14g yeast (2 sachets of dried)
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp brown sugar
This makes two loaves, serving approximately 20. I …
Posted in - Recipes on May 29th 2014
Canapes courgette lemon ricotta
This is fiddly but simple. Follow the ricotta recipe if you can’t find fresh ricotta, and then read on.
Ingredients
olive oil
1 courgette
Salt
125g ricotta
1 clove garlic
Mild salt flakes such as Maldon sea salt
zest of an unwaxed organic lemon
1. If you have a mandolin, use it to slice the courgettes extremely thinly – I did mine on …
Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Recipes on October 9th 2013
comfort lemon mutton parsley pearl barley
I told two people I was making something with pearl barley in it yesterday and you’d think I had told them the pathways were lined with gold or something so if you are not excited about mutton (which you will be if you try this), you may be about pearl barley!
The words of Granny …
Posted in - Recipes on August 25th 2013
jam lemon preserving sugar rhubarb
I asked my daughter what she would like to make with the little rhubarb we had this year and she categorically said, “Jam!” It is a real treat and takes very little effort. In fact, I would go as far as to say that I even choose it over the mango and passion fruit jam …
Posted in - Salads on August 23rd 2013
borage courgettes feta lemon
Nothing but yellow courgettes have greeted us this year. And anyone who has read my last few posts will realise that we have no shortage of them! This salad happened, like so many of the best creations, by accident insofar as I used what I had. It is also supersonically healthy as well as delicious.
Ingredients
Courgettes (any …
Posted in - Recipes & Seafood on July 28th 2013
basil ceviche healthy lemon light lunch olive oil salmon
Sundays should be, I think, days of rest so that we can all switch off from our busy lives. While I think it is a good day to spend with family, today I am on my own. My husband has taken the children fishing for the first time, and then to the tank museum. So …
Posted in - Recipes & Vegetarian on July 27th 2013
Anna del Conte lemon parmesan risotto sage summer
This is based on Anna del Conte’s signature dish. The only difference is that I could not find the book with the recipe in it, and improvised so it is minus the vegetable or chicken stock, and minus celery, plus a few other alterations only because of the glut of courgettes we have at the …
Posted in - Poultry & Recipes on January 21st 2013
aubergine chicken lemon spice yoghurt
For me, January 2013 has not been great so far because I have been struck by lurgies of varying forms. Therefore the two previous recipes were comforting and this one is a mixture really; roast chicken because that for many may be preceded by comfort, and added spice, because I am getting better!
This 2kg chicken …
Posted in - Seafood on November 7th 2012
cream fish lemon parma ham simple supper
This is delicious, maybe not so pretty but made up for in taste as well as simplicity. If you do not have monkfish, use any sustainably sourced meaty white fish. The fish below is actually pollock.
Ingredients
Olive oil
Fish (150g per person)
parma ham (two slices will be more than enough per person)
Cream
Lemon
1. Heat some plates in …