Quick, delicious and very simple to make this hearty chowder is perfect for a winters evening. Not adding all the corn until after it has ben blended means you get a sweet pop every now and again and as it’s thickened by the potoatoe it’s gluten free. Extra virgin olive oil 1 onion diced 1 [...]
Gazpacho is a classic summer dish originating from Andalucía in Southern Spain. A peasant dish made with basic ingredients it is best made in the height of summer when the main ingredients are at their ripest and most flavoursome. Served chilled it is a refreshing dish on a hot summer evening. 100g slightly stale crusty [...]
Towards the end of the week the vegetable compartment of my fridge resembles the trodden remnants and sweepings which litter a market stall at day’s end. Stalks of limp celery, soft carrots, forgotten bits of onion which almost made it into a weekday dish co-mingle wait for their coup de grace. Broccoli is there too [...]
Here is a twist on leek and potato soup using Jerusalem artichokes. This recipe is both gluten free and vegan and perfect for a cold winter’s night. Look out for Jerusalem Artichokes at your farmers market in winter. These knobbly tubers, which look a lot like large root ginger, make a wonderful mash or in [...]
This is a wonderful soup from Allison Pirrie-Mawer (www.peasepudding.wordpress.com) Packed full of garlic it is sure to ward off any winter ills. 800g tinned broad beans 20 cloves of roasted garlic 2 cups vegetable stock 1-2 cups milk Zest of 1/2 lemon Salt & pepper to season Sweet Paprika & a good quality olive oil [...]
Jerusalem artichokes are in fact no realtion to the artichoke. Originally from North America the Jerusalem Artichoke, or Sunchoke, is related to the daisy and sunflower with a yellow daisy like flower of it’s own. The edible part, the root, is a brown knobbly tuber with a white flesh. It looks like root ginger but is [...]
Ingredients Olive oil 1/2 an onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves 2 rashers of rindless bacon, chopped 1 stalk of cellery, chopped 2 cups of peeled chestnuts* 3-4 cups chicken or vegetable stock salt and pepper Bay leaf In a little olive oil sweat off the onion, garlic, bacon and cellery. After about 5 minutes add in the [...]