• The lovely thing about Eccles cakes is that you can eat them whenever you like. They’re delicious for breakfast or with a bit of cheese and some beer…

    Print Recipe Pickled carrots Serves: 5 as a garnish Cooking Time: 2 hours 30 minutes (or up to 1 week) + extra, to cool Ingredients 1 large carrot 110ml water 110ml rice wine vinegar 65g sugar Instructions 1 Peel the carrot, slice as thinly as possible lengthways using a mandoline and julienne the carrot. 2

    Broccoli Presto Pasta “I made the broccoli pesto from Donna Hay Fresh and Light. I chose this dish simply because, when paging through a recipe book, a pasta dish always tends to catch my eye. My dad’s Italian so we grew up on pasta and, for me, it’s the best kind comfort food – perfect for this cold weather that we’ve been having. Plus, any pasta dish is always a winner in our home. The dish really didn’t take much effort at all and, to me, it was a very healthy and tasty pasta dish. I added a touch of…

    Roast leg of lamb with Baharat and vegetables. "I chose to make the roast leg of lamb with baharat and vegetables from Moorish: Flavours from Mecca to Marrakech by Greg and Lucy Malouf (page 116). Baharat is an all-purpose Arab dry spice mix that can be used for marinades, stews and when braising meat as well. I did this roast simply because I’m a sucker for lamb and I appreciate all the aromatic spices in this recipe. I loved the fact that I could mix my own spices, so knowing exactly what is in the mix. I must admit that…

    Print Recipe Sherry peas with quail eggs and ham Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 20 Ingredients Sauce 30ml (2 tbsp) olive or avocado oil 4 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced 1 red onion, chopped 8 slices ibérico or serrano ham 60ml (¼ cup) full-cream sherry 60ml (¼ cup) vegetable stock 500g frozen peas Maldon sea
    Print Recipe Kudu and Chantarel mushrooms Serves: 9 hrs 30 mins Cooking Time: Makes 1,5L Ingredients 1,5kg meaty beef stock bones (with lots of marrow, including knuckle bones if possible) 50ml water 45ml (3 tbsp) vegetable oil 500g onions, unpeeled and roughly chopped 250g carrots, roughly chopped 250g celery, roughly chopped 3 garlic cloves, bruised