Pink Peppercorns
Pink peppercorns are one of the prettiest spices around. Although not technically a true peppercorn, their delicate peppery taste makes them the perfect substitute when you’re looking to add a ... Read More
Golden Berries – Lost fruit of the Incas
You might know them as the Cape Gooseberry, Inca Berry, Aztec Berry, Peruvian Ground Cherry, or simply Physalis, however Golden Berries (Physalis peruviana) originate in the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes in South America andÂ...
Goji berries: The celebrity of the superfood world
These shrivelled red berries are probably one of the most well-known superfoods out there. With celebrities like Madonna raving about the health benefits of goji berries, it’s hard not to ... Read More
Sweet potato gnocchi with crispy chestnuts and wild garlic pesto
Not your conventional Easter recipe, perhaps (although it does involve an egg!), but one that we think is perfect for this time of year, celebrating one of our most beautiful natural ingredients. Why not go for a little forage over the...
Paneer Tikka Peppers
This dish actually arose by accident. I was intending to make paneer tikka kebabs: deliciously firm, bouncy cubes of Indian cheese marinated in a fragrant yoghurt tikka paste, threaded onto ... Read More
Crab spaghetti
Crab is one of my absolute favourite ingredients, but I don’t cook with it as often as I’d like, on account of it being quite expensive. If you’re a crab ... Read More
Smoked chicken tikka salad with mango, quinoa and black lentils
This recipe is inspired by Diana Henry’s cookbook, A Change of Appetite. I’ve tweaked it a bit to my own taste, adding crunchy green beans and a little more heat ... Read More
Marinated halloumi and vegetable skewers
I have a bit of an obsession with halloumi at the moment. I love its irresistible saltiness, the way it squeaks between your teeth, and the way it grills to ... Read More
Christmas granola recipe
The Christmas breakfast is always a rather uncertain affair. How on earth can we precede that lunch with anything comparably decadent? Should we even be eating breakfast on the morning ... Read More
Apple and blackcurrant crumble
Blackcurrants are such an underrated fruit. You can tell, because something like 97% of Britain’s crop of blackcurrants go into making Ribena. Only something truly neglected would end up with ... Read More
Apricot and almond tart
This is the ultimate taste of summer for me, because it involves my ultimate summer fruit: the apricot. Between about June and October, it would be a very rare thing ... Read More
Risotto with caramelized balsamic pears, blue cheese and pine nuts
You can keep your chutney. Cheese, for me, is best enjoyed paired with a lusciously ripe piece of sweet fruit to complement its mouth-coating richness and dense, fudgy texture. The ... Read More