RECIPES

Salsa Verde Mayo Chicken Kebab

Salsa Verde Mayo Chicken Kebab

It’s so simple to combine mayonnaise and Italian salsa verde as a marinade for an oven baked or air fryer chicken breast kebab that is moist, super herby and definitely magical! I have used good quality mayo for many purposes in my kitchen but ‘food glue’ has not been...

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Salsa Verde Sauce

Salsa Verde Sauce

This salsa verde recipe is my take on the classic Italian recipe for ‘green sauce.’ It’s a close cousin to the Spanish mojo verde sauce and the Mexican chimichurri sauce. Capers and anchovies are distinct to the Italian green sauce.  An easy salsa verde...

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Apple Custard Fillo Crinkle Pie

Apple Custard Fillo Crinkle Pie

This apple custard fillo crinkle pie is my quirky imagining of a most happy union between the Austrian Apfelstrudel (apple strudel) and the Greek Galaktoboureko (custard pie). It’s a twice baked dessert that ensures the crispiest fillo and the creamiest baked vanilla...

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Apple & Sultana Hand Pies

Apple & Sultana Hand Pies

These spiced-apple and sultana pastry parcels are quick and easy if you use pre-rolled frozen shortcrust pastry. Hand pies bake in convenient individual portions. Cardamon and plump verjuice-soaked sultanas are my secret ingredients.   If I’m going to use...

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Apple & Sultana Lattice Pie

Apple & Sultana Lattice Pie

A quick and easy apple & sultana lattice pie? It will be if you use frozen pre-rolled shortcrust pastry. All you need to focus on is making my delicious cardamon spiced apple & sultana pie filling.    If I’m going to use frozen pastry,...

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BBQ Massaman Curry Lamb Shanks

BBQ Massaman Curry Lamb Shanks

Yes, you can BBQ lamb shanks! Let me show you how the braised and barbequed method will result in a succulent sticky caramelised crust without missing out on fall off the bone tender lamb!   And what better way to get sticky then with a Thai inspired...

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Thai Green Pawpaw Salad

Thai Green Pawpaw Salad

This guilt free vibrant Thai green pawpaw salad recipe works beautifully with my BBQ Massaman Curry Lamb Shanks. It pairs just as well with almost any protein, BBQ prawns, grilled steak, steamed fish, chicken skewers and the like.    Don’t be put off if...

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Green Goddess Salmon Salad

Green Goddess Salmon Salad

This hot smoked salmon salad heroes my green goddess dressing recipe. As a midweek dinner can’t get any more virtuous. There is nothing to feel guilty about on this plate!  I keep a couple of packs of hot smoked salmon in my fridge and pull this salad together...

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