There are few greater pleasures in life than a ripe tomato bursting in your mouth. Like liquid sunshine. Deliciously sweet and ludicrously easy, this recipe is perfect for a starter or light lunch – I’ve even made mini-ones as party canapés. ***WARNING: PLEASE USE RIPE TOMATOES OTHERWISE THIS DISH WILL TASTE ANEMIC AND MAKE YOUR … Continue reading
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Ultimate meatballs in tomato sauce
I admit that there are as many recipes for meatballs out there as there are Italian grandmothers. But I urge you to have faith and try these succulent beauties as it’s just ridiculous how good they are. I would venture as far as to say that they are the last word in meatballs…and the sauce … Continue reading
Spanish supper: Quick cod, butter bean & tomato stew
I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend and made the most of the sunshine while it lasted. It was a weekend of extremes in Cornwall – on Saturday and Sunday we had scorching sunshine with hardly a breeze or white horse in sight; on Monday we battled against horizontal driving rain in our windbreakers … Continue reading
Ricotta-stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in Parma ham
Sometimes simple is best and I feel my midweek supper posts would be missing something if there wasn’t a stuffed chicken breast rolling around somewhere. Whilst not wildly adventurous, this dish is so quick, (almost embarrassingly) easy and darn tasty – you could serve it to last-minute guests and you’d have clean plates and smiling … Continue reading
Chicken in kiwifruit & chili marinade
I’m in the middle of a minor kiwi crisis. I love kiwifruit and often have them for breakfast (next to my crumpets, of course). But the last lot I bought have jumped straight from unripe to almost off; they are beginning to shrivel yet are still too hard to eat and are eye-wateringly sour. I … Continue reading