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Flourless chocolate and raspberry cakes with rose cream
These cakes are outrageously rich. Buy the best chocolate you can afford, as it will make a huge difference to the flavour. A word of warning: do make sure that your microwave is on the lowest setting and that you stir the chocolate every 10 seconds, as it can burn so…
Chocolate and walnut oil pâté, orange peel muesli and walnut cream
A rich, indulgent dessert which shows a little quirkiness. It also feels a bit restauranty, so you may want to save it for when you have guests. On the other hand, you may feel as if you deserve it yourself, so go ahead. The muesli is actually crossed with a kind of…
Boozy prune and honey cake
Soaking prunes in brandy (we like to use Somerset cider brandy) makes this a great dinner party dessert, and it can be made the day before. Serve it with good-quality vanilla ice cream or crème fraîche. If you want to add a further touch, soak a few more prunes, say…
Peanut butter cheesecake with salted toffee sauce
A very bad dessert, almost an overload of naughtiness, if there is such a thing. We have included cocoa nibs, which are roasted cacao beans; they are quite bitter, yet have a deep chocolate flavour that helps to give the base an intriguing taste. As there is no baking…
Baked pineapple with crispy rice and roasted white chocolate
This is an amazing dessert; however, with this recipe you are entering a chef’s world: using caramel and roasting white chocolate. Those of you who have worked with chocolate before will know that it does not like extreme heat. However, the results are quite…
Whey-poached purple-sprouting broccoli with sesame
You will need the whey from the Baked beetroot, home-made curds and toasted sunflower seeds recipe (see here) for this dish; no point going through the process of making it again. Poaching the broccoli in whey gives an unusual tang, and it’s also a good way to use a…
Roast turnips and caramelised apples with cider glaze
Just to clear a few things up first: when I say turnips I mean the ones that are white with a light purple tinge; the vegetable which is pale yellow with a purple top is a swede. Both are good, but the flavour of swede tends to be a bit stronger. Roasting the turnips…
Raspberry, pickled rhubarb and pink peppercorn salad
Summery, zingy and a bit quirky. This fruity salad would work nicely with the richness of the Cauliflower sheep’s cheese with fried mustard crumbs . This is the type of dish that benefits from a few hours of infusing. Pink peppercorns are actually not a true pepper…
Radishes with garlic milk dressing
Radishes are amazing little things. We used to slice them and add them to salads but we decided one day to make a feature of them. We have tried quite a few dressings, but this version is the most popular. Cooking the garlic in milk tones it down and the flavour…
Little Marmite potatoes
Originally a byproduct of the brewing industry, Marmite is great for vegetarian cooking. If you ever have a gravy or soup which is lacking that certain something, just add 1 tsp of Marmite and taste the difference – it will give depth. In this recipe we have paired it…
Kohlrabi, gherkin and apple salad
If you have not used kohlrabi before, give it a go. Its flavour hovers between cabbage, radish and broccoli and it looks like … errrrm … kohlrabi. It is technically an autumn vegetable but you can get hold of it earlier – it’s just a bit smaller. It can be eaten…
Honey-glazed carrots with chervil
A nice way to cook carrots, which accentuates their sweetness. Chervil is a pretty herb and always makes a good garnish, but equally works well as an ingredient. It has a mild aniseed flavour. You may find it hard to get hold of, so you could use tarragon instead, or…