In sad news; summer is over. In happy news; butternut squash season is upon us. A vegetable that truly is as much a feast for the eyes as it is for the stomach. I am serving it up simply today; roasted, tossed in a sage brown butter and enjoyed with good quality pasta. When the … Continue reading Sage Brown Butter and Butternut Squash Fusilli
Food for the eyes as well as the mouth. This vibrant and tangy curry makes for the perfect 20 minute supper. The delicate flavour of the sea bream is the perfect foil for the aromatic heat of the curry sauce and it is wonderfully easy to make. Serve with fluffy jasmine rice if you are … Continue reading Red Thai Curry with Crispy Sesame Sea Bream
Adding elegance to a classic. In England we can generally expect our summer to consist of one week of heat in May where our sun burn lasts longer than the sun itself. This year however we have been well and truly spoilt by a four month heatwave; beautiful lustrous days followed by balmy nights sipping … Continue reading Stuffed Aubergine Parmigiana
Today I am celebrating one of Italy's greatest gifts: ravioli. The beauty of Italian food is in the simple use of good quality ingredients: I made my recipe for ravioli with this mantra in mind. The filling is ricotta whipped up with lemon zest and a little seasoning and then the pasta is bathed in … Continue reading Lemon Ricotta Ravioli with Mint Butter
Brightening up Monday with this salami and ricotta flatbread! So as you guys know, if you are a frequent reader of this blog, I have a tendency to preface each recipe I share with several paragraphs of my culinary musings. Where I got the inspiration for the dish, the origins of the cuisine and why … Continue reading Salami, Ricotta and Thyme Roasted Tomato Flatbreads
So some people use Monday as motivation for healthy eating; there is a lot of #meatfreemonday and #eatclean thrown around on Instagram at the start of each week. Personally I like to go in another direction and use food as a way to beat the Monday Blues. What better way to beat the blues than … Continue reading Sausage, Broccolini and Ricotta Pizza
So there has to be one upside to this freezing and somewhat miserable weather - the food that we make to warm ourselves up. I must admit that generally I am not the biggest fan of soups. However I have been ill this week and thought that soup would be a safe stepping stone to … Continue reading Sweet Potato, Ginger and Coconut Soup
