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November 13, 2020

Chocolate-Coconut Muffins

This is a recipe I slightly hesitate to post, not because it isn’t delicious, but because despite testing it countless times, and lots of tweaking,..

November 2, 2020

Papa al pomodoro ravioli

Papa al pomodoro is a Tuscan peasant dish, designed to use up stale bread. It’s essentially a tomato sauce/soup, into which stale bread is added,..

November 1, 2020

Vegan red pesto

This is an adaptation of my sundried tomato and walnut pesto, which uses nutritional yeast instead of cheese. Despite not being vegan myself, I find..

October 27, 2020

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Roasted butternut & feta caramelle with Aleppo chilli butter

I couldn’t let October slide by without a squash pasta, and with Halloween just around the corner, caramelle seemed like the obvious choice. I love..

October 12, 2020

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Hot and sour paneer curry

I’m really partial to paneer, and especially to the paneer curry I developed for my book – it’s creamy and comforting, and really delicious, and..

September 19, 2020

My salsa verde

Most cuisines have some version of a herb sauce – salsa verde, mojo verde, gremolata, chimichurri, mint sauce etc. Salsa verde usually contains anchovies, but..

September 18, 2020

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Damson Ice Cream

For those who don’t know, damsons are an ancient variety of plum; small with a beautiful dark blue skin, and very, very tart, almost astringent…

September 3, 2020

Cheddar cheese cacio e pepe

I’m aware this is TOTAL blasphemy and most Italians would be horrified, but as a lover of classic cacio e pepe I was so upset..

August 20, 2020

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Vodka sauce with spinach

Vodka – for some reason I don’t fully understand – really enhances tomato sauce. It’s only relatively recently that I tried this for the first..

August 20, 2020

Courgette & basil soup

This soup is one of my favourites in the summer when the courgettes are plentiful – it’s really quick to make, full of nutritious green..

August 13, 2020

Pici with Sweet Peppers

Pici is a hand-rolled pasta, a bit like rustic spaghetti. It’s about the easiest shape you could make, as you simply roll chunks of the..

August 10, 2020

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Cavalo Nero Pasta Sauce

This sauce is the result of seeing a vat of lurid green sauce posted on Instagram by Forza Win, an Italian restaurant in Peckham (which..

August 9, 2020

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Caramel popcorn bars (aka, crack)

This recipe is so simple, but honestly the most addictive thing I’ve made in a while. I can’t leave it alone, and keep circling back..

August 8, 2020

Sarah Brown’s Poppy Seed Cake

I can’t claim any credit for this recipe. It’s from a book that shares its title with mine, The Vegetarian Kitchen, but this one was..

August 7, 2020

Watercress & walnut pesto

I realise there’s a theme of green sauces lately (I fear I’m becoming a one trick pony) but this pesto is a new obsession of..