Recipes

Not-Mince-Pie Pie

Honey buttered apples and pears baked in pine nut and candied peel frangipane: a big Christmas tart recipe that's just the right side of different.

Dec 18

Pumpkin and sage rarebit

FREE TO READ: a warming post-leaf-sweeping snack I ate in the greenhouse.

Dec 11

BBQ bugs & other stories: a bumper crop of recipes from Sydney

Balmain bugs with snow pea slaw; mango salsa; caper butter coral trout; potato and asparagus salad; plus, other seasonal deliciousness from my recent…

Dec 2

Why red cabbage isn’t just for Christmas (or braising)

And proof in recipe form: charred red cabbage glazed with pomegranate molasses, tahini, dukkah and herby, orange fregola.

Nov 13

A raw deal for raw kale and a miso salad as redress

Raw kale, softened in miso, lime and sesame oil with sprouts, edamame, apples and radishes. And not a rosy-cheeked influencer in sight.

Nov 6

Chestnut and apple ice-cream sundae

Cook along with me in the greenhouse kitchen as I make no-churn chestnut choc-chip ice-cream with hot, buttered apples and nut crumble.

Nov 1

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Smoky squash shakshuka

FREE TO READ More cosy pumpkin recipes for bonfire night and beyond. Plus, a crusty baguette recipe to serve alongside.

Oct 30

Pumpkin Day arrives & a tart to celebrate

I harvest the winter squash and make a pumpkin & roast onion filo tart. Plus, other ways to welcome the pumpkin harvest.

Oct 25

Roast onion dip for proper baguettes

I change my mind about growing onions and take a trip to Worksop to learn about real French baking.

Oct 17

Apple & chicken traybake with tricksy Florence fennel

Once I grew rows of bulb fennel beautiful enough to grace any Beatrix Potter illustration. But only once...

Oct 9

Two recipes from my cookbook for the orchard harvest

FREE TO READ: my little orchard has done beautifully this year, so here's a warm pear salad recipe and an apple pavlova from my cookbook to celebrate.

Oct 2

Rebellious fig, thyme & hazelnut cake two ways

Taking deliciously sinful pleasure in a fig born of rebellion and two fig cake recipes to revel in it.

Sep 25

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