Category: Starter
Butter beans with roasted carrots and a herby pea puree
This is a modern take on the classic vegetable side dish of boiled/steamed peas and carrots. Roasting the carrots, gives them a sweet caramel flavour that pairs nicely with the…
Caramelised Brussels sprouts with whipped harissa feta, fennel and pomegranate seeds
This dish puts Brussels sprouts in the limelight. Delicious on it’s own, but if you want something more substantial, serve with grains or crusty bread to make it more of…
Turnip, lentil and lemon soup
This is not only my new favourite soup of the season, it’s my favourite turnip recipe. The subtle sweet, peppery turnip flavour just comes through the lemony lentils to create…
Patty Pan Squash Salad
This cold crisp patty pan squash salad is perfect for a hot summers day. If you can’t get an patty pan squash, courgette will work perfectly too! The slight bitterness…
Tofu Summer Rolls
These little Vietnamese fresh summer rolls are delightfully refreshing. They contain a selection of colourful julienned vegetables (carrot, beetroot, cucumber batons), fresh herbs, lettuce, rice noodles and marinated paper tofu…
Radicchio, blood orange and almond salad
This is a common Italian dish, with bitter radicchio leaves paired with the sweet, similarly seasoned blood oranges. Toasted almonds are added for extra crunch and creaminess. This is all…
Jerusalem artichokes and butter beans with baked portobello mushroom and whiskey sauce
The Scottish have been cooking with whiskey forever and now I’ve tried it – it is clear why! This whiskey sauce just goes so well with the creamy butter bean…
Vietnamese hot, sweet and sour tamarind soup
You can put any vegetables/tofu in this soup, along with the essential pineapple (for sweetness), tamarind (for sourness), chilli (for heat), and herbs (for those herbaceous flavours). This Vietnamese soup…
Mackerel fillet with beetroot, bramley apple and horseradish.
It can be hard to balance mackerel, since the flavour is so strong, but this dish seems to achieve it well. It’s got sweetness from beetroot, sharpness from apples, heat…
Smoked salmon, fennel, orange, avocado and watercress salad
This is influenced by a Chris Galvin recipe. It is bursting with wonderful flavour combinations and textures and is great for a light starter. Serve with buttered toasted crusty bread…
