A simple and comforting dish that turns broad beans into a soupy puree that’s perfect for dipping or serving with wilted greens At this time of year in Rome, broad beans act like cheerleaders chanting “S-P-R-I-N-G” from plates and piles ...
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Thomasina Miers’ recipe for Persian rice pudding with apricot and pistachios | The simple fix
This luxurious, scented dessert is so far removed from the rice pudding you know, you’ll be an instant convert If I could tell my younger self that one day I would be encouraging people to make rice pudding, I wouldn’t ...
Read More »Antennae-to-tail eating: how to use up prawn heads and tails | Waste not
This recipe for crisp prawn heads and tails with shell salt is proof that stock isn’t the only option for these often-discarded bits of shellfish Before becoming vegetarian, I was a nose-to-tail eater, a philosophy coined by chef Fergus Henderson ...
Read More »New ways with new potatoes – recipes by Robin Gill | Four favourite recipes
Hold the butter and mint, and instead try the new-season new potatoes with preserved lemon, with peas, mint and mustard, as a risotto or even as a warm salad with oysters Prep 20 minCure OvernightCook 1 hr 20 minServes 4 ...
Read More »Stalk talk: Yotam Ottolenghi’s asparagus recipes
Asparagus: so good with nothing more than a knob of butter, but unbeatable in a ricotta tart with miso and black garlic, in Korean spicy pancakes, or with garlic pesto and tempura onions I have made a U-turn with asparagus. ...
Read More »Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for cauliflower, beetroot and asparagus salad with mustard-miso dressing | The new vegan
The search for the perfect salad – one packed with flavour and interest – may have peaked with this tangy-crunchy roast veg and asparagus number Beyond friendship, love and good health, often what I really want is a delicious salad. ...
Read More »Liam Charles’ recipe for cereal milk pull-apart bun | The sweet spot
The joy of that sugary milk left in your bowl of cereal is condensed into a fun-to-make, tactile snack Everyone loves cereal: there’s such a variety of shapes, sizes and flavours, and you often get a good splash of nostalgia ...
Read More »I wanted to order my breakfast from a waiter not an iPad
Eating is a social pleasure – touchscreens just serve to make it more solitary Last month, in New York, I saw the future, and I didn’t like it. Let me first set the scene. Booked on an eye-scorchingly early flight, ...
Read More »Coconut Tree, Cheltenham: ‘laid-back and on point’ – restaurant review
Cheap and full of charm, the Coconut Tree captures the vivid flavour of Sri Lanka The Coconut Tree, 59 St Paul’s Road, Cheltenham GL50 4JA (01242 465 758). Also in Bristol and Oxford. Dishes £2.50-£8; wines from £17 Eating well ...
Read More »Nigel Slater’s vegetable stock and soup recipes
A flavoursome broth to lift both soup and spirits I have been in need of a good vegetable stock for some time. Not one of the delicate, vegetal liquids the colour of hay but something altogether deeper, richer and more ...
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