Recipes
Welcome to my recipes

There are getting on for 1000 in this collection. They’re all simple, seasonal and very achievable, whether you’re cooking something quick and light or settling in for something slow and comforting. The recipes here reflect the way I cook at home and the way I like to eat; they are very much shaped by the seasons and by the ingredients themselves.

To help you find your way around my recipes, use the search bar below, it allows you to explore the recipes in whatever way suits you. You can choose a season, select a course, or search by recipe type. With so many here, it's a good way to make browsing easier and more intuitive. Many of the following recipes are accompanied by video, so you can cook along or just get a sense of the dish before you begin.

Pavlova with strawberries, cardamom, honey and rose petals

Pavlova with strawberries, cardamom, honey and rose petals

I have lots of recipes for delicious pavlova's but this one has to be the prettiest. Topped with strawberries, cardamom, honey..

Runner beans with hot-smoked mackerel, horseradish & tarragon

Runner beans with hot-smoked mackerel, horseradish & tarragon

this salad of smoked mackerel, peppy horseradish and sweet tarragon offers an altogether different way to enjoy them

My kind of lamb kofte

My kind of lamb kofte

Good lamb or hogget has so much flavour, it can handle pungent spices like the ones I’ve chosen here

Fire-roast mackerel with tomatoes and aubergine purée

Fire-roast mackerel with tomatoes and aubergine purée

Mackerel has to be my favourite fish for cooking outside over an open fire. Its skin crisps beautifully while underneath the oily flesh stays moist and tender

Bashed cucumbers with green chillies, mint and spring onions

Bashed cucumbers with green chillies, mint and spring onions

Bashed cucumbers with green chillies, mint and spring onions — a bright, punchy salad that comes together in minutes.
Slow-cooked lamb tagine with chickpeas, prunes, saffron and preserved lemon

Slow-cooked lamb tagine with chickpeas, prunes, saffron and preserved lemon

This is a wonderfully comforting dish that fills my kitchen with the scent of warm spices as it cooks.
A summer raspberry and almond tart

A summer raspberry and almond tart

Raspberries and almonds are a combination that seem made for each other. In summer, when the berries still have a hint of acidity, they balance the rich frangipane beautifully.
Dorset Lobster Rolls

Dorset Lobster Rolls

There aren't many things that say summer quite like a really good lobster roll. If you get the chance to make these over the warmer months, I promise you won't...
Smoky aubergine tacos

Smoky aubergine tacos

Like meat, vegetables really benefit from the slow-and-smoky cooking treatment. Aubergines are particularly suited to it

A salad of courgettes, chicken, dill, spring onions and mint

A salad of courgettes, chicken, dill, spring onions and mint

I think courgettes are a little underrated. Perhaps it's because they share their name with the much larger marrow, which tends not to inspire quite the same enthusiasm in the...
Grilled duck breasts with rosemary and garlic

Grilled duck breasts with rosemary and garlic

I keep the fire gentle here – a bed of slow-glowing embers is all you need. This gives the duck fat time to soften and render, resulting in deliciously crisp skin

Pit-baked lobsters in seaweed with aïoli

Pit-baked lobsters in seaweed with aïoli

This is a lovely way to cook whole lobsters. They steam gently and evenly in the seaweed and stay lovely and moist