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.

‘Planked’ fish

‘Planked’ fish

This traditional Scandinavian way of cooking involves fixing fillets of fish to a hardwood plank and settling it in the embers of a hot fire

Barbecued courgettes with dill, goat’s cheese, mint and yoghurt

Barbecued courgettes with dill, goat’s cheese, mint and yoghurt

Courgettes cook beautifully over fire. The high heat chars their surfaces and the smoke gives them a wonderful savoury depth

Baked peaches with vanilla, butter, thyme and brown sugar

Baked peaches with vanilla, butter, thyme and brown sugar

This wonderful late-summer dessert is easy to assemble and incredibly delicious

Rosemary focaccia with chorizo and goat’s cheese

Rosemary focaccia with chorizo and goat’s cheese

The combination of spicy chorizo, soft goat’s cheese and aromatic rosemary turns this classic Italian bread into a meal

Ham and blue cheese croquettes

Ham and blue cheese croquettes

This is a good way to use up any leftover ham, whether you have a few slices or a handful of shards and scraps. It all gets chopped up quite...
Breakfast kefir smoothie

Breakfast kefir smoothie

This is the smoothie I make most mornings. It’s quick, filling and a good way of packing plenty of goodness into the start of the day. The kefir brings a...
Homemade milk kefir

Homemade milk kefir

Kefir is one of those things I’ve come to rely on over the years, I feel it really helps me out and keep's my gut in good health. It’s deeply...
Roast Dover sole with roast asparagus, thyme, lemon and butter

Roast Dover sole with roast asparagus, thyme, lemon and butter

Dover sole is one of the finest fish to roast whole, delicate, sweet and beautifully tender when cooked simply. If you can, look for fish landed locally and caught by...
Cider and fennel seed  battered fish with the best tartare sauce

Cider and fennel seed battered fish with the best tartare sauce

There are few things more satisfying to cook, or eat, than  crisp battered fish. Good hake works brilliantly here, it stays nice and moist and flaky beneath the golden shell...
Smoky pork sausages with mustard and rosemary glaze

Smoky pork sausages with mustard and rosemary glaze

In this recipe, the sausages hot-smoke and roast at the same time and end up tasting incredible

Honey ice cream

Honey ice cream

Every time I make this ice cream it tastes slightly different to the batch before. That's because different honeys have their own individual flavour, their own character. It's got a...
Butterbean, red onion, tuna, egg and parsley salad

Butterbean, red onion, tuna, egg and parsley salad

This punchy, nutritious salad is packed with goodness and makes an ideal midweek supper, as it’s quick to make and simple to serve. Any leftovers are just the thing for...