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.
Pickled cucumbers with dill & oak
Try to find fresh little cucumbers or gherkins that smell sweet and are firm to the touch, as these will give you pickles with the best flavour
The FLT with proper tartare sauce
If you like a good BLT, then you're going to go wild for an FLT. Hot, buttery fish scented with garlic and herbs, sweet ripe tomatoes, cool crisp lettuce and a generous spoonful of proper tartare sauce
Courgette flowers filled with peas, dill and mint
Lots of good fruit and vegetable markets will sell small boxes of courgette flowers – they’re a special part of the plant.
Chicken with green olives, preserved lemon, peppers, smoked paprika, oregano and spelt
It’s easy to get stuck in a rut with your cooking, particularly when that rut is absolutely delicious. Take roast chicken, for example
Slow roast tomato and roasted garlic pizza
Ripe summer tomatoes are hard to beat, especially when they've had plenty of sunshine.
A blueberry clafoutis
A clafoutis is a traditional fruit pudding from the Limousin region of France. It’s usually made with black cherries but blueberries are equally good
Pork rillettes
This classic French preparation of seasoned, shredded pork belly, gently cooked in its own fat, is one of the finest preserved pork dishes I know
Fermented cucumbers
If you like pickles and ferments, then you have to make these. They're wonderfully crisp, tangy and full of flavour, and a brilliant way to deal with a glut of cucumbers if you grow your own.
An Egg curry
I love a good egg curry. It's one of those recipes that's simple to bring together, packed with flavour and surprisingly satisfying.
Lamb ribs with fennel, garlic and lemon
There’s something irresistible about the combination of sizzling lamb fat, heat and smoke
Campfire roast fish fillets with burnt lemon and thyme
For this super-easy recipe, you’ll need a wire bread-toaster or some other form of grill basket – it needs to be shallow, so that it holds the fish fillets and lemon snugly
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..
