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18 recipes
Burst Cherry Tomato Pasta Mains

Cherry Tomato

Burst Cherry Tomato Pasta

The simplest summer pasta. Cherry tomatoes burst in the pan with garlic and olive oil, making their …

Garden Caprese Skewers Sides & Snacks

Cherry Tomato

Garden Caprese Skewers

The classic Italian salad on a stick. Made with tomatoes straight from the garden, good mozzarella, …

Roasted Garlic Butter Preserves & Condiments

Garlic

Roasted Garlic Butter

Roasting transforms raw garlic into something soft, sweet, and spreadable. Mixed into butter it beco…

Forty Clove Chicken Mains

Garlic

Forty Clove Chicken

Forty cloves of garlic sounds alarming. The result is mild, sweet, and deeply savoury — the garlic b…

Classic Basil Pesto Preserves & Condiments

Basil

Classic Basil Pesto

The real thing, made when your basil plant is threatening to bolt. No food processor — a mortar and …

Bright Basil Oil Preserves & Condiments

Basil

Bright Basil Oil

A vivid green oil that keeps its colour for weeks. Drizzle over soup, pizza, grilled fish, or anythi…

Zucchini Fritters with Yoghurt Sides & Snacks

Zucchini / Courgette

Zucchini Fritters with Yoghurt

The answer to a courgette glut. Crisp on the outside, tender inside, flecked with feta and herbs. Se…

Grilled Zucchini with Feta & Mint Sides & Snacks

Zucchini / Courgette

Grilled Zucchini with Feta & Mint

One of the best things you can do with zucchini. High heat, good char, sharp feta, and fresh mint. D…

Crispy Kale Chips Sides & Snacks

Kale

Crispy Kale Chips

The best thing to do with kale that's got too tough to eat raw. High heat turns it into something sh…

Massaged Kale Salad Sides & Snacks

Kale

Massaged Kale Salad

Massaging kale with oil and lemon transforms it from tough and bitter into something tender and swee…

Honey Roasted Carrots with Thyme Sides & Snacks

Carrot

Honey Roasted Carrots with Thyme

Carrots from the garden are sweeter than anything from a bag. Roasted with honey and thyme until car…

Carrot & Ginger Soup Mains

Carrot

Carrot & Ginger Soup

The soup that makes the most of a carrot harvest. Sweet carrots, warming ginger, and a swirl of coco…

Quick Cucumber Pickles Preserves & Condiments

Slicing Cucumber

Quick Cucumber Pickles

Ready in 30 minutes, keeps for two weeks. Crisp, tangy, slightly sweet — the kind of pickle that mak…

Proper Tzatziki Preserves & Condiments

Slicing Cucumber

Proper Tzatziki

The Greek version — thick, garlicky, and cool. Made properly with strained yoghurt and squeezed cucu…

Classic Strawberry Jam Preserves & Condiments

Strawberry

Classic Strawberry Jam

The reason people grow strawberries. Made with fruit at peak season, this tastes nothing like shop j…

Strawberry Shortcake Baking & Desserts

Strawberry

Strawberry Shortcake

The American classic done properly — buttery, crumbly biscuits, barely sweetened whipped cream, and …

Classic Marinara Sauce Preserves & Condiments

Beefsteak Tomato

Classic Marinara Sauce

The sauce worth making at the height of tomato season. Freezes in batches, transforms pasta all wint…

Slow Roasted Tomatoes Preserves & Condiments

Beefsteak Tomato

Slow Roasted Tomatoes

Three hours in a low oven concentrates a glut of tomatoes into something intensely flavoured and dee…

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