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18 recipes built around the crops in these guides — from what to do with a courgette glut to making the most of peak tomato season.
Mains
Cherry Tomato
The simplest summer pasta. Cherry tomatoes burst in the pan with garlic and olive oil, making their …
Sides & Snacks
Cherry Tomato
The classic Italian salad on a stick. Made with tomatoes straight from the garden, good mozzarella, …
Preserves & Condiments
Garlic
Roasting transforms raw garlic into something soft, sweet, and spreadable. Mixed into butter it beco…
Mains
Garlic
Forty cloves of garlic sounds alarming. The result is mild, sweet, and deeply savoury — the garlic b…
Preserves & Condiments
Basil
The real thing, made when your basil plant is threatening to bolt. No food processor — a mortar and …
Preserves & Condiments
Basil
A vivid green oil that keeps its colour for weeks. Drizzle over soup, pizza, grilled fish, or anythi…
Sides & Snacks
Zucchini / Courgette
The answer to a courgette glut. Crisp on the outside, tender inside, flecked with feta and herbs. Se…
Sides & Snacks
Zucchini / Courgette
One of the best things you can do with zucchini. High heat, good char, sharp feta, and fresh mint. D…
Sides & Snacks
Kale
The best thing to do with kale that's got too tough to eat raw. High heat turns it into something sh…
Sides & Snacks
Kale
Massaging kale with oil and lemon transforms it from tough and bitter into something tender and swee…
Sides & Snacks
Carrot
Carrots from the garden are sweeter than anything from a bag. Roasted with honey and thyme until car…
Mains
Carrot
The soup that makes the most of a carrot harvest. Sweet carrots, warming ginger, and a swirl of coco…
Preserves & Condiments
Slicing Cucumber
Ready in 30 minutes, keeps for two weeks. Crisp, tangy, slightly sweet — the kind of pickle that mak…
Preserves & Condiments
Slicing Cucumber
The Greek version — thick, garlicky, and cool. Made properly with strained yoghurt and squeezed cucu…
Preserves & Condiments
Strawberry
The reason people grow strawberries. Made with fruit at peak season, this tastes nothing like shop j…
Baking & Desserts
Strawberry
The American classic done properly — buttery, crumbly biscuits, barely sweetened whipped cream, and …
Preserves & Condiments
Beefsteak Tomato
The sauce worth making at the height of tomato season. Freezes in batches, transforms pasta all wint…
Preserves & Condiments
Beefsteak Tomato
Three hours in a low oven concentrates a glut of tomatoes into something intensely flavoured and dee…
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