List of recipes

A plain cake in a tin

A simple white soda bread

A whisked-up sponge cake

Almond and lemon cake

Almond praline

Anise seed cake

Apple and plum sauce

Autumn salad of organic leaves with pomegranate and walnuts

Béchamel sauce

Baked brill with Bretonne sauce

Baked plaice with broad beans and their leaves

Baked turbot with shrimps and wild garlic leaves

Beetroot, red onion, orange and mint compote

Black-eye beans with oyster mushrooms and caramelised onions

Blood orange jelly

Boiled new potatoes

Broad beans and their leaves

Broth with spinach or chard leaves and herbs

Brown bread ice cream

Brown or wholemeal soda bread

Brussels sprouts with brown butter and almonds

Buttermilk and lemon puddings with caramel and pineapple

Candied citrus julienne

Candied citrus zest

Caramel and almond thins

Caramel sauce

Carrot, coconut and lemongrass soup

Carrots with coriander

Carrots with cream and tarragon

Carrots with ginger and lemon

Carving

Casserole-roast chicken with French tarragon

Casserole-roast chicken with Indian spices

Casserole-roast chicken with shallots, garlic and marjoram

Casserole-roast chicken with watercress

Casserole-roast guinea fowl with marjoram

Casserole-roast pheasant with red wine and bacon

Checking if the bird is cooked

Cheddar cheese ‘focaccia’

Cherry cake

Chicken stock and roast chicken stock

Chicken stock

Chickpea and coriander purée to serve with roast lamb

Chickpea and coriander purée with mint and marjoram

Chickpeas with spinach, red onion, roast cumin, tomatoes and lemon

Chips

Chocolate and caramel mousse

Chocolate and cherry bread and butter pudding

Chocolate biscuits

Chocolate sauce

Chocolate, prune and Armagnac puddings with chocolate sauce

Coffee glacé icing

Compote of plums with red wine and star anise

Compote of raspberries with sweet geranium

Compote of rhubarb with clementine juice and vanilla

Cooking broad beans to serve ‘plain’

Cooking French, flat or runner beans to serve ‘plain’

Cooking peas to serve ‘plain’

Crème anglaise or light vanilla custard

Crushing garlic

Curly kale with anchovy and marjoram

Currant and candied fruit biscuits

Curry powder

Dark chocolate icing

Drying your own tomatoes

Duck, lentil and vegetable broth

Exotic fruit salad in lime syrup

Fish baked in foil parcels or ‘en papillote’

Fish fillets baked ‘au gratin’

Fish fillets baked on baking parchment

Fruit compotes

Fruit fools

Fruit salads

Glazed carrots

Gratin of chard and Gruyère

Gratin of hake with tomatoes, basil, olives and Parmesan

Gratin of lentils with crumb and herb crust

Gratin of potatoes, Coolea cheese and wild garlic

Gratin of swede and potatoes with thyme leaves, smoked bacon and Parmesan

Green, white and purple sprouting broccoli with lemon and Parmesan

Grilled beef with green mustard, shallot and tarragon butter

Grilled chicken with summer marjoram and lemon, and roasted almond sauce

Grilled cod with roast cumin and tomato and coriander simple butter sauce

Grilled mackerel with beetroot and vino cotto, horseradish cream and rocket leaves

Grilled pork burger with fennel and pistachios

Grilled sea bass with nam jim, tomato mayonnaise and rocket

Harissa

Hazelnut praline

Jacket potatoes

Jerusalem artichoke and ewe’s milk cheese tart with roast pepper and olive salsa

Jerusalem artichoke soup with avocado and roast hazelnut salsa

Kale broth with lemon zest and Parmesan

Kiwi fruit granita with passion fruit and orange sauce

Leaf salads

Leeks with olive oil, Parmesan, toasted pine nuts and pangrattata

Lemon glacé icing

Lemon verbena cream pots

Lemon verbena granita

Lentils for every day

Lentils with mustard, cream and tarragon

Lexia raisin cake

Mackerel baked with courgettes and harissa

Mashed potatoes

Mayonnaise

Meringue Christmas tree with white chocolate, pomegranate and rosewater

Mint relish

Mustard mash

Oeufs à la neige

Pancakes, sweet or savoury

Parsley pesto

Peach granita

Peach ice

Peach sorbet

Peeling tomatoes

Pilaf rice with chanterelle mushrooms and tarragon

Pilaf rice

Plain boiled rice

Potato and rosemary ‘focaccia’

Potato soup with parsley pesto and black pudding

Praline ice cream

Puff pastry book

Pumpkin or squash purée

Pumpkin, leek, tomato and fennel broth with parsley pesto

Raspberry Alaska with sparkling sauce

Raspberry cream

Raspberry fool with vanilla shortbreads

Raspberry ice cream

Raspberry jelly with lemon and mint cream

Red onion, roast pepper, rosemary and anchovy pissaladière

Rhubarb fool with Sacristains

Rhubarb trifle with almonds and pistachios

Risotto alla Parmigiana

Risotto of cavolo nero or curly kale

Risotto

Roast chicken stock

Roast chicken with bread and thyme leaf sauce and redcurrant sauce

Roast duck with spiced and pickled peaches

Roast fillet of beef with roast peanuts, Asian dressing, mint and coriander salad

Roast garlic mash

Roast garlic

Roast hazelnut and chocolate cake

Roast Jerusalem artichokes with roast hazelnuts and rocket leaves

Roast Jerusalem artichokes

Roast leg of spring lamb with salt and pepper and mint relish

Roast loin of pork with fennel seeds, chilli and garlic, Bramley apple and plum sauce

Roast onions

Roast peaches or nectarines with almond praline cream

Roast pepper and olive salsa

Roast peppers

Roast potatoes

Roast sirloin of beef with red wine, tomato and gherkin

Roasting and grinding spices

Rose petal and cherry syrup

Rosemarie’s gratin of potatoes and Gruyère

Rosemary and thyme herbed scones

Rustic oven roast potato chips

Sacristains: almond and sugar pastry twists

Salad of oranges, dates and mint

Salmon in a foil bag with lemon, chilli and mint

Salsa verde

Savoy cabbage purée

Shortcrust pastry

Slow roast shoulder of lamb with aioli and salsa verde

Smoked mackerel and tomato tart

Soft goat’s cheese and thyme leaf tart with tomato oil

Soft vanilla meringues with strawberries, honey, lemon and mint

Softly whipped cream

Spiced parsnip and coriander leaf purée

Spinach and herb tart

Spring mimosa salad

Strawberries with honey, lemon and mint

Sugar biscuits

Sugar syrup

Sugared peaches with blueberries

Summer courgette, potato, olive oil and sweet marjoram mash

Summer spinach with garlic, chilli and lemon

Swede purée with olive oil and Parmesan

Tea brack

Tomato oil

Tomato sauce

Vanilla ice cream

Vanilla shortbread biscuits

Vegetable stock

Warm salad of grilled beef with beetroot, grilled spring onions and aioli

Warm salad of quail with grapes, honey and bacon

White soda bread with Indian spices

White soda scones

Whole flat fish baked on the bone

Wild garlic leaf and flower broth

Wild garlic soup

Wild garlic, chive or spring onion hamburger

Wild mushroom and tarragon tart

Wild mushroom risotto

Winter cavolo nero and Parmesan mash

Winter salad of organic greens

Winter spinach

Year-round green vegetable soup

Yoghurt and lemon cake with sherried raisins

Yoghurt and star anise cream