Tag: lemon
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Roasted shallot and white bean cassoulet
This roasted shallot and white bean cassoulet is super easy and delicious. The shallots take centre stage here, kept in halves so as to retain their texture and maximise their amazing sweetness. The herbs used are quite gentle to allow the flavour of the shallots to come through and the other ingredients to shine so try…
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Stuffed vine leaves
Stuffed vine leaves, known in Greece as dolmades, are the ultimate sharing food both in terms of the cooking and the eating. In my late teens I was lucky enough to chaperone a young deaf woman, Jenny, to visit her parents in a small village near Thessaloniki, northern Greece. The talk of the village, we…
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Lemony courgette soup with mint pesto
This lemony courgette soup packs a serious citrus punch combining with the mint pesto to create an aromatic and revitalising dish. I should begin by confessing that by the time we had harvested the yellow courgettes for this soup they were rather overgrown and looked more like marrows. As it turned out this was no bad…