VANILLA & ROSEMARY

Vanilla & Rosemary Potatoes

* New potatoes, faned 3mm

* Olive oil

* Vanilla extract

* Fresh rosemary

* Sea salt

In a large bowl, toss all of the ingredients together until the potatoes are covered in oil.

Bake on a tray 210°C for 1 hour

The first film Reiniger directed was Das Ornament des verliebten Herzens (The Ornament of the Enamoured Heart, 1919), a short piece involving two lovers and an ornament that reflected their moods.

QUINCE & GOATS CHEESE

Baked quinces with goats cheese

* 2 quinces

* ½ lemon

* 250ml water

* 2 tbsp honey

* 3 cloves

* 1 star anise

* 1 stick cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Half  & peel the quinces, rub with lemon in half .

Poach the quinces with all the ingredients for about 30mins

Put the quinces into a baking tin with a little of the syrup & bake for another 30 minutes until tender.

Serve with goats cheese

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RHUBARB & SLOES

Rhubarb baked in sloe gin 
(Recipe from Nigel Slater; Tender II)

750g rhubarb

100g sugar

120ml sloe gin

2tbsp water

Bake 160°C for 40mins – 1 hour

A little madness in the Spring

Is wholesome even for the King.

Emily Dickinson

SWEET POTATO & RHUBARB

Sweet potato & spring fruit soup (Serves 2)

Adapted from Covent garden soup book

1 large sweet potato, large cubes

2 spring onions

¼ green chilli

¼ tsp ground coriander

1 lemon zest

120g rhubarb, chopped

50g dried apricots

½ tsp honey

50ml dry white wine

350ml stock

Salt & pepper

Fry the sweet potato in a little butter until coloured then add the spring onion, chilli, ground coriander, lemon zest.  Cook for a few minutes then add the rest of the ingredients.  Simmer covered for 20-30 mins then puree.  Season.   

Literature experienced a similar great divide, thanks to an increased self-consciousness and a transformation of its means of expression, shifting from the essay and novel to the fragment.

Raymond Bellour; For ever divided   

HORSERADISH & CHIVE

Horseradish & chive butter

Grate & chop equal amounts of horseradish & chives 
Mix into salted butter 

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