MISO & HONEY

Miso & honey ice cream

1 cup milk

2 cups cream

¼ cup miso

¼ cup honey

Serve with honey comb & drizzled honey

It started on a perfectly beautiful Sunday afternoon in July – the very first Sunday afternoon in july. Two or three chunks of cloud floated white & tiny in a distant corner of the sky,

Haruki Murakami; Blind willow, sleeping woman

GOOSEBERRY & HORSERADISH

Gooseberry & horseradish sauce with smoked mackerel

75g gooseberries

1tsp golden caster sugar

1tsp water

½ tsp grated horseradish

Pinch of sea salt & freshly ground black pepper

Serve with

Smoked mackerel fillets

Watercress / rocket

Put the gooseberries,water and sugar in a saucepan over a low heat for 10-15mins till soft.

Stir in the horseradish & seasoning

Grill the mackerel for a couple of minutes till warm

Short-term solitude is often valued as a time when one may think without being disturbed

GOOSEBERRY & ORANGE FLOWER

Gooseberry & orange flower compote on yogurt

* 200g gooseberries

* 2tsp golden caster sugar

* A couple of splashes of orange flower water

* Natural yogurt

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4. 

Scatter the gooseberries on an oven tray and sprinkle with the sugar. 

Bake for 30 minutes until tender. 

Splash with Orange flower water & slightly squash the berries leaving some more whole than others.

Spoon onto the yogurt.

I remember reading in my room a lot. 

HONEY & SALT

Clover honey & sea salt on walnut bread

She accused him of accepting neither responsibility nor work.

CINNAMON & PEANUT

Cinnamon & peanut butter on rye sourdough

He accused her of interrupting what had been a perfectly lovely breakfast.

AVOCADO & GRAPEFRUIT

Avocado & Grapefruit salad  (Serves 2)

* 1 ruby grapefruit, segmented

* 1 avocado, sliced

* Handful frisse lettuce

* 1 spring onion, sliced

* Grapefruit zest

* Pinch of chilli flakes

* Sea salt

* 1tsp white wine vinegar

* 1tbsp avocado oil

She played a gypsy, a gigolo, and a cat, a faun in a torn chamois loincloth; and an Egyptian mummy who comes back from the dead in a jewelled bra. Every time in later life that her name was proposed for some official honor, a chorus of elders protested.

A life of Colette

STRAWBERRY & RADICCHIO

Maria Elia's griddled radicchio and strawberry risotto recipe

That years best supporting actress was to go on to become the nations sweetheart.