GREEN OLIVE & WHITE CHOCOLATE

Green Olive & white chocolate scones

* 40g white chocolate, chopped

* 40g green olives. Chopped

* 10 scratches of nutmeg

Add to a scone recipe for 8

On a Saturday morning in November 1966, Tom Phillips picked a book at random from a pile of novels at a house-clearance sale in Peckham-rye.  Phillips had never heard of WH Mallocks A human document (1892), but he liked the title & handed over 3 pence.  Back at his kitchen table, Phillips began a process of remaking or treating the book by painting over most of each page with acrylic ganache or ink, he left a visible stream of text which, in dialogue with the images he added told a new story.  

Adam Smyth writing about A humument: A treated Victorian novel 

EGG & APPLE

Apple salsa & fried egg on toast

* ¼ Granny Smith apple, finely chopped

* ¼ cucumber, finely chopped

* Small handful of coriander, roughly chopped

* 1 spring onion, finely chopped

* ¼ green chilli, finely chopped

* ½ lime

* Salt & pepper

* Toast

* Fried egg

Mix all the salsa ingredients together & pile onto toasted sourdough

Top with a fried egg

“A short back and sides please - actually just shave it all off”

COCONUT & ANGOSTURA BITTERS

Coconut water & angostura bitters

Add a couple of drops of bitters to a glass of coconut water

It feels the right sort of day for resolutions and starting a new book

AVOCADO & MARMITE

Avocado and marmite toast

Brush the bread with olive oil & place on a hot griddle pan, repeat on the other side

Thinly spread marmite & top with avocado

Sprinkle with chilli flakes & lemon

“Bring the kids over and they can make playdough”

THE PUNCH

CHESTNUT HONEY & SCHEZWAN PEPPER

Roast chestnuts with chestnut honey and Schezwan pepper

* Chestnuts
* Chestnut honey
* Schezwan pepper

Roast the chestnuts 
Toss in a frying pan with honey and pepper

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GREEN TOMATO & LEMON

Green tomato and lemon marmalade

*1 lemon, thinly sliced and seeded

*550g green tomatoes, thinly sliced

*1.5 cups sugar

*1 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

*Pinch of salt.

*Crystalised ginger, chopped

Bring lemon slices to a boil in a pot of water. Drain.

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan, and bring to a simmer, stirring, to dissolve sugar. Cook at a bare simmer until tomatoes and lemon slices are translucent and syrup thickens, 40 minutes. Cool completely; store in refrigerator.

François’ brother tries to turn his backyard garden into veritable country wilderness, oblivious to the sight of three giant high-rise buildings that have sprouted only a kilometer or two away.

Agnès Varda’s 1964 Le bonheur (Amy Taubin)

GREEN TOMATO & PEANUT

Green Tomato Salad

*1 red onion, halved then thinly sliced

*2 tsp peanut oil

*25g peanuts, very finely chopped

*2 tbsp freshly chopped Coriander

*Green chilli, finely chopped

*1 tbsp lime Juice

*20 baby green tomatoes, halved
*1tsp fish sauce 

*Salt

Mix the ingredients, and serve with rice noodles

The routine was to get up before the others & paint the cities turquoise, emerald and azure domes.  The end result was usually a disappointment but after contemplation over drinks at the end of the day there was a renewed belief in tomorrow’s attempt.   

PEAR & AMARETTO

Pear & Amaretto crumble cake (Adapted from Ottolenghi cookbook)

*100g bramley apple, peeled, 1.5cm diced

*150g pear, peeled, 1.5cm diced

*30g walnuts, roughly chopped

*Grated zest 1 lemon

*2tbsp amaretto

*210g plain flour

*3/4tsp baking powder

*3/4tsp cinnamon

*1/2tsp mixed spice

*45g ground almonds

*3 eggs

*180ml sunflower oil

*200g golden caster sugar

*1/3tsp salt

Crumble mix

*50g plain wholemeal flour

*25g ground rice

*25g golden caster sugar

*50g butter, cold and cubed

Grease & line loaf tin

Preheat the oven 170°C

Mix Pear, apple, lemon zest, Amaretto

In a separate bowl sift the flour, baking powder, spices, ground almonds and walnuts

Separate 2 of the eggs, mix the yolks with the 3^rd egg

Beat the oil and sugar for 1 min and slowly add the egg yolk mix

Quickly add dry ingredients and fruit

Whisk egg whites and fold in

Top with crumble mix and bake 1hour 30mins 

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WHISKY & SWEET POTATO

Sweet potatoes with whisky, coffee and maple

*2/3 cup strong hot coffee

*2 tbsp pure maple syrup

*2 tsp (packed) dark brown sugar

*1/2tsp of instant coffee

*2 tbsp whisky

*1 tbsp butter

*Sea salt and black pepper

*4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled, cut into 2 1/2-inch–3-inch pieces

*1 tbsp olive oil

Stir coffee, maple syrup, sugar, and instant coffee over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil 6 minutes.  Remove syrup from heat; add bourbon and butter. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until sauce is reduced, 40-45 minutes.  Toss sweet potatoes in oil, salt and pepper. Roast 220°C, 35mins shaking pan often.  Drizzle some warm sauce over ad put in the oven a couple more mins.

Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales began in a pub, the Punch and Judy publication developed in a pub, trade unions were formed in pubs, political groups and societies met in pubs.

Scottish highlands website

CARROT & CHESTNUT HONEY

Carrot & chestnut honey porridge (Serves 1)

*½ cup porridge oats

*½ cup milk, 1 cup water

*1 carrot, grated finely

*3 dried apricots, chopped

*Pinch of ground ginger

*Pinch of cinnamon

*Chestnut honey

Cook it on a medium heat until the oats start to swell up.

Turn down the heat to low & stir until it’s thickened

Drizzle over honey & milk when serving

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