AUBERGINE & MANGO

Aubergine & mango soba noodles
Recipe from Ottolenghi Plenty

Well-wishers had filled the house with flowers; they made it look very beautiful, glowing in the evening light.

Don’t tell Alfred; Nancy Mitford

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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CHANTERELLE & APRICOT

Baked chanterelle mushrooms with dried apricots (Serves 2)

2 large handfuls of chanterelles

1 clove of garlic, finely sliced

4 sprigs of fresh thyme

1 bay leaf

6 dried apricots, halved

Lemon zest

Olive oil

Salt & pepper

Bake at 200°C wrapped in baking parchment for half and hour or fry in a pan.

Serve on toast

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DATE & EGG

Oeuf en cocotte

Baked eggs with dates, sour cream & nutmeg

Per person:-

2 dates, chopped

1 egg

1tbsp sour cream

Few scratches of nutmeg

Pinch sea salt

Bake in a ramekin dish set in a bain-marie for 15-20mins at 180°C until the egg white has just set.

 The French exchange student seemed so exotic.  

ORANGE & JUNIPER

Marmalade & juniper frozen yogurt

¾ cup milk

1tbsp juniper berries, crushed

1 ½ cups yogurt

2tbsp agave syrup

140g marmalade

1tbsp gin

Heat the milk & juniper & leave to infuse for a couple of hours

Strain & churn the milk with the yogurt, agave & marmalade adding the gin at the very end

Freeze

Served on a brioche roll

Unapologetically & unfashionably started to learn ballroom dancing.  This, the new haircut & ice cream for breakfast was all part of getting over the break-up.

CLOVE & COFFEE

Clove iced coffee

Grind 1 clove with the coffee beans for 2 people
Filter and cool

Serve poured over frozen coffee ice cubes

Petrichor; the clean, spicy smell of rain on dry earth