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Author: Sheila Wilton

QUENELLE DE LYONNAIS

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • September 27, 2021
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The mouth-watering, refined quenelle de Lyonnais is one of the culinary jewels of the Rhône-Alpes region. This subtle mousse is traditionally made with pike but Sheila used Prawns and I … Continue Reading →

SEAFOOD GRATIN

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • September 14, 2021
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  Apparently according to Rick Stein in his introduction: This dish comes from a restaurant in Dieppe called Le Newhaven. I wonder if there are any restaurants called Le Dieppe … Continue Reading →

BROAD BEANS, LARDONS AND SUN DRIED TOMATOES

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • September 5, 2021
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This salad salty, crispy lardons, sweet broad beans and rich tomatoes…a perfect melody of flavours and textures. INGREDIENTS Serves 4 200g frozen broad beans 100g lardons 1 tablespoon Oliver oil … Continue Reading →

ROAST DUCK LEGS WITH PLUM SAUCE

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • September 5, 2021
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An elegant and tasty plum sauce sets off roasted duck legs to perfection. makes for a stylish main course for a special occasion. INGREDIENTS serves 4 For the plums 1.2 … Continue Reading →

GREEN TOMATO PICKLE

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • August 26, 2021
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Most of us turn to preparing jars upon jars of green tomato chutney. Sheila makes a mean one following Delia Smiths recipe. But I yearn for something different. I tried … Continue Reading →

ROAST TOMATO TARTE TATIN

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • August 26, 2021
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  When the tomatoes go soft and intensely flavoured there are few tomato tarts better than upside-down tomato tarte tatin. As Lindsay Bareham observed “Roasting the tomatoes first intensifies the … Continue Reading →

ROAST TOMATO SAUCE

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • August 25, 2021
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If you have (almost) more tomatoes than you know what to do with, this sauce is not only delicious and enormously versatile, and it freezes brilliantly for up to six … Continue Reading →

BOK CHOI STIR FRY WITH A RED PEPPER PASTE

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • August 16, 2021
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Asian inspired stir fried Bok Choi recipe with with a light and flavorful red pepper sauce. It is quick and easy, healthy and ready in 20 minutes.  Perfect with Pork. … Continue Reading →

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