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Category: Side dishes and Pickles

ASIAN INSPIRED COLESLAW

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • November 4, 2018
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  Although we found this recipe in Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall book “Green”, it is based on a recipe from Taste:  by Sybil Kapoor. It’s wonderfully aromatic, quite unlike any other coleslaw,  … Continue Reading →

HASSELBACK FONDANT POTATOES

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • October 28, 2018
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    The trademark dish of the Hasselbacken hotel in Sweden, these Swedish-style roast potatoes, thinly sliced widthways but held together at the base, fan out like an accordion when … Continue Reading →

HASSELBACK POTATOES

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • October 13, 2018
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  They may be more work than a dish of creamy mash, perhaps, but if you’re out to impress, hasselbacks are the perfect accompaniment to steak, roast chicken, meaty fish … Continue Reading →

GREEN TOMATO CHUTNEY

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • September 4, 2018
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  This chutney recipe is a great way of using up all those green tomatoes from your garden that just refuse to ripen. I call it “Delia’s Branston” INGREDIENTS (makes … Continue Reading →

QUINOA SALAD WITH PUY LENTILS WITH LEMON SUMAC DRESSING

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • July 21, 2018
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  Sumac is one of our new flavours. Its almost citrusy nature makes it a perfect partner for lemon dressings and salads and none more than this particular recipe for … Continue Reading →

SWEET PICCALILLI

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • April 12, 2018
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  “Pickle lila” is an Indian pickle. Vegetables preserved in a brine a vinegar sauce flavoured with spices. It is still the same today. This version by Delia eats well … Continue Reading →

CHANNA MASALA

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • December 10, 2017
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  Channa masala,is probably “the most popular vegetarian curry in India”, and with good reason. A dollop of comfortingly bolstering pulses bathed in a thick, tangy, deeply spiced gravy, whats … Continue Reading →

NAAN

  • By Sheila Wilton
  • December 9, 2017
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The naan, a word that just means bread in its original Persian. It is an essential part of Indian cuisine, naan is the perfect companion to many of our favorite … Continue Reading →

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