Category: Starters

Hummus bi Tahina

Here’s my starting position for the classic middle eastern chick pea dip. Such things are always a matter of personal taste so adjust away to your heart’s content. Planning serves: 4 preparation time: 8 hours cooking time: 2 hours Ingredients

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Grilled Chicory with Serrano Ham

This is adapted from Sam and Sam Clark’s Moro book. Serrano is probably my favourite ham and it goes particularly well with the grilled chicory here. Planning serves: 4 preparation time: 10 mins cooking time: 15 mins Ingredients 2 fl

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Green Papaya Salad

In Thailand, we had this green papaya salad almost as much as we had chicken green curry. Before finding a source of green papaya, I made it using under-ripe conference pears as a substitute. Now, having done both, I prefer

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Fennel Risotto

Untried as yet – from Waitrose Food Illustrated . It may be difficult – I’ve never seen baby fennel! Planning serves: 6 preparation time: 45 mins cooking time: 15 mins Ingredients 8 baby fennel bulbs, tops and fronds chopped and

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