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Quick notes from my kitchen: recipes I’ve tried, disasters averted and mini-triumphs

Summer rolls

Summer rolls with chicken, avocado and peanuts

July 21, 2010

Raw summer rolls with chicken, avocado, iceberg lettuce, peanuts, mint and basil, served with peanut sauce from Marcus Wareing.

Buttermilk loaves

Buttermilk babies

July 10, 2010

Buttermilk white bread from the Bread Bak

Ottolenghi chocolate cake

Ottolenghi chocolate cake

July 8, 2010

This was the chocolate cake from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook which I made to take to a friend’s house for movie night. (He’s into proper film ...

Chilled pea soup with crispy prosciutto

Chilled pea soup with basil oil and crispy prosciutto

July 5, 2010

A River Cottage recipe.

Volcano

July 1, 2010

How not to make pomegranate molasses.

English gnocchi?

June 30, 2010

Nigel Slater’s leek and potato cakes tonight from the brilliant Tender Vol. 1. Softened leeks stirred into a stiff mash of floury potatoes, shap ...