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Ravneet Gill’s recipe for orange, almond and olive oil cake with plum compote | Cake
A teatime cake should be moist enough to last a few days, retain its flavour and only improve over time. The plum compote seeps into …
How to make the perfect flan (or French custard tart) – recipe | Pastry
Flan: not the cheese-and-tomato traybake served up for British school dinners or the Latin American creme caramel, but the magnificent custard tart that stands proud …
Georgina Hayden’s recipe for roast courgettes, feta and preserved lemon | Summer food and drink
If you’re a keen gardener (or market frequenter), you may be lucky enough to have a glut of late-summer courgettes. I am often the recipient …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for quesadillas with chicken, lime and coriander | Mexican food and drink
Chicken, lime and coriander was the best bagel filling at the Edinburgh-based Elephants and Bagels (sadly now closed), and I’ve been making versions as sandwich …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for very easy cherry cake with pistachio cream | Baking
This is the easiest “cake” I’ve made in a while, and it’s a great recipe for non-bakers. I’ve put cake in inverted commas, because the …
Georgina Hayden’s recipe for charred corn, chorizo and avocado | Autumn food and drink
While corn on the cob is an autumn staple in our house (my girls love finding new flavours to roll the cobs in), I also …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy hot smoked salmon frittatas with watercress and radishes – recipe | Fish
These hot smoked salmon frittatas are as good for children as they are for lunchboxes the next day. Caraway seeds are a lovely touch, but …
Indian-style vegan noodles: Meera Sodha’s recipe for angel hair spaghetti upma | Pasta
When it comes to brunch, I’m usually in a south Indian groove. If the family and I are heading out, I like to go to …
How to turn nuts and seeds into ‘butter’ – recipe | Nuts and seeds
The first recipes in my cookbook Eating for Pleasure, People & Planet are for seed and nut butters. Peanut butter is delicious, yes, but homemade …
Ravneet Gill’s recipe for grated apple and cinnamon fritters | Food
These strike the perfect balance between something refreshing and decadent, without being too sweet. My husband and I devoured these fritters for brunch, and even …
Georgina Hayden’s potato and celeriac soup with almond breadcrumb topping – recipe | Autumn food and drink
I’m not ashamed to say that as soon as September hits, my stick blender comes out. Just as I embrace salads when the clocks go …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for mushroom, spinach and hazelnut orzotto | Autumn food and drink
Orzo is such a hero ingredient, giving a risotto-like texture without the stirring, and especially so if you cook it in the oven for a …
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for white cabbage, peanut butter and gochujang noodles | Student cooking
I wrote this recipe for all the students heading back to university this week, but it’s too nice to withhold from everyone else, especially because …
How to turn stale bread into pasta – recipe | Pasta
The Italians are longtime masters of zero-waste cooking, and many of their most classic dishes are naturally thrifty and waste-averse. They have numerous bread-saving recipes, …
Benjamina Ebuehi’s plum and brown butter cake recipe | Cake
Of all the stone fruit, I find plums to be a little underrated, but I love them, not least because they’re pretty versatile and work …
José Pizarro’s recipe for pinchos moruno with mojo verde (lamb skewers with green sauce) | Food
In my home region of Extremadura and in neighbouring Andalusia, we call these lovelies pinchitos. Probably originating from the Moors, they’re essentially small kebabs made …
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy hot and sour noodle soup with tamarind and prawns – recipe | Noodles
I could drink tamarind broth in lieu of tea or coffee. The heat in this dish comes from the judicious use of black peppercorns that …
Vegan sweet potato falafel with harissa mayo and pickled cabbage – recipe | Middle Eastern food and drink
Purists will rightly take issue with me calling this a “falafel”, because it isn’t made with dried chickpeas and then deep-fried to achieve a lovely, …
How to turn pizza crusts into a spicy French dip – recipe | Food
I find it really odd when people eat the sloppy pizza middle and leave the crusts, which are my favourite part of a pizza. I …