Notes about Recipes in this book

• Coq au vin spooky-faced pie

  • JJ2018 on October 27, 2019

    Brilliant Halloween pie, will make again.

• Spider web devil's food cake

  • JJ2018 on October 31, 2022

    This is a very rich cake! The recipe says the icing will drip down the side, but photo attached to illustrate that when they say drip I experienced this as pour!

• 'Nduja sausage rolls

  • JJ2018 on April 09, 2018

    Delicious but really spicy so would probably adjust the ratio of Nduja a bit next time.

• Sausage, tomato, preserved lemon, caper & olive casserole

  • sarahj22 on November 16, 2017

    A very nice autumnal dish. I omitted the celery and made it with venison and pork sausages. If you taste it halfway it doesn't taste that great, but the ingredients added in the last ten minutes (preserved lemon, olives, capers, basil) really sharpen and lift everything. The author suggests cheesy polenta, pasta or cauliflower rice as an accompaniment - I had it with simple roasted cauliflower florets and a big green salad which I thought worked really nicely.

• Apple cider fritters

  • JJ2018 on April 09, 2018

    These were really nice - definitely would make again

• Shredded sprout salad with pomegranate, pistachio, herbs & sumac

  • Foodycat on December 31, 2017

    Very simple and delicious - and a nice fresh salad when you are feeling a bit weighted down by Christmas food.

• Vegetarian haggis Wellington

  • Hannaha100 on December 01, 2016

    This is on my Christmas menu. Did a dry run a few weeks ago and was a success. The haggis I bought was bigger than stated so I increased the mushrooms but worked fine. Very filling. Meat-eating mushroom - hating husband ate this quite happily!