Gammon and Spinach and Other Recipes by Simon Hopkinson

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    • Ingredients: chicken wings; celery; leeks; carrots; onions; tomatoes; chicken stock cubes; thyme; bay leaves; black peppercorns; parsley
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  • Salad of Jersey Royals with asparagus

    • veronicafrance on May 07, 2025

      Simple and effective. We ignored the faffy instructions for the asparagus. The sauce is very similar to the lemon butter I habitually make for artichokes. It did pretty much swamp the mint flavour of the potatoes! I would make it again though, it’s a nice way of showcasing perfect spring vegetables.

  • Braised chicken thighs with endive and bacon

    • veronicafrance on January 29, 2026

      A truly excellent recipe which is a staple in our household. The sauce is fabulous.

  • Guinea fowl with mushrooms, celery and tarragon

    • RogerP on February 01, 2025

      Wonderful flavours.

  • Pear clafoutis

    • veronicafrance on September 20, 2025

      I had some small ripe pears to use, so I decided to try this. Yes, this cheffy interpretation is delicious, but it’s not really clafoutis in my book. It’s a lush set custard with pears, not a fluffy, risen batter pudding. Notes: I replaced 25g of the sugar with rhododendron honey, as he says the original recipe used honey. I didn’t really know what he meant when he said to whip the egg white and sugar till it was “silky”. But in any case, a single whipped egg white couldn’t be expected to incorporate air into this amount of liquid. Finally, my pears were very sweet, and if I made it again I’d definitely cut down on the sugar content by at least 25g. I think it would be good to serve it with tuiles or similar. It doesn’t need cream.

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  • ISBN 10 033039164X
  • ISBN 13 9780330391641
  • Published Apr 06 2001
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 352
  • Language English
  • Edition New edition
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Pan Macmillan
  • Imprint Pan Books

Publishers Text

This is an essential book for people who love cooking and want to sample Hopkinson's innovative recipes which reinvent the often forgotten classics of British cuisine. Recipes such as Roast Goose Stuffed with Mashed Potato, Beetroot Puree with Horseradish and, of course, Gammon and Spinach introduce regional specialities, old favourites and essentials of continental bourgeois cooking with a good smattering of Mediterranean and Eastern flavours. The recipes are easy and accessible and introduced in an engagingly personal style. 'Gammon and Spinach is a book from which I want to eat almost every recipe ... here we have Hopkinson at his award-winning, wide-ranging best.' Clarissa Dickson-Wright, Night & Day 'Each paragraph reveals some little insight, some chef's truc, that is new to me' Rowley Leigh, Sunday Telegraph 'Fully of homely food of the kind everybody now wants to eat and cook' You Magazine

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