Notes about Recipes in this book

• Basil, tomato and goat's cheese roulade

  • RosieB on June 26, 2014

    This was great at a shared plate lunch. Really tasty and looked great. I have made this several times and each time it has been a hit.

• Simple kedgeree

  • RosieB on December 31, 2015

    I made this for New Years day brunch with some home smoked salmon and our own free range eggs.It was easy and delicious. One of the better kedgeree recipes I have made. Saved as a favourite.

• Classic vanilla cheesecake

  • RosieB on June 26, 2014

    This is a nice baked cheese cake. I added some dark rum for extra flavour.

• Crisp stir-fried beef with orange

  • Dishyrishie on January 30, 2016

    A favourite. Don't pour in all of the sauce at once unless you want a wet stir-fry.

  • e_ballad on January 13, 2018

    A ludicrous amount of sauce - already forewarned by @dishyrishie, I halved the quantity of sauce ingredients, but I’d consider even quartering this. The soy sauce certainly dominates the flavour.

• Pea felafel with pita and herby yoghurt

  • Kirstin_the_Kiwi on March 22, 2015

    These taste really good. However whoever decided that using a pestle and mortar to ground dried peas to a "fine powder" was a good idea needs their head read - it took me over an hour to pound just 1/2 a cup.

• Lamb burgers with tzatziki

  • e_ballad on November 13, 2020

    Meh. Even with excellent mince with a good proportion of fat, these were tough. The tzatziki was also underwhelming.

• Buttermilk tart with passionfruit sauce

  • e_ballad on July 16, 2017

    Whilst my hubby really liked this, I found this incredibly sweet. The custard also leached fluid while baking & despite blind-baking, the base was quite soggy. If making again, I would place on a preheated tray for the baking.

  • e_ballad on July 17, 2017

    Right, I have to retract my previous review. As a cold dish, this is fantastic! The passionfruit sauce is still too sweet, but the tart is very moreish.

• Steamed blueberry pudding

  • e_ballad on January 10, 2019

    We found the texture grainy & unpleasant. Far better steamed pudding recipes elsewhere that could be easily adapted to incorporate blueberries.

• Dulce de leche brownies

  • e_ballad on August 09, 2018

    Good, but not amazing, which is a shame given the ingredients.

• Lamb and apricot tagine

  • e_ballad on July 30, 2022

    Delicious. The quantity of couscous is well off, needing to be halved if you wish to feed 4x hungry adults.

• Roast pork with Marsala and fig jam

  • e_ballad on August 22, 2019

    The Marsala & fig sauce makes this dish, though you can easily halve the quantity for the amount of meat.

• Beef fillet with beetroot and goat's cheese dressing

  • e_ballad on December 17, 2017

    There’s nothing especially notable about the beef & beetroot components as these are simply roasted, but the goat cheese dressing really brings the dish together. Incidentally, this same dressing was fantastic to dress hot potatoes! Yum.

• Hot and fiery hummus

  • Melyinoz on January 23, 2022

    This was nice. I appreciated a hummus recipe that is made from walnuts instead of tahini. It made a lot. I skimped a little on the chilli and wished I hadn’t.

• Melon & blue cheese salad with citrus dressing

  • Melyinoz on January 09, 2022

    This was lovely. The dressing was delicious by itself, but I couldn’t taste it in the salad. I think this was because my melon was so ripe and perfumed.

• Citrus dressing

  • Melyinoz on January 28, 2022

    Lovely dressing.

• Moroccan pasta

  • kworrad on February 11, 2022

    I made this with some quality orecchiette and it was delicious! I made it exactly as per the recipe but noted that you could manage with less pine nuts. It seemed like a lot.