Notes about Recipes in this book

• Go-with-anything cake

  • Astrid5555 on November 20, 2016

    Made this for a gluten-intolerant friend and she really loved it. While the end result is a really nice sticky, dense and sweet cake, the process of making it is quite strenuous. You first make a stiff paste by beating egg yolks with sugar and then folding in the ground almonds. You are then inctructed to fold the beaten egg whites into the very stiff paste with a metal spoon. There is no chance this can be done by hand. I had to use an electric whisk to be able to mix anything together. In the end it worked but in the process you lose all the air you have whisked in before.

• Chocolate marmalade slump cake

  • PatriciaScarpin on January 13, 2014

    Delicious, perfect for dessert, not too sweet, with a great chocolate flavor. I lined only the bottom of the pan with baking paper and it turned out fine.

• Spiced cherry ice cream

  • Frenchfoodie on July 19, 2018

    This is so good. As the author says, the spices just make it taste more cherryish. A hit.

• A good fish pie

  • Jadw137 on September 11, 2020

    This is on page 132 - not in the fish section

• Beetroot risotto with goat's cheese

  • PatriciaScarpin on July 17, 2012

    This is absolutely delicious - the tangy cheese compliments the sweetness of the beets perfectly. I loved it.

• Leek and mascarpone risotto

  • Varundel on April 05, 2015

    A simple-flavoured, very comforting supper dish. Used a homemade veg stock and an added parmesan rind for extra flavour.

• A big roast rib of beef with cassis gravy

  • Leo on September 13, 2020

    Rib of beef with veg from farmers market. Delicious gravy made with backcurrant jelly rather than the creme de cassis specified. Worked well. Served with roast spuds and parsnips, podded broad beans and cauliflower puree. Family very happy.

• Roast pork belly with juniper and apples

  • Melanie on August 22, 2015

    Really enjoyed this dish. Liked the baked apples, an easy alternative to making apple sauce.

  • Leo on September 06, 2020

    Lovely recipe. Easy to do and made the best of beautiful local pork and cider. My piece of pork was smaller (2lb) but I used the same timings, only cutting the total cooking time by 15 minutes or so and it worked perfectly. I followed the recipe pretty much as written apart from adding a quarter teaspoon of mustard to help the gravy come together.

• Spaghetti with meatballs

  • Stantonjulie on December 04, 2021

    This has spaghetti squash listed but it’s an error. It’s normal spaghetti.

• Spaghetti with courgettes, basil and lemon

  • Astrid5555 on June 15, 2016

    Nice recipe to have on hand for the coming zucchini season. Really like the lemon, zucchini, basil combination!

• Cream cheese, anchoiade and basil on toast

  • Varundel on April 19, 2015

    Strong gutsy flavours - not for the faint-hearted but great if you like anchovies and garlic!

• Five-spice butternut soup

  • Melanie on August 16, 2015

    Quick and tasty. Keep lid on saucepan to speed up process when pumpkin is cooking. The five spice was a nice touch and not overpowering.

• Savoy cabbage and white bean soup

  • Melanie on August 21, 2015

    This was a hit in our house. Full of flavour and the soup still has some bite, not too mushy. Used kale instead of Savoy cabbage.