Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

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  • A summer hors d'oeuvre

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    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: radishes; black olives; green olives; tomatoes; eggs; parsley; lemons; bread
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  • Eggs in aspic with tarragon

    from Summer Cooking Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

    • Categories: Egg dishes; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer
    • Ingredients: eggs; aspic jelly; tarragon; ham
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  • Eggs with skordaliá

    from Summer Cooking Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

    • Categories: Egg dishes; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; Greek; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: eggs; garlic; breadcrumbs; ground almonds; parsley; tomatoes; radishes; black olives
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  • Pâté of tunny fish

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: canned tuna; butter; parsley; capers; bread
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  • Smoked cod's roe paste

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer
    • Ingredients: smoked cod roe; bread
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  • French bean and prawn salad

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    • Categories: Salads; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: French beans (haricots verts); prawns; eggs
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  • Mauritian prawn chutney

    from Summer Cooking Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

    • Categories: Chutneys, pickles & relishes; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; African
    • Ingredients: prawns; pimentos; ground cayenne pepper; fresh ginger; spring onions; limes; eggs; bread
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  • Mackerel with green sauce

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    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: mackerel; spinach; watercress; tarragon; parsley; mayonnaise
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  • Mackerel with sorrel purée

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    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: mackerel; sorrel; cream; parsley; capers
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  • Hors d'oeuvre of mushrooms, cucumbers and French beans

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    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; French; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: mushrooms; cucumbers; French beans (haricots verts)
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  • Tomatoes with horseradish mayonnaise

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    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: tomatoes; olive oil; egg yolks; dry mustard; horseradish; parsley
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  • Ham and sausages

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    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer
    • Ingredients: frankfurters sausage; Parma ham
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  • Pan bagna 1

    from Summer Cooking Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; Picnics & outdoors; French
    • Ingredients: bread; canned anchovies; tomatoes; capers; pickled gherkins
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  • Pan bagna 2

    from Summer Cooking Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

    • Categories: Sandwiches & burgers; Main course; Summer; Picnics & outdoors; French
    • Ingredients: black olives; tomatoes; celery hearts; mushrooms; artichokes; canned anchovies; French bread; thyme; bay leaves; coriander seeds
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  • Pan bagna 3

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    • Categories: Sandwiches & burgers; Main course; Cooking ahead; Summer; Picnics & outdoors; French
    • Ingredients: round bread; olive oil; canned anchovies; salt herring; tomatoes; green olives; black olives; lettuce
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  • Crab and rice salad

    from Summer Cooking Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

    • Categories: Salads; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking ahead
    • Ingredients: crabmeat; cooked rice; green peppers; black olives; nutmeg; walnuts; mushrooms
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  • Champignons à la Grecque

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    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; Greek; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: thyme; bay leaves; celery; coriander seeds; mushrooms
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  • Globe artichokes

    from Summer Cooking Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: artichokes
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  • Artichoke hearts, sauce Maltaise

    from Summer Cooking Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; French; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: artichokes; butter; egg yolks; blood oranges; black peppercorns
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  • Avocado pears

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    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: avocados
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  • Smoked turkey

    from Summer Cooking Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

    • Categories: Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer
    • Ingredients: smoked turkey breast
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  • Smoked turkey salad

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    • Categories: Salads; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Summer
    • Ingredients: flageolet beans; mushrooms; smoked turkey breast; eggs
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  • Rillettes

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking ahead; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: pork belly; thyme; mace
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  • Chicken liver pâté

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking ahead; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: chicken livers; brandy; Port wine; thyme; butter
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  • Terrine of rabbit

    from Summer Cooking Summer Cooking by Elizabeth David

    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Canapés / hors d'oeuvre; Cooking ahead; Summer; French
    • Ingredients: rabbit; pork belly; bacon; thyme; juniper berries; brandy; mace; bay leaves; aspic jelly
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  • Sole au vert

    • mcvl on May 16, 2014

      I combined this recipe with one from Melissa Clark: http://www.nytimes.com/recipes/1016325/scallops-with-sorrel-butter.html and then added some asparagus to make a one-dish meal butter, asparagus, parsley, salt, scallops, dry vermouth, tiny little bit of tarragon, sorrel, chives -- outstanding Both authors are derelict in failing to inform readers who haven't worked with sorrel before than the stems are ligneous -- you really need to remove every last bit carefully.

  • Spiced grilled chicken

    • mcvl on March 02, 2020

      One of my favorite recipes of all time. This might sound like gilding the lily, but I add some scrapings of orange peel to the sauce.

  • Sauce messine

    • KissTheCook on November 26, 2012

      Did not care for raw shallots; high calorie and not so good

  • Raspberry jam, unboiled

    • KissTheCook on October 23, 2016

      7.2016 - as she says, "...by far the best raspberry jam I have ever tasted'. Try with other fruit.

  • Superlative redcurrant jelly

    • KissTheCook on October 24, 2016

      At first I thought this so-so, more an Asian plum or duck sauce than jelly, but quickly came round to appreciate its potential. I ran across several recipes calling for redcurrant jelly as an ingredient (i.e., E. David Summer, Preserved Peaches p. 181) and Jeremy Round [? ck this]); seems a most popular sauce in a bygone era. Striking in appearance. As author Eliza Acton says: "...delicious in flavour, and of the brightest colour" and "...valuable for many purposes and always agreeable eating". Give it a go.

  • Shooter's sandwich

    • Foodycat on July 09, 2014

      Also very good with venison steak

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  • ISBN 10 1908117044
  • ISBN 13 9781908117045
  • Published Jun 19 2011
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 234
  • Language English
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Grub Street
  • Imprint Grub Street

Publishers Text

For Elizabeth David, summer fare meant fresh, seasonal food-recipes that could be prepared quickly and savoured slowly, from Gnocchi alla Genovese ('simply an excuse for eating pesto') to La Poule au Pot to Gooseberry Fool. Her 1955 classic work, now reissued in a handsome, attractively priced hardback edition, includes an overview of herbs as well as chapters on impromptu cooking for holidays and picnics. Divided into chapters on Soups, Salads, Eggs, Fish, Meat, Poultry and Game, Vegetables, and Sweets, it contains recipes from all over the world. "Summer Cooking" is a witty, precise companion for feasting in the warmer months - every bit as unexpected and enchanting to read today as it was 50 years ago. But the purest thrill of "Summer Cooking", as in all of her books, is the pleasure her food delivers and the graceful way her prose captures the reader's delight.

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