Cherry Chard Wild Rice

Cherry Chard Wild Rice

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Ingredients

  • 150 g mixed wild rice
  • 200 g mixed-colour chard
  • 60 g dried sour cherries
  • 20 g shelled unsalted walnut halves
  • 40 g feta cheese

Instructions

  • Cook the rice in a pan of boiling salted water according to the packet instructions.
  • Trim the chard stalks, cut them off and pop into a colander with the leaves on top, cover and steam above the rice for 3 minutes, then remove.
  • Meanwhile, finely chop the cherries and, in a large bowl, mix with 1 tablespoon each of red wine vinegar and rice cooking water, then 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
  • Finely slice the walnuts, then the chard stalks, shred the leaves.
  • Drain the rice well, add to the cherry dressing bowl with all the chard and crumble in the feta.
  • Toss well, then taste and season to perfection with sea salt and black pepper.
  • Dish up, and sprinkle over the walnuts.
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Course; Rice / Salad

Beef, Beets & Horseradish

Beef, Beets & Horseradish

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Ingredients

  • 160 g raw mixed-colour baby beets
  • 3 heaped teaspoons creamed horseradish
  • 3 heaped teaspoons half-fat crème fraîche
  • 50 g watercress
  • 40 g finely sliced bresaola

Instructions

  • Scrub the beets clean, reserving any nice leaves, then finely slice into matchsticks with good knife skills or using the julienne cutter on a mandolin (use the guard!).
  • Dress with ½ a tablespoon each of extra virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar, the horseradish and crème fraîche, then season to perfection with sea salt and black pepper.
  • Delicately toss with the watercress and any reserved beet leaves.
  • Divide up the bresaola between your plates, followed by the beet salad, then drizzle with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil, and serve.
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Course; Beef / Salad
Diets; Gluten-Free

Tuna Butter Bean Salad

Tuna Butter Bean Salad

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Ingredients

  • ½ a red onion
  • 1 celery heart
  • ½ a bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley 15g
  • ½ × 660g jar of butter beans
  • 1 × 220g jar of tuna in olive oil

Instructions

  • Peel the red onion and slice it as finely as you can.
  • In a large bowl, scrunch it with ½ a tablespoon of red wine vinegar and a little pinch of sea salt.
  • Trim and finely slice the celery and pile on top of the onion.
  • Finely slice the parsley stalks, add to the bowl, then pick over the leaves.
  • Drain the beans and place in a single layer in a hot non-stick frying pan on a medium-high heat with 1 teaspoon of olive oil.
  • Have faith, let them crisp up and get golden on the bottom, then turn so they crisp up on the other side.
  • Drizzle 1 tablespoon each of extra virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar over the onion salad, drain and flake in the tuna, then gently toss it all together.
  • Divide the popped beans between your plates, pile the salad on top and sprinkle from a height with a good pinch of black pepper, then tuck in.
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Course; Butter / Fish / Salad
Diets; Gluten-Free

Duck & Orange Salad

Duck & Orange Salad

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Ingredients

  • 2 × 150g duck breast fillets skin on
  • 1 baguette
  • 15 g shelled unsalted walnut halves
  • 3 regular or blood oranges
  • 30 g watercress

Instructions

  • Score the duck skin, rub all over with sea salt and black pepper, then place skin side down in a large non-stick frying pan on a medium-high heat.
  • Sear for 6 minutes, or until the skin is dark golden, then turn and cook for 5 minutes, or to your liking.
  • Remove to a board to rest, leaving the pan on the heat.
  • Slice 10 thin slices of baguette (keeping the rest for another day).
  • Place in the hot pan with the walnuts to toast and get golden in the duck fat, then remove and arrange the toasts on your plates.
  • Meanwhile, top and tail the oranges, cut away the peel, then finely slice into rounds (removing any pips).
  • Finely slice the duck, place on the toasts, dotting any extra slices in between, then add the oranges in and around.
  • Dress the watercress with any resting juices on the board, then sprinkle over.
  • Finely grate or crumble over the walnuts, sprinkle from a height with a little extra seasoning, and serve.
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Course; Duck / Fruit / Salad

Smoked Salmon Plates

Smoked Salmon Plates

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Use a speed-peeler to strip the cucumber lengthways into fine ribbons.
  • In a bowl, toss it with a small pinch of sea salt and 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar, and scrunch to quickly pickle it.
  • Pick and mix in most of the dill.
  • Drape and divide the smoked salmon between two plates.
  • Halve, destone, peel and add the avocado.
  • Pile the cucumber ribbons delicately to one side, filling the avocado halves with the cucumber liquor.
  • Spoon over the cottage cheese, then drizzle with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil, add a pinch of black pepper from a height, pick over the remaining dill, and tuck on in.
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Course; Fish / Salad
Diets; Gluten-Free

Broad Bean Salad

Broad Bean Salad

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Ingredients

  • 200 g fresh podded or frozen broad beans
  • 30 g whole almonds
  • 1 × 480g jar of roasted red peppers in brine
  • ½ a bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley 15g
  • 30 g Manchego cheese

Instructions

  • Boil the beans in a pan of boiling salted water for 3 minutes, then drain and pinch the skins off any larger beans.
  • Toast the almonds in a dry griddle pan on a medium heat until lightly golden, tossing regularly, then remove and finely slice.
  • Drain the peppers and open out flat, then char on the hot griddle until bar-marked on one side only.
  • Remove and slice 1cm thick.
  • Finely slice the parsley stalks, pick the leaves, then toss with the broad beans, peppers, 1½ tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and 1 tablespoon each of red wine vinegar and brine from the pepper jar.
  • Taste, season to perfection with sea salt and black pepper, and divide between your plates.
  • Finely shave over the cheese with a speed-peeler, drizzle with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil, scatter over the almonds, and serve.
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Course; Salad

Harissa Squash Salad

Harissa Squash Salad

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Ingredients

  • 1 butternut squash 1.2kg
  • 1 heaped tablespoon rose harissa
  • 2 ripe avocados
  • 100 g mixed salad leaves
  • 1 × 125g ball of mozzarella cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4.
  • Carefully cut the squash into rough 5cm chunks (seeds and all), then, in a roasting tray, rub all over with the harissa, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
  • Roast for 50 minutes, or until soft, golden and gnarly.
  • With a few minutes to go, place 1 tablespoon each of extra virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar, and a little salt and pepper, in a large bowl.
  • Halve, peel, destone, slice and toss in the avocados, then gently mix in the salad leaves.
  • Use forks to divide and tear the hot squash (skin, seeds and all) between your plates.
  • Divide up the salad on top and tear over the mozzarella, then serve.
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Course; Salad

Sorta Salmon Niçoise

Sorta Salmon Niçoise

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Ingredients

  • 2 × 120g salmon fillets skin on, scaled, pin-boned
  • 300 g green beans
  • 2 large eggs
  • 8 black olives stone in
  • 2 heaped tablespoons Greek yoghurt

Instructions

  • Place the salmon skin side down in a colander over a pan of boiling salted water, covered, to steam for 8 minutes.
  • Line up the beans, trim off just the stalk end, then boil in the water under the salmon for 6 minutes, or until just cooked but not squeaky.
  • Gently lower in the eggs to cook for exactly 5½ minutes, alongside.
  • Meanwhile, squash the olives and remove the stones, then finely chop the flesh.
  • Mix half of the olives through the yoghurt with a splash of red wine vinegar, taste and season to perfection with sea salt and black pepper.
  • Remove the salmon to a board, then drain the eggs and beans in the colander.
  • Toss the beans in the dressing and divide between your plates.
  • Refresh the eggs under cold water until cool enough to handle, then peel and cut into quarters.
  • Flake over the salmon, discarding the skin, arrange the eggs on top and dot over the remaining chopped olives.
  • Finish with 1 teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil and a good pinch of pepper, from a height.
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Course; Fish / Salad
Diets; Gluten-Free

Carrot & Grain Salad

Carrot & Grain Salad

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Ingredients

  • 350 g mixed-colour baby heritage carrots
  • 1 pomegranate
  • 1 big bunch of fresh mint 60g
  • 1 × 250g packet of mixed cooked grains
  • 40 g feta cheese

Instructions

  • Wash the carrots, halve any larger ones, then place in a large cold non-stick frying pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
  • Put on a medium-high heat for 15 minutes, or until golden and tender, tossing regularly.
  • Meanwhile, halve the pomegranate, squeeze the juice from one half through a sieve into a large bowl, add 1 tablespoon of red wine vinegar and 2 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil.
  • Finely chop the top leafy half of the mint (reserving a few nice leaves), stir into the bowl, then taste and season to perfection.
  • Transfer the carrots to the dressing bowl, while you toss the grains in the pan for 1 minute with a splash of water to warm through.
  • Tip into the bowl and mix with the dressed carrots, then divide between your plates.
  • Holding the remaining pomegranate half cut side down in your fingers, bash the back of it with a spoon so all the seeds tumble over the salads.
  • Crumble or grate over the feta, sprinkle over the reserved mint leaves, and tuck in.
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Course; Salad
Diets; Vegetarian

Hoisin Chicken Lettuce Cups

Hoisin Chicken Lettuce Cups

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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Put a griddle pan on a high heat.
  • Cut the two cheeks off the mango, slice each into three lengthways, then slice off the skin and discard.
  • Dice all the flesh into 1 cm cubes.
  • Scrunch the stone over a bowl, to extract any pulp and juice, mix with the hoisin to make a dressing, and divide between two little pots.
  • Flatten the chicken breasts by pounding them with your fists until the fat end is the same thickness as the skinny end.
  • Rub with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper, then griddle for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, or until bar-marked and cooked through.
  • Meanwhile, trim the lettuce, click the leaves apart and divide between two plates, snipping the cress alongside.
  • Divide up the mango and the hoisin pots.
  • Slice the chicken and arrange on the plates, then tuck in, using the lettuce cups as a receptacle to hold everything.
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Course; Chicken / Salad