This month in kitchen

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Seasonal advice from Sarah on what to do in the kitchen this month.

Cooking mackerel on the beach in Scotland

An old friend, Andrew Wallace, showed me this ingenious and reliable way of cooking fish in a wood fire. If you’re out fishing, this is the best way to eat any small to medium-sized fish you catch. ...

Lettuce hearts with hot butter dressing

Children who don't like lettuce often love it prepared this way. Roughly chopped chives and new radishes are good with this. You can also serve crunchy lettuce hearts dressed with olive oil quickly heated with a clove of garlic, a squeeze of...

Spring salsa verde

A herb dressing that is wonderful with globe artichokes, chicken, fish, beef or lamb.

For 8-10:

  • 1 large bunch flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 large bunch mixed herbs (chives, fennel, chervil, coriander and just one...
Elderflower cordial

This excellent, not to sweet, verison of the classic cordial will keep for a very long time.

For 2 x 750ml bottles:

  • 1.35kg granulated sugar
  • Flowers from 15-20 elderflower heads
  • 2 oranges, thinly...
Radish top pasta

Serves 4

If you grow your own radishes, try this peppery pasta sauce, particularly when some of the radishes are too big and woolly to be good raw

  • About 25 radishes with their leaves
  • Salt and black pepper...

 The delicous, fresh tasting risotto is ideal for those warm summer days.

SERVES 6-8
  • 500g Carnaroli rice
  • 2 cupped handfuls of shelled peas
  • 1 handful of pea tips and...
artichoke recipe

Boil the artichokes whole – allow for one large or two small artichokes each. If they are home-grown and full of earwigs and
insects, soak them upside down in strongly salted water for a couple of hours. To cook them, gently simmer...

juicy summer pudding recipe

The best summer pudding recipes use Panettone or brioche, not sliced white bread. You can use any combination of fruit, even gooseberries, but don’t use too many blackcurrants as they will dominate the taste.

SERVES 8-10

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SERVES 4

  • 200g bread for crumbs
  • 4 anchovy fillets
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan
  • 1 beaten egg
  • 400g courgettes, cut into sticks approx 7-8cm long...