potato and chard salad with pea pesto recipe This bright green salad looks as good and fresh as it tastes. Serve it plain, or scatter with thinly sliced and crispy chorizo. It's ideal for eating with almost any barbecued meat.Serves 6-82lb 3oz s
roast partridge with cobnut stuffing recipe Partridge has a great flavour. The key when cooking is to keep the flesh moist. Do this by covering the breast with streaky bacon and stuffing the cavity with this delicous nutty mix. Lay each bird on
porcini mushroom soup recipe This is a warming and fragrant autumn soup, with the distinctive taste of porcini (ceps).Serves 8 as a starter, 6 for lunch 25g dried porcini 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, fine
quinoa, courgette and lemon salad recipe Quinoa is filling – a little goes a long way. It's a seed from the goosefoot or fat hen family, so it's a good source of protein, gluten-free, easy to digest, as well as being high in magnesium and ir
ratatouille chutney recipe This is a classic chutney, delicious with bread and cheese and ideal with cottage pie. Use courgettes, small or marrow size, and pattypans if you have them.Makes 2½ litres 500ml cider vinegar400g bro
stilton and celery tart recipe This delicious stilton and celery tart tastes wonderfully fresh with seasonal produce. It's a perfect alternative to a standard cheese quiche, and will impress your friends and family.Serves 6-830g bu
strawberry and orange granita recipe This is quick, easy and very delicious, topped with a shot of Cointreau or vodka. I also use this recipe in the early spring mixing Campari with blood oranges – when they're at their best.Serves 6-8
rösti potatoes recipe Rösti potatoes might be fattening, but no more so than chips, and they have infinitely more flavour. Makes 6 large rösti: 3 or 4 potatoes (Desiree is ideal)2 tablespoons chopped onionHandful of chopp
rowan and apple jelly recipe A beautifully clear jelly made from rowan berries and apple. This is my favourite jelly. It’s smoky and tart, perfect with venison or any game and lovely smeared on corn on the cob. It’s also brillian
samphire with fresh peas and young broad beans recipe Marsh samphire (its proper name is glasswort – Salicornia europaea), is also at its absolute best right in July, so if you live near mud flats or salt marshes, rather than cliffs, around the British c
sarah raven's burger recipe William is my middle stepson and a really good cook. Burgers are one of his favourite things, and he has suggested two variations on his basic recipe: ploughman’s, which is rich and smoky with a hint
sauté of peas and lettuce recipe Serve this as a side dish with chicken or fish, or eat it as a meal on its own with a bowl of rice.Serves 4–680g unsalted butterA little caster sugarSalt and black pepper500g fresh peas, shelled weigh
healthy spicy ginger cake recipe Stem ginger in syrup is crammed with sugar, so if you have time, make your own version for this. Blackstrap molasses is a powerhouse of goodness.for 9 pieces 100g wholemeal flour 2 teaspoons grou
sloe and apple jelly recipe A lovely jelly with a tart taste and beautiful colour. It tends to be a bit sticky, so put it in the jars when it is a little runnier than most jellies. It will firm up anyway after a few months.For 2
verveine sorbet recipe This is a delicious, sparkly-fresh sorbet, ideal for supper after a hot day. To give it a real punch, you need to use a lot of lemon verbena.Serves 4185g caster sugarAbout 80 lemon verbena leaves250ml
