French strawberry jam recipe An excellent jam that is not too sweet and not too set, perfect with scones and cream or added to yoghurt or porridge.makes approximately 5 jars 1kg strawberries (if you are not adding wild
five-hour leg of lamb recipe This is my favourite thing to cook for an Easter lunch. You can put it in the oven at breakfast and it will be perfect by lunch.serves 8 Large leg of lamb or hogget (about 2.2-2.5kg)for the marina
duck and peppery leaf salad recipe A delicious, easy and quick to prepare recipe for salade tiède, using duck and peppery salad leaves. I use red giant mustard, mizuna or salad rocket – all winter hardy leaves.serves 6 Half a la
De Kas tomato jam recipe This is my adaptation of a recipe from one of my favourite restaurants, De Kas in Amsterdam. A delicious, sweet tomato pickle with a fragrant taste from the spices, it is fantastic on crostin
coffee mousse recipe When the weather is cold, there's nothing better than a really intense coffee mousse – a cappuccino in a pudding. Serve in small bowls or coffee cups, with biscuits on the side or chocolate-dipp
coconut milk and Greek yoghurt panna cotta caramel recipe A low fat panna cotta, using yoghurt and coconut milk instead of cream. Make this the day before, so the caramel is absorbed into the panna cotta overnight and serve with super-healthy, super-ta
cock-a-leekie recipe This delicious chicken soup is a traditional favourite, and we totally understand why. It's perfect warming winter food, and brilliant if you've got a little bit of a cold. for 8 as a starter
cinnamon apple crisps These are good as a crunchy and delicious snack, served from a plate or bowl in the middle of the table, just as you would some delicious chocolates. They’re best made and eaten pretty much stra
cranberry and juniper jelly recipe I first ate this in St Petersburg ten years ago and loved its clean and aromatic taste, so I try to make it when cranberries are around every Christmas. It's excellent served with any cold meat or
cranberry tart with hot toffee sauce An excellent Christmas pudding for eating at any time when you have lots of people to feed. It has a good balance of sweet and sour.serves 6for the cranberry tart 500g cranberries, fresh or froze
creamy celeriac soup with chestnuts recipe This soup is very rich and creamy, yet it contains no cream, with almond milk used instead. If the celeriac is organic, remove the minimal amount of peel as the nutrients lie just beneath the skin.
Christmas pudding recipe This recipe, adapted from Constance Spry, makes a pudding with great texture and flavour, including whole almonds and masses of dried fruit. It's the one my mother has always used. Serve with br
Danish glögg recipe This is the best of all spicy, hot red wine recipes to serve at a firework party. It knocks the socks off the usual over-sweet mulled wine or Glühwein. makes about 12 glasses 1 orange, stu
courgette balls with summer salsa recipe This is ideal as an appetiser or canapés at a party, using the sauce as a dip. It looks good with yellow and green courgettes mixed together as you see the colours as you bite in to the balls.ca
courgette balls in spicy cream sauce recipe This is an ideal recipe for when you've got a glut of courgettes and tomatoes and is even good with near-marrows – an adaptation by Teresa Wallace of a recipe from Madhur Jaffrey's Eastern Veget
courgette and lemon salad recipe Courgettes are tasty eaten raw, fresh and simple. This salad looks lovely with different coloured courgettes, golden-yellow and deep and pale-green. It is good just as it is, or with a handful of toas
