slow-roast carrots with garlic lemon butter recipe The best way to eat winter carrots is to slow-roast them whole for about an hour; it brings out their sweetness and flavour. This is an ideal veg to have on Christmas Day when time and oven spac
leek and potato soup recipe January is a good time to make soup with last year’s maincrop potatoes, stored frost-free over the winter in a cool, dark spot in hessian bags. One of my favourite meal-in-a-bowl soups for this
stuffed butternut squash with creamy goat's cheese recipe The shape, colour, texture and taste of this dish make it a good all-rounder in autumn and winter. The skin of the butternuts is thin, so once cooked, you can eat this too and then you’ll get all the
pumpkin and apple soup with chestnuts recipe Some pumpkin or squash flesh, an onion or two and plenty of cumin: this is the basic recipe for a fabulous soup. I love the addition of apples – their sharpness cuts through the sweetness of the
shallot tatin with leftover cheese recipe You can make this fantastic tart with onion, but the sweetness of the shallots is what makes this recipe particularly delicious. It's ideal over Christmas or New Year – a brilliant use of all those ha
ginger biscuits recipe These are good on their own with a cup of tea, and ideal for smartening up any pudding. Try them with coffee or lemon mousse, or a bowl of homemade ice cream.makes about 30 biscuits 225g plain
sloe gin mincemeat recipe A perfect recipe for Stir up Sunday. You can use straight away, but it’s even better left for a while to mature and marinade. Makes 450g (Enough for 15-20 mince pies):80g fresh cobnuts (If using hazel
roast parsnips rolled in parmesan recipe These are crunchy and sweet, lovely with any meat or stew, to eat with an aperitif, or as a first course dipped into crème fraîche flavoured with dill and/or chilli jam.For 6 600g parsnips100g fresh
mrs titley’s chocolate and coffee éclairs recipe These éclairs are the best you’ll ever eat. They are ideal for a big family party – make two-thirds chocolate and one-third coffee – over Christmas or New Year. You can make the cases several da
moroccan harira with sorrel sauce recipe This is a traditional soup/stew – a meal in itself – eaten to break the month-long, daylight fasting of Ramadan. It's fragrant and spicy, typically served with little bowls of lemon juice to pou
mini blinis with smoked salmon or roe recipe Using buckwheat flour mixed with plain sharpens the flavour of these blinis. Serve warm.for about 80 blinis 225g plain flour 225g buckwheat flour, sifted 4 teaspoons dried yeast 2 tabl
mince pies with orange pastry recipe I love an orange flavoured pastry with my mince pies, a traditional tasting twist on a classic recipe.makes 15-20 mince piesfor pastry: 75g butter, plus little more for tray 170g plain flo
sloe gin (or damson vodka) recipe This sloe gin or damson vodka recipe can be adapted to the fruit you have to hand. Damsons left after the vodka is strained are perfect to eat with ice cream or yogurt. This makes a perfect Chri
marni's salsify recipe This is my grandmother Marni Hodgkin's favourite recipe for salsify, which came originally from Rosamund Richardson's book Definitely Different. Small chunks of the cooked root are tossed in
roast pumpkin seeds recipe These roasted pumpkin seeds are good to serve with a glass of wine and less fattening than crisps or peanuts. 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil Good pinch of flaky salt
sushi popcorn Popcorn is an excellent fat-free snack, ideal as a substitute for crisps – crunchy and satisfying. It is best to pop the corn in a non-stick pan. The intense heat needed for the popping converts sunfl
