roasted tomato soup serves 6 as a main course, 8 as a starter 1kg ripe tomatoes 2 roughly chopped fennel bulbs (about 400g) 2 large quartered onions 3 tbsp cold-pressed rapeseed oil 3 crushed garlic cloves2 tbsp (ab
beetroot, yoghurt and hazelnut salad recipe In this recipe tutorial, Sarah Raven shows you how she prepares and cooks fresh beetroot and then arranges a simple Greek salad with a tahini yoghurt dressing with toasted hazelnuts and wild oregano.A
kalette, squash and parmesan salad recipe You can make this salad with Brussels sprouts or kalettes (also called flower sprouts), which have been bred from crossing kale and Brussels sprouts. Kalettes have a slightly sweeter taste than
juicy summer pudding recipe The best summer pudding is made with 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
Japanese griddled courgettes recipe This is as simple as it comes, but is so delicious, I could eat it on its own and it's excellent with almost any fish or meat. Use a mix of colours – yellow, dark green, light green courgett
green pawpaw, carrot and cashew salad A classic Thai street food salad, based on pawpaw at its unripe, green stage, when it has all its anti-inflammatory and digestion-aiding properties, but none of the big sugar hit. The cashews en
gooseberry tart recipe A tart of sharp, delicious just-cooked gooseberries in a very light pastry.serves 6 450g gooseberries 3 eggs 100g caster sugar 284ml double cream, plus more to serve 1 teaspoon vanil
watercress soup This soup is very simple, with the pepperiness of watercress set against the creaminess of coconut milk. It’s also versatile; you can add a bunch of parsley, sorrel, mustard leaves, chard or spi
globe artichokes with angelica's sauce recipe This recipe reminds me of Angelica, the cook in the house my parents used to rent in the Dolomites. I love the whole palaver of artichokes: pulling the leaves off and dipping them into the r
ithaca pie recipe This is the local version of spanakopita which we ate in a small taverna in Stavros. It was cooked with spinach mixed with horta – wild greens picked from the hillside. A combination of spinach,
thai prawn, mango and coconut lettuce parcels recipe I love this when the weather's warm and sunny, piling the different ingredients on to individual lettuce leaves and then folding the leaves into parcels. A good way of smashing the coconut is once
pelargonium-scented strawberry jam recipe Don't make strawberry jam in huge batches; it's harder to get it to set, and with endless boiling you lose the freshness of the flavour. Adding scented pelargonium (geranium) leaves to the jam,
pea soup with mint and dill This takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish, and it’s fine made with frozen peas instead of fresh. Many pea soups include a little sugar, but the dill here makes the soup sweet enough.
peach melba recipe A simple combination of vanilla ice cream, fresh peaches and raspberry coulis. It's not sophisticated, but it is delicious. You will probably make more of the coulis than you need, but it will k
quick tomato tart with thyme and red onions recipe This tomato tart is special because you can throw it together very quickly and it needs few ingredients. You can use any old tomato, bar cherry varieties. I always make mine in a frying pan with a met