shrimp and summer garden salad recipe I make this often in July and August when we have plenty of courgettes, tomatoes and basil growing in the garden. It looks and tastes best with mixed-colour courgettes and a variety of different tomat
strawberry and passion fruit sorbet recipe Strawberries and passion fruit are both sweet so here you don't need the usual piles of sugar of the average sorbet or ice-cream. The occasional crunch of the passion fruit seeds are a good addition.F
parmesan lollipops If you want to show off at a party, make these lollipops as canapés, or serve them with almost any soup. They look impressive but are easy to do.makes 20 100g Parmesan cheese20 woody rosemary sticks
perch hill rhubarb cordial recipe This is one of our most often made recipes at Perch Hill, where we serve a home-made cordial (or a selection) at all our courses and open days. We serve rhubarb from March until July, with an
pelargonium and lemon cordial recipe This is my favourite drink served here for lunch in the café for our garden openings and courses. It’s the pelargonium that gives it delicious and unique taste. I love Pelargonium ‘Attar of
party plum tart recipe A firmly set tart like this is one of the easiest puddings to transport for a picnic when you are feeding lots of people, and always delicious in summer when plums are at their best. This tart
tomato tart with poppy seed pastry recipe One of the best summer tarts, with delicious extra nuttiness from the poppy seeds, sharpness from the tomatoes a good contrast to the creamy cheese.For 6-8For the pastry140g plain flour½ teaspoon salt
summer berry jelly A summer pudding with no bread, and light on the jelly, which is made from freshly juiced apples, holding together many punnets of super-healthy berries. This needs to be made the day before serving.
whole strawberry jam This is a runny, French-style jam made with honey not sugar, so it is marginally healthier than a standard jam. It is still high in sugar, though, so this is for a treat on special occasions rather th
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
stuffed red horn peppers Sweet red peppers stuffed with cream cheese and pine nuts are delicious served with barbecued meat, or as a starter. We usually start picking these in the greenhouse by the middle of the month – they
smoked haddock and nasturtium fishcakes recipe This looks and tastes marvellous, with the peppery nasturtiums replacing black pepper in the fish/potato mix. Serve them with a really rich tomato sauce (tinned or fresh tomatoes and a slurp of olive
making a simple organic salad with edible flowers Watch Sarah demonstrate how to wash and build a simple homegrown salad with edible flowers.I'm just going to pop these in to wash them in small bundles, they're not dirty at all, it rained last night
ricotta al forno recipe This is rich and yet fresh - wonderful with bread and a crunchy green salad. Sometimes I make it with olives, sometimes pinenuts. Make it with basil pesto or we love it with wild garlic pesto too (the
red pepper and onion relish recipe I like the freshness of this relish - delicious served with burgers or sausages (or sausage burgers).Makes 3 x 450g jars7 red peppers, deseeded and finely chopped3 onions, finely sliced3 sticks of cel
marinated cucumber and dill salad recipe This is a recipe from my friend Lucinda Fraser, and it's fantastic for making in large quantities when you have lots of people to lunch. It's at its most delicious eaten fresh, but it's fine mad