This recipe did not go according to plan in my kitchen today, but the only one to blame for this was myself. No worries, lesson learned again. You only get better by making mistakes, somebody told me ones… or twice. 😉 The taste was nice but spicy, so keep on tasting the curry along the…
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Sweetcorn Chowder With Toasted Tortillas
It’s Nigella (Lawson) week, so naughty food all week around! This chowder was easy to make, although I had to make a little adjustment cooking this recipe for 30 people. Instead of putting the first 4 ingredients in a food processor, I first did fry the spring onions in a little bit of vegetable oil…
Watercress soup
Dont’ you just love the winter. Great excuse to eat soup everyday 😉 Ingredients (serves 2-3) 2 potatoes 2 onions 2 cloves of garlic olive oil 400 ml organic stock 3 bunches of watercress Method Peel and roughly chop the potatoes, onions and garlic. In a large saucepan, heat a little olive oil, then sauté…
Couscous with dried apricots and butternut squash
Tip: make this recipe one day before use. By then all the ingredients will have mixed so well, it’s like they have had a good party in the fridge! Ingredients (serves 4) 1 large onion, thinly sliced 6 tbsp olive oil 50g dried apricots 1 small butternut squash (about 450g), peeled, seeded and cut into…
Mixed mushrooms with cinnamon and lemon
This dish is easy to make and so delicious. The cinnamon, thyme and lemon juice make it all very special, a great lunch with some dark bread to soak up the juices. Thank you Ottolenghi for another lovely recipe! My team loved it. 🙂 Ingredients (serves 6-8) 400g button mushrooms 400g chestnut mushrooms 300g shiitake…
Rigatoni with fennel sausage sauce and pecorino-and-anchovy pesto
This recipe was a bit of work for 35 people, but we finished this Ottolenghi week off on a high. Definitely try this at home. Ingredients (serves 4) About 2½ tbsp olive oil 6 Italian fennel sausages (400g), cut into 1.5cm-thick slices 1 large onion, peeled and chopped 1 fennel bulb, trimmed and roughly chopped;…
Bridget Jones’ grilled salmon with pine nut salsa
Another great Ottolenghi recipe. The story behind this dish is funny. In the film Bridget Jones’ baby, the gorgeous Patrick Dempsey makes dinner for Bridget and calls it Ottolenghi salmon. Apparently, the great chefs at Ottolenghi themselves never heard of it! But, as good sports as they are, they took the recipe up in one…
French beans and mangetout with hazelnut and orange
This cold bean salad is lovely. The Buxers looked a bit funny at the orange peels in their salad but nobody complained, so I guess they love it as much as I do! I made lots, so extra’s for tomorrow. I did follow this Ottolenghi recipe from top to bottom for the best result. Ingredients…
Ricotta tart
These shortcrust cuties were already made and bought from my grocery supplier. We made 7o of them today! I do like to fill them with anything I fancy. Today it was with ricotta, following this recipe. The sundried tomatoes on top are the zing to the tarts. Ingredients (serves 6-8) 200g shortcrust pastry 30g unsalted…
Cauliflower soup with mustard croutons
This soup is definitely something different! I gave it my own little twist and left the herb bundle in when blitzing the soup smooth. Of course I did take the cooking string off first. I also cheated with the croutons. Instead of using crustless Ciabatta I used already made croutons instead. It did work out,…
BUX Lunch 