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How to make your own flavoured salts: 12 recipes to try

Salt can be so much more exciting than just your familiar table salt. With so many options to choose from, give your shaker a shake-up and explore new colours, textures and tastes with our inspired selection. ...

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Mulled Pears and Blue Cheese Salad

If you’re searching for a unique and delightful salad recipe that combines contrasting flavours and textures, look no further than this Mulled Pears & Blue Cheese Salad.

Black Garlic Chicken and Black Rice Tray Bake

Bulbs of fresh garlic that have been cooked (and cured) at very low temperature for up to a month are called ‘black garlic’. These soft, deep black cloves have no resemblance in flavour to raw garlic, but taste like a mixture of balsamic vinegar, miso and molasses. It’s a flavour that pairs beautifully with chicken and porcini mushroom in this super easy to make tray bake dish.

Prawn-Stuffed Zucchini Flowers with Saffron Mayonnaise

Bright yellow zucchini flowers or blossoms add a vibrant pop of colour to a table. Stuffed with prawns coated in garlic, lemon and curry powder, then battered and fried, these stuffed zucchini flowers couldn’t be more delicious.

Caramelised Apple and Rum Bread Pudding Cake with Spiced Butter

Bread and cakes are one of the largest household wasted items. This recipe uses bruised apples, dried fruit, egg and what you have from leftover Sunday baking or birthday celebrations to make a delicious dessert that everyone will love.

Root Vegetable and Last Night’s Roast Hash

A roast always has leftovers. This recipe reinvents root vegetables, mustard, egg and roast leftovers into a meal you’ll love.

One Pot Wonder Lamb Curry

A warming winter one pot wonder. This recipe is special because it’s a dish that brings the family together. Known to be a good flavoured curry all over the world. It’s a classic.

Indian Spiced Lamb Biryani Rice with Yoghurt Sauce

A one pot wonder. Biryani is an Indian dish that includes rice and either lamb, chicken or vegetables infused with beautiful spices and served with a yoghurt sauce. Known as the ‘royal’ dish amongst all the exotic rice dishes.

Stir Fried Cauliflower and Peas

Ready in less than 30 minutes, this cauliflower peas nu saark dish is an easy vegetarian curry made with only two vegetables and stir fried with spices to create a delicious flavour.

Mushroom and Smoked Cheddar Bagel with Truffle Aioli

Mushrooms are rich in nutritional benefits. Containing minerals such as potassium and iron, mushrooms are a healthy addition to any diet. This easy to throw together Mushroom and Smoked Cheddar Bagel combines the umami flavours of mushroom, smoked cheddar and Truffle Aioli. What’s not to love?

Piri Piri Chicken with Barbecue Sweet Potatoes and Green Olive Jalapeño Salsa

Piri Piri Chicken with Barbecue Sweet Potatoes and Green Olive Jalapeño Salsa. Pack on the flavour with this delicious and […]

Grilled Octopus Salad with Ceviche Dressing

With flavours of lemon, garlic and paprika, this grilled octopus topped with a ceviche dressing really is a seafood sensation and will be a showstopper on your table. It’s also delicious in toasted tortillas with smashed avocado.

Vegan Corn and Pumpkin Bread with Smoky Corn, Chilli and Maple Butter

Add a vibrant splash of colour to your brunch table with this vegan pumpkin bread topped with smoky corn, chilli and maple butter.

Brioche Waffles with Spiced Fruit and Vanilla Labne

Golden, caramelised waffles are dusted with icing sugar and served with lightly spiced, syrupy stone fruit, and a sweet yet tangy vanilla labne. This is a refined take on waffles, and would make for a delicious breakfast or brunch option over the lazy holiday period.

Gin and Pepper Berry Glazed Side of Trout

Brushed with a smokey gin and pepper berry glaze, this sticky and golden trout is perfect for entertaining guests. Serve with a pangrattato and radicchio salad and baby lemon balm.

Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder with Rosé Wine and Quince Paste

Marinaded in quince, sumac, mustard and vinegar before being slow-roasted in a pan with rosé and bay leaves, this succulent and flavourful lamb shoulder is sure to be a family favourite.

Christmas Ham with Spiced Cherry and Vermouth Glaze

Your Christmas table will be a feast for the eyes and a pleasure for the senses with this beautiful spiced cherry and vermouth glazed ham, served with a herbaceous, zingy sour cherry gremolata.

Ottolenghi’s Braised Eggs with Leek and Za’atar

This is a quick way to get a very comforting meal on the table in a wonderfully short amount of time. It’s a dish as happily eaten for brunch, with coffee, as it is for a light supper with some crusty white bread and a glass of wine.

Ottolenghi’s Cauliflower, Pomegranate and Pistachio Salad

It was a little moment of revelation, I remember, when I first combined roasted cauliflower and raw grated cauliflower in the same dish. So different from one another, but working so well combined.

Grilled Peas with Smoked Sesame Salt and Tofu ‘Aioli’

Spring is a great time to experiment with fresh new-season vegetables in all their glory. Packed with health benefits like antioxidants and vitamin C.

Apple, Plum and Cinnamon Lamb Tagine

This recipe extract from Cluck, Oink, Baa, Moo by Miranda Ballard was inspired by a Belvoir fruit cordial she was served on a break during the lamb cutting section of a butchery course…and thought she’d try the combination for a type of tagine!

Blue Cod Pot Pies

Widely available all year round, blue cod ticks all our boxes – it is succulent, versatile and high in nutritional benefits. This Blue Cod Pot Pie recipe is the perfect lunch or dinner option, pairing the tender fish with warming curry and garam masala flavours, topped with buttery, flaky puff pastry.

Tomato and Garlic Braised Cavolo Nero with Cumin Seed Fried Eggs

Also known as Tuscan kale, cavolo nero is one of the highest sources of vitamin C. This dish sees the versatile leafy green paired with eggs, tomatoes and herbs to create the perfect light meal that could be enjoyed at virtually any mealtime.

Individual Lamb Shank Pies with Walnut, Currant and Couscous Pilaf

This Lamb Shank Pie recipe with Walnut, Currant & Couscous Pilaf is incredibly delicious. It’s the perfect meal when you’re after something hearty that will warm the soul.

Blueberry Muesli Muffins

These Blueberry Muesli muffins are full of wholesome goodness, and they taste delicious to boot!

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