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Pickled Gooseberries 🌿
Crunchy pickled gooseberries with onions and mustard seeds
Spicy Cauliflower Pickle 🌿
A chilli-hot crunchy cauliflower pickle for cheese
Aubergines, Chicken peas and seeds 🌿
An aubergine, chickpea spread with pumpkin and sesame seeds
Lentils, Peppers, roasting juices 🌿
Lentils dressed with roasted peppers and their juices
Iced Melon Soup 🌿
A chilled melon and tomato soup for a hot summer day
Potatoes, Beetroot, Yoghurt 🌿
Roast spiced potatoes with a dressing of yogurt and beetroot
New Potatoes, Beans, Butter Sauce 🌿
New potatoes, broad beans and butter sauce.
Burrata and Peas 🌿
Peas, Burrata and a basil and olive oil dressing.
Pea and Bacon Friiters
Green pea fritters with bacon and crisp breadcrumbs.
Potato cake, cheese and herbs 🌿
Grated potato cake with melted Fontina and herbs
Pea and Parsley Soup 🌿
A verdant green soup of peas and parsley for a summer day.
Edamame fritters 🌿
Little cakes of edamame beans and a soy dipping sauce.
Broad beans, New Potatoes, Pea Shoots 🌿
A hot new potato salad, with broad beans and pea shoots
Beans, Tomato Confit 🌿
Haricot Beans and Broad Beans with Tomato Confit
Asparagus and Spring onion fritters
Deep fried asparagus and spring onions in a light batter
Asparagus Pakora 🌿
Asparagus in Chickpea Batter with Avocado Raita.
Asparagus and Prawn Soup
Asparagus, prawns, ginger, fish sauce and lime in a summer soup.
Asparagus, Samphire salad 🌿
Spicy, crisp and sour salad of asparagus, samphire and radishes
Peppers, Green Herb Sauce 🌿
A dish of soft, baked peppers with a summer herb sauce.
Courgette flowers, ricotta 🌿
Deep fried courgette flowers with ricotta and grated courgette.
Courgettes with Basil and Feta 🌿
Courgettes baked with olive oil, basil and Feta cheese.
Courgettes with Broad Beans 🌿
Buttermilk fried courgettes with Creamed Broad Beans.
Courgette Fritters with Burrata 🌿
Courgette Fritters with Burrata and cherry Tomatoes.
Courgettes, Garlic and Herb Labneh 🌿
Baked courgettes with garlic and a herb scented strained yoghurt.
Spiced Courgettes, Spinach, Chickpeas 🌿
Courgettes cooked with Spinach, chickpeas, cumin, turmeric and mustard seeds
Beetroot Hummus with Dukkah 🌿
Chickpea and beetroot hummus, with an aromatic hazelnut dukkah.
Gnocchi with Spinach 🌿
Easy, home made gnocchi with spinach sauce and pea shoots.
Gnocchi, Ricotta and Pickled walnuts 🌿
Home made gnocchi with pickled walnuts and cress. Pasta for summer.
Fried Aubergines, Beetroot Hummus 🌿
Crisp slices of aubergine with a beetroot and chickpea spread.
Peppers and Tomatoes, Hemp Pesto 🌿
Warm peppers and tomatoes with toasted hemp and basil pesto.
Carrot, Tomato and Feta Soup 🌿
A summer soup of ripe tomatoes and carrots with feta.
Tomatoes, Basil Dressing, Toasted bread 🌿
Assorted tomatoes, toasted ciabatta, with a basil dressing.
Tomato Confit 🌿
Slow cooked tomatoes with oil and garlic to last several days
Flatbreads, Avocado & Tomatoes 🌿
Tacos filled with creamed avocado and a tomato and green bean relish.
Tomato Bread 🌿
The classic tomato bread of Spain, with olive oil and garlic
Ricotta, Thyme, Parmesan 🌿
Warm Baked ricotta with Thyme and Parmesan cheese.
Tomato Tart 🌿
A simple filo tart of ripe tomatoes and rosemary butter.
Tomato Soup, Goat's Curd, Onions 🌿
Tomato soup with caramelised onions, goat's curd and basil oil.
Green Aubergine Curry with Flatbreads 🌿
Home made Indian flatbreads with a green aubergine curry.
Dukkah 🌿
A toasted hazelnut version of the Egyptian aromatic seasoning.
Gooseberry Chutney 🌿
An sweet-sour onion and gooseberry chutney for cheese or cold meats.