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A forest treasure…
A forest treasure… freshly picked ceps I’ve come home yesterday with some jewels – beautiful freshly picked ceps, or porcini mushrooms to Italian aficionados. And NO I’m not going to tell you where I...
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Risotto of wild ceps…
So, for that risotto recipe…. mushroom risotto I must admit to using a mixture of dried and fresh mushrooms for this photo and recipe coz I’ve been far too greedy with the wild ones when I had them… A...
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Affogato…
affogato This is the quickest dessert you’ll ever make! To serve four: simply make 4 very strong espressos. Put a ball or two of good vanilla icecream in 4 pretty glasses, crumble 3 Italian Amaretti...
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Gooey baked Camembert…
gooey camembert A delicious fondue-like, gooey dip to be savoured with fresh, crusty bread… I’ve used fresh thyme and fragrant pink peppercorns, but you can use your imagination and add whatever you...
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Omelette with Courgettes, Feta and Basil…
a savoury omelette for a leisurely brunch OMELETTE with FETA, COURGETTES and BASIL 2 tbsp olive oil 2-3 smallish courgettes 1 small onion, thinly sliced 6 eggs salt, pepper and fresh basil 125g feta...
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Elderflower delights…
freshly picked elderflowers Whilst Ireland and England may still have to wait a few weeks, here in the South of France elderflowers have been in full fragrant bloom for weeks now. No time to waste...
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Gravlax
The following recipe was part of an outdoor picnic at a recent course, but don’t forget it’s a great standby for canapés or starters to fancy meals… Or make yourself a delicious sandwich… preparing...
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Potato and Onion Tortilla
plain potato and onion tortilla In summer when there’s time for a picnic, I always think of TORTILLA as one of the dishes to bring along… There’s lots of ways to embellish the basic recipe – adding...
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Cheesy croissants…
Cheesy croissants We often have croissants left over from the previous day’s breakfast and I use them the next day to make a sort of savoury bread’n butter pudding… This basic recipe is divine but you...
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another yoghurt sundae…
another version of a seasonal yoghurt sundae… Whatever the season, we always manage to muster up a delicious yoghurt for breakfast… This one is layered with apple compote and fresh black cherries…...
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Smoothies…
strawberry smoothie We often make smoothies instead of just serving orange juice on its own… I tend not to add yoghurt as we offer that separately with a compote of fresh fruit. My smoothie base is...
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Croissant Pudding with Strawberries and Orange Flower Water
One of the many variations of bread and butter pudding… Whenever we have croissants or petit pains au chocolat leftover in our guesthouse, we turn them into a yummy bread and butter pudding for the...
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La Souqueto Granola
gariguette strawberries As part of breakfast in La Souqueto we always offer yoghurt with fresh seasonal fruit (right now we’ve been adding the strongly perfumed, early cropping, slightly elongated...
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Blackthorn whitethorn and Sloe Gin
white-flowering BLACKthorn Ireland, Inishmore, Aran Islands. Very early spring 1992. And so that white-flowering bush that’s everywhere… is what they call WHITE thorn? ‘No’ Olwen said. ‘That’s BLACK...
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On hangovers…(and how to avoid them)
caveman (after Banksy) Man discovered alcohol thousands of years ago – without doubt as a result of a fortuitous accident with fermenting fruit. But as sure as God made little red grapes, that man...
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