Recipes

Recipes that have been passed down through family or friends or collect on my cullinary journeys.

Milk Bar Pie

Momofuku Milk Bar’s famous pie (originally Crack Pie) — a slightly salty oatmeal cookie crust filled with a gooey, buttery, custard-like filling. Makes two 25cm pies.

Storage: wrap in cling film and keep for up to 5 days in the fridge or up to 1 month in the freezer.

Spanish Chicken One Pot

Juicy chicken, spicy chorizo and tender vegetables with seasoned rice — all cooked in one pan with the oven doing most of the work.

Raspberry Tiramisu

Nigel Slater’s deeply chilled, fruity, creamy, boozy summer take on tiramisu — sponge fingers soaked in orange juice and fino sherry, layered with mashed raspberries and mascarpone, finished with whipped cream and more fresh berries.

You can eat this tiramisu within an hour or two of making it, but it is far better if you give it an overnight stay in the fridge before adding the final top layer of cream and extra fruit. The longer the sponge has to soften with the fruit and boozy juice, and the layers have to combine, the better.

Mushroom Wellington

A vegan spin on the classic beef Wellington — portobello mushrooms with caramelised onions, wilted spinach and Dijon mustard wrapped in flaky puff pastry.

Crunchwrap Supreme

A copycat of the Taco Bell fast food classic — seasoned beef, nacho cheese, sour cream, lettuce, tomato and a tostada crunch, all wrapped and toasted in a large flour tortilla.

Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

A classic French dish of garlic-flavoured chicken in garlic sauce. Surprisingly gentle and mellow despite its fearsome name.

Notes

This recipe comes from Guardian food writer Felicity Cloake’s “How to Cook the Perfect…” series. The key to this dish is using large heads of fresh garlic – ideally wet garlic from early summer, which becomes sweet and mellow when roasted. If unavailable, look for large heads with generously proportioned cloves rather than small, tightly packed ones.

Serve with something to soak up the delicious juices – good bread, new potatoes or rice all work well, with an undressed green salad on the side.

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Mushroom and Asparagus Risotto

Pasta Primavera

A delicious, fresh pasta dish, perfect for a warm evening with a chilled glass of white wine!

Pork Burgers

Delicious family favourite pork and apple burger perfect for a summer evening.