Recipe Index

This summer I gathered the first proper crop of figs from the tree in my garden. It was planted eight years ago, and this is the first year it’s really delivered. Picking them straight from the branch and turning them into breakfast minutes later, still warm from the sun, is genuinely exciting. That fresh-off-the-tree flavour…

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There’s a short window every summer when heritage (heirloom) tomatoes and peaches are both at their absolute best. That’s when this peach panzanella salad becomes the only thing worth making for dinner. It’s the classic Tuscan bread salad given a sweet, juicy summer twist: torn sourdough toasted until crisp, tomatoes left to marinate with a…

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Pissaladière is a classic Provençal onion tart from Nice, made with sweet, slow-cooked onions on a crisp puff pastry base, topped with black olives and (optionally) anchovies. Easy and thrifty to make, it’s a dish I turn to all year long, but especially in summer. It’s delicious served warm or at room temperature as a…

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