Laal Mass beans is a fiery dish, traditionally made with lamb or mutton and translates to red meat, ‘laal’ is red, for the red fiery sauce made with dried red chillies and ‘mass’ for meat.
I wanted to create a sauce using all the traditional spices and ingredients to which I could simply add some beans, in this case some meaty butterbeans and some green beans which are perfectly happy being braised until soft.
This classic Spanish dish is utterly delicious and addictive, one of my favourite potato dishes to make. This can be served on it’s own, with a fried egg, jamon or as a side dish to accompany any meat or fish dish.
Serves 2-3 either as a main or a side.
Add a touch of Greek into your life with this traditional spinach and feta pie, this is an easy, straightforward pie to put together, Depending on where you buy your filo you may need to cut to size so adapt as you go, just don’t skrimp on the butter whatever you do.
Original recipe by Angela Boggiano from her book Pie.
This was a recipe from an old American cook book that I have adapted to suit my taste which is for it to be more spicy and less sweet, this dish is quite addictive and can be served hot or room temperature, serve with rice, pickles, flatbreads, on toast or just on their own with a spoon
This classic Japanese dish such as many classic dishes do has many variations, traditionally made with sweet white miso but can also be made with standard white or red miso with the addition of a little brown sugar, whichever you use you will love this flavourful, umami laden hearty dish.
This recipe was put together as a result of reading an article about a 5 ingredient miso, parmesan spaghetti recipe and the lemon, black pepper, pecorino and cabbage rice recipe by Sabrina Ghayour, a favourite cookbook chef of mine, from her vegetarian book Bazaar. I have used a white soya miso here, white barley miso or indeed any miso of choice would work well, you’ll get the same flavour just a different coloured end result, but who cares about the colour when it tastes so good.
This recipe is adapted from a book called ‘Ferment pickle dry’, I have made these many times, the recipe is very flexible and adaptable and can be made to suit your taste palate. These are as the book states a crossover between Japanese miso-pickling and European vinegar-pickling. You can eat them as an accompaniment to a cocktail, as part of a Asian inspired feast, an addition to salads or whenever you simply want salty, spicy, sweet, acidic umami party in the mouth and don’t waste the liquid, it’s great to use as a dressing.
Salads aren’t just for lazy summer days, enjoy this hearty bold autumnal salad either as a small starter, side or indeed as a stunning vegetarian main. The idea for this ensemble is from dirt candy, a vegetarian cookbook from a vegetarian restaurant in New York. There are a number of elements to building this salad so preparation is key to pulling it all together at the end and you need to be very good at multi tasking so read the instructions first.
Earthy thyme and oyster mushrooms, combined with sweet marsala and crème fraiche come together for an indulgent treat. I’ve also added dried morels here but you can easily exchange these for porcini or other dried wild mushrooms or leave them out completely and use all fresh mushrooms, the ingredients here are very flexible, choose your booze and choose your indulgence and away you go.
Pakora’s are essentially fritters deep fried in oil, they can be made with one vegetable or a mixture so don’t be afraid to experiment not only with the vegetable but the spices involved in the batter. This is a small batch of batter, perfect for a starter for two, it can easily be doubled, I’ve used large oyster mushrooms here but you could use any mushroom, sliced king oyster, portabella and even whole button mushrooms.
