A delicious summer dish of fresh green beans and new potatoes smashed together with a fork. The recipe is from ” River Cafe Two Easy” by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers. Don’t even think of using frozen green beans for this dish!
Penne goes very well with this sauce, which is also quite delicious with wet polenta.The recipe is from ” River Cafe Two Easy” by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers.
A hearty vegetarian soup from Tajikstan which I found in ” Samarkand” by Caroline Eden and Eleanor Ford. As an alternative to the herb paste you can add a dollop of herbed Suzma or you can just stir in some chopped greens for the final 5 minutes of cooking.
This salad is served in many ways in Israel- perhaps alongside an omelette for breakfast, on flatbread with a lamb shawarma or as a main course in its own right scattered with crumbled white cheese. There are dozens of versions- this is from ” Cherish” by Anne Shooter.
A mussel soup with saffron and wine which I found in ” The Little Book of Big Soups” by Lindsay Bareham. Serve with plenty of crusty bread to mop up the delicious liquor.
This weekend I am working my way through posting all the remaining River Cafe recipes I have enjoyed over the years so far. Here is another one from ” River Cafe Two Easy” by Rose Grey and Ruth Rogers. Looking through this cookbook i can see several more vegetarian pasta dishes i must try soon so look out for these.
This is another seafood pasta recipe from “River Cafe Two Easy” by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers. You can use other short pasta if you cannot find Ditaloni.
