A flavourful chicken and rice traybake from ” Dominique’s Kitchen” by Dominique Woolf. The jasmine rice can be replaced with basmati rice if you like. You will need 280g of rice, 400 ml of coconut milk and 250 ml of water if you choose to do this.
A great way to use up offcuts of venison from Mark Hix. It will serve two as a main or four as a starter and is good served with flatbreads, rice or even mash.
An early summer favourite from ” Lobster and Chips” by Trish Hilferty. The first wild salmon usually becomes available in early June, briefly overlapping with the time of year when smaller Jersey Royals are still available. Sea Trout or organic salmon can be used as an alternative, but I urge you not to use farmed salmon.
A great way with white cabbage from one of my favourite cookbooks , ” Mowgli Street Food” by NIsha Katoona. She finally opened the Bristoil branch of this restaurant chain about 6 months ago, but I have yet to eat there.
Simple grilled prawns from award winning Ho Chi Minh City chef Quach Thien Tuong. I found the recipe in ” Street Cafe Vietnam” by Annabel Jackson. Use the freshest prawns you can find, and add a spoonful of water if you find that the dip is too tart for your taste.
This recipe from Tetouan, Morocco is one of my favourite ways with prawns. The prawns should be ready to use at room temperature to ensure they heat up thoroughly in the time it takes the eggs to cook. Its from ” Street Cafe Morocco” by Anissa Helou.
I love foraging for wild garlic on my local walks and am always looking for new ways to use it. This green and cheesy pasta from Thomasina Miers is also a great way to use up odds and ends of different cheeses- the more variety the better. If you like crisp pancetta or melted anchovies can be added to the sauce. If wild garlic is hard to find then bulb garlic can be used instead and wilted spinach or kale added for colour.
A spicy chicken and lemongrass stir fry from Cambodia. The recipe is from Y Sok, a Cambodian refugee who came to the UK aged 37 after first migrating to the USA with her family. She runs Kambuja restaurant in the Marple area of Greater Manchester.
