Recipes

Each season brings something new and delicious and in early Autumn that means Beetroots, Radishes and Squash to mention just a few.

This colourful and seasonal recipe can be eaten as a vegetable accompaniment to roasts or with added cheese for a simple lunch or supper.

An easy recipe producing delicious pickled sweet and sour cucumbers which will be ready to eat in 24 hours.

A simple recipe using lovely summer ingredients. Good as a light lunch or before or after something more substantial.

Turn simple into stunning by using the abundance of summer herbs to elevate the flavours of this tomato salad.

An easy, nutritious and lovely recipe which can be made very quickly using simple ingredients. It keeps well too.

Easy to prepare and then leave in the oven for the duck legs to cook to meltingly soft perfection with a crisp skin.

An easy chocolate dessert which is especially good with a glass of chilled Barbadillo Pedro Ximenez sherry.

This could be the year to make some changes and perhaps move away from traditional Christmas foods with a complete departure from the norm.

I think the key to good shepherd’s pie is to use the best meat possible and to pay special attention to the seasoning stage.