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New Potato & Cherry Tomato Bake

8th March 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

A hearty and delicious bake which is easy to assemble. SERVES 4 • 500g (1lb) new potatoes • 300g (10oz) cherry tomatoes • A few knobs of butter, plus extra for greasing • 4-5 thyme sprigs • 100g (3½oz) Gruyère, grated • 100g (3½oz) Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated • 250ml (9fl oz) pot double cream • 200ml (7fl oz)…

Ornamental Onion: Flower Bulb Of The Year

8th March 2016 Steve Ott News

Did you know that onions aren’t just good to eat but that the ornamental ones are pretty as well? The large onion family has established itself not only in the kitchen. Some of them – the ornamental onions – are impressive features in the garden. The Origins Of Ornamental Onions Ornamental onions are endemic to Europe, Asia and the Middle…

New Potatoes & Hot Smoked Salmon Salad

8th March 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

See in the new spring season with freshly dug potatoes and a salmon salad. SERVES 4 • 500g (1lb) new potatoes • 200g (7oz) hot smoked wild salmon • 4 free range eggs, hard boiled • 50g (2oz) baby spinach • 2 pears, cored and sliced • 1 garlic clove, minced • ½ lemon, juice and zest of • 4…

Aromatic Cauliflower & Chickpea Salad

7th March 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

A light salad of warm cauliflower & chickpeas coated in an mix of spices. For a more filling dish, serve with couscous or hot pitta bread. SERVES 4 • 1 head cauliflower broken into florets • 2 garlic cloves, crushed • 2 tsp fennel seeds • 2 tsp cumin seed • ½ tsp ground cinnamon • 3 tbsp olive oil…

Easy Garlic & Basil Pesto

7th March 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

It’s always a great idea to have a pesto recipe on hand should you need to whip up a tasty pasta dish in a hurry. MAKES1SMALLJAR • 50g (2oz) basil • 30g (1oz) pine nuts, toasted • 30g (1oz) parmesan, or similar vegetarian hard cheese, freshly grated • 3 cloves garlic, crushed • 85ml (3fl oz) olive oil • ½…

Garlic Dal

7th March 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

Aromatic and full of strong garlic, this dal is a great comfort food, and easy to whip up too. SERVES 4 • 250g (9oz) chana dal (yellow dried split peas) • 8-10 garlic cloves, peeled and slightly crushed • 1 tsp cumin seeds • 1 tsp mustard seeds • 1 green chilli • ½ tsp turmeric powder • 1 pinch…

Mushroom & Cheese Tarts

7th March 2016 Anna Pettigrew Recipes

Growing your own mushrooms is easy. Try this delicious dish of flaky pastry and earthy mushrooms – it goes down well at dinner parties! SERVES 4 AS A STARTER • 10 mushrooms, sliced (any mushroom will do, but chestnut work well) • 1 packet of ready made puff pastry • 4 tbsp cream cheese • 2 tbs sour cream •…

Pea Sprout & Parsley Risotto

2nd March 2016 Steve Ott Recipes

Try this simple recipe using your own home-grown pea sprouts at any time of year! Pea sprouts – expensively available from the better supermarkets – are extremely easy to grow; just sow the seed thickly in a tray, put it on a sunny windowsill, keep it watered, and harvest the sprouts with scissors two weeks later. Cut them just above…

New Microgreens To Try

2nd March 2016 Steve Ott Reviews

The selection of fast-growing microgreens just got even bigger with these new introductions for 2016 If your forward planning for spring 2016 wasn’t all it might have been, seedling salad crops offer a quick way of closing the ‘hungry gap’. Alongside the wide range of leaf crops that you can grow as microgreens, there are some intriguing new contenders to…

Planting garlic

15th February 2016 Steve Ott Tips and Advice, Video

Video: Watch as Kitchen Garden editor Steve talks you through the planting process. Garlic grows best when it has a period of cold weather, so if you didn’t get around to planting last autumn you can plant now, if your soil is well drained and not too wet.…

Leek, Broccoli & Blue Cheese Quiche

8th January 2016 Steve Ott Recipes

Although they’re a winter crop, leeks have a delicacy of flavour that suggests spring, especially when paired with purple sprouting… Serves 4 90g (3¼oz) plain flour 80g (3oz) butter 125g (4½oz) Shropshire Blue or similar cheese, finely diced 150g (5½oz) leeks, trimmed and sliced 50g (1¾oz) purple sprouting broccoli (prepared weight), trimmed and separated into small florets 1 clove garlic,…

Carrot & Coriander Soup

1st April 2015 Tony Flanagan Recipes

A delicious soup combining all the goodness of carrot and coriander. Colourful too! INGREDIENTS FOR THE SOUP: 4 medium-sized carrots 2 potatoes 1 medium onion 1 large clove garlic 1 bay leaf 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 tablespoon chopped coriander 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 vegetable stock cube Salt and pepper to taste FOR THE CROUTONS: 4 tablespoons of…