We are bang in the middle of the Oktoberfest season, and while no Oktoberfest is being held in 2020, that doesn’t mean we can’t have our favourite Bavarian foods at home! If you’ve been following along you will have learnt how to cook the perfect Oktoberfest Roast Chicken, and today
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Thai Tom Yum Goong
Our run of cool days here in Munich continues, with cool, drizzly weather keeping us mostly inside, apart from short sprints to the markets. I am definitely not complaining about the temperature, as it is the perfect excuse to start the soup-making season. And what better soup to start with
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Greek Village Salad Horiatiki
The very best Greek Village Salad or Horiatiki you will ever eat will be in a small, unassuming restaurant somewhere in the Mediterranean, with the sun shining, plates of delicious mixed meze and lashings of local wine. No matter how hard you try to recreate the recipe at home, this
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Italian Caprese Pasta Salad
Yesterday it rained properly for the first time in weeks, and today we woke up to cool misty weather. It wasn’t long, of course, before the sun burst through, but it was a little hint that my favourite season of all, autumn, is on the horizon. Don’t get me wrong,
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Tomato and Rosemary Focaccia
At the very first restaurant I ever worked in, we would bake up huge trays of focaccia every evening, varying the topping throughout the week, from classic sea salt and rosemary, through caramelised onion with feta, or even red onion and romesco. Sliced and served with some olive oil and
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Whipped Feta and Honey
Sometimes even I don’t feel like cooking. Long summer days and steamy nights can make the idea of cooking a big meal just seem like too much effort. These are the days when we just want to open the fridge and have something jump out, ready for picking or grazing
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Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini
You know it must be summer when the zucchini plants suddenly start producing more vegetables than you know what to do with. This year we haven’t planted any ourselves but a few days ago our neighbour Davide kindly gave us some extra-large zucchini – perfect for today’s recipe: Italian Sausage
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Lemon Sage Ricotta Gnocchi
Hands up if you've ever eaten chewy, gluey, reheated gnocchi? I think we’ve all been disappointed by gnocchi before, to the point where I avoid ordering it in restaurants as it is so hit and miss. In fact, I find traditional potato gnocchi a bit heavy, which is where this
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Homemade Cream Cheese
Luscious, soft, tangy homemade cream cheese, made in minutes with ingredients you probably already have in the kitchen? Absolutely. Trust me on this, once you make it, you may never go back to store-bought cream cheese again, especially as it is very cheap to make, and the flavour is rich
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Vietnamese Prawn Spring Rolls
We are finally getting the sort of hot days and nights where all I want to eat is lovely cold food. Salads, sandwiches and quiches are all very good, but sometimes I crave a little spice - and what could be better than the spicy little morsels known as Vietnamese
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