Type: Simple easier than you thnk

Sumac-roasted strawberries with yoghurt cream
This is a good pudding to remember if you have over-ripe strawberries which are slightly past their best. Roasting them makes them…

Plum, blackberry and bay friand bake
Friands are the light, moist almond cakes popular in Australia, New Zealand and France. Whisked egg whites and very little flour make…

Roasted trout with tomato, orange and barberry salsa
This is one of those dishes which is simple and quick enough for a mid-week but impressive enough to serve to guests…

Bridget Jones’s pan-fried salmon with pine nut salsa
This is the dish Patrick Dempsey’s character tells Renée Zellweger’s Bridget Jones that he would have brought her on their imaginary second…

Mackerel with pistachio and cardamom salsa
This is a super impressive (but secretly very easy) summer starter. It also works well as a main course, served with some…

Trout tartare with burnt butter and pistachios
Tartare is all about the quality and freshness of the ingredients. The trout needs to be fresh as can be, the nuts…

Chicken with miso, ginger and lime
This dish is lovely either warm from the oven – served with sticky or basmati rice – or at room temperature. If…
Arnold’s roast chicken with caraway and cranberry stuffing
Arnold Rogow was a family friend of Ixta Belfrage, who tested a lot of the Ottolenghi SIMPLE recipes with Esme. Ixta has…
Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with mint and cumin
This is a feast of a meal, served with something like butterbeans – gently mashed with the cooking juices from the lamb…