Type: Pasta, polenta, potatoes
Jacket potatoes with aubergine and green tahini
We set ourselves a challenge with this recipe. Could we make it as rich and comforting as jacket potatoes tend to be…
Potato, fennel and smoked salmon bake
This dish evolved from a recipe for lax pudding which Yotam published a while back in the Guardian. Lax pudding is Swedish…
Garlicky aligot potato with leeks and thyme
Smooth mashed potato, melted cheese, slow-cooked soft alliums and woody herbs: in terms of eligibility for a book called COMFORT, this dish…
Crispy roast potatoes with rosemary and za’atar
Roast potatoes are a dish that features pretty permanently on people’s lists of top 10 all-time comfort foods. Everyone has the secret…
Indonesian ‘home fries’
When living in Melbourne, there was a popular Indonesian café that Helen used to go to. It sold trays and trays of…
Verena’s potato salad
Growing up in Germany, Verena remembers two camps when it came to potato salad: camp mayo and camp oil/broth. This is an…
Baked polenta with courgette and green harissa
This makes the most lovely veggie main, served with a simple leafy salad, and also works as a side to all sorts…
Turkey rags-to-riches
This is a dish that Helen’s sister Lily first cooked for her, and one that Helen always requests when she goes to…
Tomato and aubergine one-pot baked pasta
This is our take on our former colleague Noor Murad’s take on the iconic tomato butter sauce of Marcella Hazan. The clue…