Type: Vegetarian

Sweet and salty cheesecake with cherries
Three components here, I know, but they’re all quick and simple to do, can all be made well in advance, and there’s…

Vanilla custard with roasted strawberries and rhubarb
If it’s in season use forced rhubarb here: the hot-pink colour of the slender stalks looks stunning once cooked. Regular field-grown rhubarb,…

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…

Gnocchi alla Romana
Comfort food does not get any more comforting than this. Serve this as it is, or with a crisp green salad. It’s…

Pappardelle with rose harissa, black olives and capers
Pappare means ‘to gobble up’ in Italian, which is the destiny of this dish (particularly in Tara’s house, where her husband Chris…

Fettuccine with spiced cherry tomato sauce
When they are ripe and sweet, buy a big batch of cherry tomatoes, to make double or triple the quantity of sauce….

Pasta alla Norma
After a day in the test kitchen, eating all day, there are just a handful of dishes I’m happy to cook and…

Seaweed spaghetti and sesame salad with tahini dressing
Seaweed spaghetti has a similar texture to rice noodles but brings with it a salty kick to the dish. Nanami togarashi is…