A Sixties-style smoked salmon cheesecake with vodka This savoury cake is worthy of Lee Miller – the Picasso muse cum war correspondent cum cookery writer who once concocted a tomato soup cake ...
Salmon and fresh dill in creamy maccheroni The Chief Taster is a big fan of this dish – he especially enjoys the infused cream, and the fresh taste of the dill. NB – this dish does...
A Christmasy, cranberry dish of sausage and salmon I don’t know why it is but I love surf and turf dishes. It may be something to do with the fact that somehow I feel they shouldn’t really wo...
Stuffed peppers with smokey mince and slathered with minty yoghurt The Saucy Dressings’ chief correspondent invented this dish of stuffed peppers, and I have tweaked it a bit, replacing her yoghurt with masc...
A slightly Japanese salad of steak leaves A friend broke a favourite glass, and offered to cook lunch to make up for it – a very generous offer. The inspiration for what he made c...
Pork and Rhubarb Pie Inspiration for this dish came from British cookery writer, Christine France, author of some thirty books and countless articles (she was, a...
Chicken mousselines with an orange and cardamom sauce This recipe makes a really fine, elegant, light…and a little different starter. If you can make the sauce the day before the flavours wil...
Mulled wine-soaked slow-cooked chicken This lively stew has been a favourite with my family and friends over the Christmas period for many years now. Everybody always looks forwar...
Duck breasts with rich Marsala and blackberry sauce Well, it’s September….the evenings are beginning to close in…and the blackberries are there for the picking. Duck famously goes with somethi...
Prawn Tom Yum Soup; Solution to All Problems “I love Thai food for lunch – tom yum soup is the solution to all problems.” -Leyla Hussein, interviewed by Rebecca Myers, in The Sunday Ti...
Zingy and light prawn orzo pasta with green highlights Tried and Supplied founder, Domini Hogg, was inspired to invent this dish after talking with suppliers, Blue Sea of Aberdeen, about how they...
Sunset-inspired sweet and salty prawns with black rice Well, alright! I’d be the first to accept that the image of this dish doesn’t look anything like the image of the startling sunset at the bo...
Light as a soufflé spinach in a cheese sauce Considering its provenance it was no surprise to me to find that this simple spinach gratin was a success. The inspiration comes from Thomas...
Chief Correspondent’s Preferred Cucumber Salad We have the simplest Christmas imaginable, no turkey, no plum pudding. The secret to a Happy Christmas is simplicity, and the way to get awa...
Spanakopita Christmas Presents Spanakopita is a type of Greek spinach and feta pie wrapped up in a parcel of filo pastry. What makes these Christmasy is the addition of th...