Recipes
Cooking is about sharing & its about inspiring!
Recipes should be a guide, they should be there for you to absorb and make your own. Be present, think about what you are doing and more importantly why you’re doing it - this is how you learn to cook, rather than learn just how to follow recipes (believe me, there is a huge difference). You’ll be devising your own recipes and creating masterpieces from fridge leftovers in now time! Tweak, change, adjust - don’t be afraid to try, don’t be afraid to make mistakes! Take notes, learn! Cook to your own palates and your own likes/dislikes! That is what recipes are there for!
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Marrow & N’duja Ragu from ‘Bread & Stuff’ at The Slow Food Feast at Ludlow Food Festival
A wonderful way to use up marrow! At that time of year where you struggle to keep motivation in eating a whole marrow, make this ragu, batch it up, store it in your freezer. I served it as a dip with some bread, butter and pickles but it also makes the most wonderful sauce for a main course dish.
Charred ‘Gildas’ Cabbage - as served at the Slow Food Feast, Ludlow Food Festival 2025
All the deliciousness of Gildas captured in charred cabbage form. The ultimate side dish - its tangy, salty, spicy, smokey, charred and perfect with a rich stew or nicely roasted pork loin.
Potato & Caramelised Onion Latke
Latke is a Jewish type of hash brown, somewhere between a hash brown and a potato pancake or fritter! I use some caramelised onions to add some sweetness! These make the most amazing breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack! So versatile!
Swede & Cheese Gratin
Deliciously sweet roasted swede layered with fresh thyme, salt and cheddar cheese! Simply delicious!
‘Chippy’ Chips Potato Tortilla & The Ultimate Chip Butty!
Leftover chips, turned into a potato tortilla, turned into the ultimate chip butty! Absolutely magic!
Honey & Cumin Roasted Swede On Toast
Swede is not just for mashing/crushing! It is totally delicious roasted! This honey and cumin roasted swede on toast is utterly delicious!
Crushed Swede
Crushed swede is one of my all time favourite side dishes! It’s criminally underrated! Simple, delicious, comforting, it’s got everything going for it!
Sprout & Sherry Stuffing Gratin
Sprouts & Sherry - a marriage made in heaven! Another banger to turn the heads of any sprout hater!
Sprout, Bacon & Date Tarte Tatin
This would convert anyone into being a Sprout Lover! A whole taste of Christmas!
Sprout, Bacon & Date Tarte Tatin
Cheese & Beer Battered Green Tomato Cob
What isn’t there to love about a proper cob! Make it generous, dont be shy with the thick sliced cheese and dont fear the raw onion! More is more with this one!
Indian Spiced Green Tomatoes
Almost like a sort of lime pickled vibe - these Indian spiced tomatoes are so delicious and fresh!
Green Tomato Salsa Verde
A hot, fiery green tomato salsa verde to spice up just about everything and anything!
Green Tomato Chutney
Use up those end of season, unripe tomatoes with this amazing chutney!
The Ultimate Yorkshire Puddings
The best part of a Sunday roast - this is THE Ultimate Yorkshire Pudding
Prawns Cooked On Salt
The seasoning this gives the prawns is unreal! I don’t cook prawns any other way now!
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Drinks
A tomato soup recipe like no other. This was a creation from a community project using entirely surplus ingredients so maybe doesn’t follow all the usual rules! It’s comforting and unctuous with red lentils. It went down a storm with the young people we served it for.