When life gives you blood oranges, you make this salad: Blood Orange & Fennel Salad with Burrata. Actually, friends gave the blood oranges to me who had ordered them from Sicitrus. They were delicious. Small in size, but big in flavour! Not to mention the colours, wow, like a deed…
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Continue ReadingI love it when you think you have nothing really in house to make a meal from and then it turns out you have all the ingredients to make something amazing. Ok granted, I don’t always have burrata just randomly lying around in the fridge, but I did forget about…
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Continue ReadingYeah baby, what a dish! Such simple ingredients yet packed full of flavour. The leek, fennel and garlic is slowly cooked at a low temperature in a good layer of good quality olive oil. Cooked Lentils du Puy are added for the last 20 minutes so they can soak up…
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Continue ReadingThis little salads simplicity belies it’s depth of flavour. Who knew cucumbers could taste so amazing? The dressing is a perfect combination with the cucumber, but other dressings will work just as well with smashed cucumber. Like a simple red vinaigrette, or what a bout a honey, mustard and lemon…
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Continue ReadingI had this lovely vinaigrette leftover from the day before, in French it’s called Mignonette. It’s just red wine vinegar and finely chopped shallots, but the simplicity belies the delicious flavour combination. It’s usually served with oysters, but I loved it on this little salad. Roughly chop the chicory into…
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Continue ReadingI love the simplicity of this salad, it’s super easy and super quick, but definitely delivers in flavour. As a salad just by itself it might not be filling enough, but a great side dish, for example with pasta dishes, pizza’s or at a BBQ.
