Flat-leaf parsley, fennel and feta salad
Well, here I am in Italy, in the summer, and, of course the flat-leaf parsley is glorious. So it seems right that it’s the parsley which is really the hero of t...
Salads
Salad of prawn, bean, avocado and mint
This is a very useful ‘one-pot’ salad. The prawns provide the protein, the beans the carbohydrate, and the avocado provides a significant contribution to your f...
A yoghurty Savoy cabbage salad of white onions and black onion seeds
This salad was a bit of a revelation. Aside from the cucumber and the black onion seeds nothing is the same as in the original recipe that I was trying out. But...
Red lettuce salty salad with shallots
This is a fabulously juicy sweet (the bacon, the caramelised shallots and the pomegranate molasses) and bitter (the red leaves) salad.Somehow also the thyme...
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 came originally from ...
A Cornucopia of Ancient Grains, Peppers, Sweet Berries, and Everything Else
This is an enormously useful, wholesome salad. Why enormously useful? Because it’s the sort of salad which can successfully accommodate a serious fridge clear o...
Courgette carpaccio with gilded cheese and pinenuts and an emerald green dressing
It’s the basil which makes this raw courgette salad so special – and it’s the quantity that’s important. I only discovered this thanks to the Chief Taster’s pas...
Salade Niçoise – the salad which goes full circle
“We had a secluded corner table, as befitted my guest and his exalted position as a ‘guy who knows Trump’. He looked the part too: big, brash, knows his way aro...
An Italian Zucchini Salad With Mozzarella and Pine Nuts
I call this salad Italian because of the mozzarella of course. But in fact mint isn’t used so much in Italy, where each region has its own penchant, but basil a...
A savoury salad of charred apricots, prosciutto, and buffalo mozzarella
Savoury fruit salads are becoming more popular these, but the problem with them is always the same – how to contain the sweetness of the fruit. In the case of t...