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Slow-cooked cannellini beans
If you’re looking for a new breakfast idea try out this creamy canellini bean recipe. It’s got spice, umami and a lemony zing and is perfect for using up any leftover veg in the fridge. The key to this dish is letting your onions cook slowly as they will make a big difference to the…
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Eight Weeks In
Enrolling for the chef diploma at Leith’s School of Food and Wine is not for the faint-hearted. Founded by restauranteur Prue Leith in 1975, the school’s courses range from day classes to nine-month diplomas, with alumni from Ukrainian chef Olia Hercules to recipe writer Saskia Sidey. Two months in I’ve learnt a lot, and it…
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High-quality ingredients key for pizzeria’s success
A modest-looking restaurant on Munster Road, Bellillo is a pizzeria that doesn’t hold back on flavour. With their motto-“from our lands to your hands”- comes authentic pizza with organic, well-sourced and sustainable products from the Italian region of Campagnia. The restaurant’s interior is simple with a large pizza oven, basil plants on every table and…
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Roast chicken with crispy skin
This easy roast chicken recipe has been adapted from many different recipes I have cooked over the years. It uses a small chicken which shouldn’t take longer than 70 minutes to roast, but do check cooking times. The stuffing keeps the chicken moist but is optional if you are pushed for time. I always cook…
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Chuck-in-what-you-have pesto
Originally from the Italian region of Liguria, pesto is one of Italy’s most popular sauces and is extremely versatile. It can be used on pasta (of course!), salads, toast with a topping of your choice, with proteins like chicken or fish, or as a condiment. This is a recipe my Mum taught me, but I’ve…
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East London restaurant oozes creativity but will it deliver?
Sunday evenings are not normally for eating out, but the lamb sweetbreads at BRAT Restaurant in London Fields were a surprising treat worth trekking to East London for. Snuggled away under an archway and above a train line, long wooden tables, plastic chairs and a marquee which acted as covered outside seating gave it a…
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