Walnut Chicken Slices
Moist, full of flavour and economic. Make extra by all means, they don't dry out if you wrap in tinfoil and are perfect to tear in bits for a salad the following day.
Ingredients.
2 chicken breasts cut into slices, thickness a good cm or so.
100g walnuts, blitzed to very fine chunks but not powder.
1 tsp ground cumin.
1 tsp ground coriander.
1 tsp ground paprika (hot if you like it).
1 tsp ground cinnamon.
Pinch of ground cloves.
Freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Method. Preheat ...
Swordfish with Lemon and Caper Sauce
Tangy, buttery and ready in minutes!
Ingredients.
2 thick Swordfish steaks.
2 tbsp oil of your choice.
1 tbsp butter.
1 generous tbsp of capers plus 1 tbsp of the juice.
Zest and juice of 1/2 an unwaxed lemon.
Freshly ground black pepper.
Freshly chopped parsley.
Method. Heat and non stick frying pan and add oil.
Sear the steaks for about a minute either side. Take out and leave to rest. The flesh should be opaque all the way through, don't over cook the fish.
Scrape ...
Crumbly Lemon Shortbread
Delicious with a cup of tea mid afternoon, also really good as a night watch snack! Get more juice out of your lemon by rolling and gently pressing it on a work top.
Ingredients.
100g melted butter.
200g almond flour.
3 tbsp honey (more if you have a sweet tooth).
2 eggs, lightly beaten.
Zest and juice of 1 unwaxed lemon.
1 tsp bicarb of soda.
Method. Preheat oven to 180.
Mix all together in a large mixing bowl to a smooth, lump free dough.
Press into a greased 9 inch pan with your hands. ...
Mayo, endless possibilities!
1 fresh egg yolk.
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
1 tsp apple vinegar.
Oil of your choice, don't use extra virgin olive oil as it's overpowering.
So if you've got an electric hand whisk good for you, most boat people get ready to beat furiously..
Put the egg yolk, lemon juice and vinegar in a bowl. Whisk until pale, very gradually add a thin trickle of oil. Wait for the mixture to emulsify then gradually add more oil always very slowly until you have the quantity and thickness desired. I find ...
Mixed Mushroom Sauce
Ingredients.
2 tbsp oil of your choice.
1 finely chopped red onion.
1 clove minced garlic.
Handful of mixed fresh mushrooms, chopped.
Splash of red wine.
150ml stock (beef, chicken or vegetable).
Pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Freshly chopped parsley.
Small knob of butter.
Method.
Heat oil gently in a frying pan. Sauté the onion for a few mins then add the garlic and do the same. Throw in the mushrooms and the knob of butter, sauté for 5 mins. Add a splash of red ...
Sardines on Toast
This is so very simple and makes a quick, tasty lunch if served with salad. Your local fish market will undoubtedly have sardines, here in Sicily they fillet them and are ridiculously cheap (in fact when I got these, along with other fish, they just gave me the sardines for free!)
Slice your walnut bread.
So I got 8 filleted sardines which was enough for the 2 of us.
Preheat your grill, toast the walnut bread, flip over and butter the other side.
Place sardines on top skin side down, sprinkle ...
Cauliflower Fried Rice
Wow was I sceptical about this! Selling the idea to the Boss was even harder but it's so delicious as you'll see from the erm photo...
Ingredients.
Half a head of really fresh, firm cauliflower.
Now all you do with this is wash and dry it VERY well, you don't want mush! Break into small florets and tip into the food processor. Pulse until the cauliflower resembles small grains. Don't over pulse! You could pour this onto a clean drying up cloth and gently pat to remove any excess liquid, I ...
Walnut Almond Bread
Can't buy walnut flour where you are? Neither can I so I just make my own. For reasons of pure laziness I buy shelled walnuts then blitz them in my tiny food processor until they're a fine powder. Don't over pulse though or you'll release more of the walnut oil and end up with nut butter, more on those delicious possibilities in future recipes.
Ingredients.
250g walnut flour.
50g cold butter cut into cubes, plus an extra tbsp.
2 tsp bicarb of soda.
2 eggs, lightly beaten.
1 1/2 ...
Banana Nut Bread
Ingredients.
4 puréed ripe bananas.
4 eggs, beaten.
150g nut butter of your choice, try mixing butters.
40g almond flour.
40g walnut flour.
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp grated nutmeg.
Zest of 1 orange.
1 tsp baking soda (bicarb. soda)
1 tsp baking powder.
Pinch of salt.
Method. Preheat oven to 180. Grease and line loaf tin.
Blend bananas, nut butter and eggs together until smooth. Add orange zest and mix. Fold in all other ingredients.
Pour into prepared tin and bake for 35 - 40 mins. ...
Coconut Almond Pancakes
Definitely more like an American pancake but they don't get little bubbles when cooking as you're used to and take a little persuading to hold their shape in the beginning. Or perhaps I was just being impatient? Anyhow I poured my heaped spoonful in, waited until it started setting and then gently coaxed it into the shape I wanted with a spatula. Flip over when you're ready and just a little more prodding to shape.
Ingredients
4 eggs
3 tbsp coconut flour
3 tbsp almond flour
4 tbsp ...
