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How to make chestnut-and-mushroom ravioli with beurre noisette and sage
If you've a few chestnuts left over from Christmas, our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson is here to help. This is her recipe for chestnut-and-mushroom ravioli with beurre noisette and sage.
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Kalettes, the deliciously earthy alternative to sprouts that will even liven up a curry
Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful winter dish, combining the earthy flavours of kalettes with coconut curry prawns.
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How to make a sumptuous scallops dish that uses turnip as its secret weapon
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares her recipe for seared scallops with creamy turnip purée and salsa verde.
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How to make cinnamon rolls with a pumpkin twist for Halloween
Halloween might be the last day on which you need another excuse to rustle up sweet treats for the family... but Melanie Johnson's recipe is irresistible.
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How to make a gorgeous hazelnut chocolate cake that you won't even realise is gluten-free
A cake that is every Nutella-lover's fantasy come true. The lady to thank is Melanie Johnson.
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How to make an easy apple-and-cinnamon tray bake
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson uses the season's crop of apples to superbly tasty effect.
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A foolproof recipe to make an easy apple and almond cake
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares her recipe for an apple cake that's as easy as it is scrumptious.
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How to make pear, rosemary and sea-salt focaccia
Melanie Johnson's recipe makes the most of the season's fresh, juicy pears alongside a delicious bread recipe.
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How to make a fig and goat’s-cheese galette — and a fig creme brûlée for pudding
With figs in season, Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful galette recipe that really lets them be the star.
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How to make plum upside-down cake with cardamom, vanilla and pistachios
Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful late summer recipe which makes the most of the plum harvest.
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How to make honey chicken and sweetcorn flatbreads
Fresh sweetcorn is an annual treat that is at its best; Melanie Johnson shares a recipe to make the most of it.
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How to make an apricot pavlova that makes amazing use of 'the golden jewels of summer'
Pavlova is always good. Now it's even better.
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How to make harissa lamb cutlets with garlic and almond runner beans
Homegrown runner beans turn this lovely lamb cutlet dish into something memorable.
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How to make the ultimate Bloody Mary prawn cocktail
Country Life's kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a sensational recipe which makes the most of the cherry tomatoes now in season.
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How to make redcurrant crumble bars
Melanie Johnson shares a recipe to make the most of redcurrants, a sharp but tasty seasonal fruit.
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How to make strawberry and lemon cake, topped with chamomile whipped cream
Melanie Johnson is here with what is ostensibly a cake, but is in fact a truck to drive straight through your early-summer diet plans.
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How to make gnocchi with peas, spinach, asparagus and mozzarella
If ever a vegetable's diminutive size belied the flavour it delivers, it's the pea. Melanie Johnson shares a recipe to make the most of the fresh crop.
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How to make a 'carrot cake' swiss roll
Melanie Johnson shares her recipe for an unusual — but delicious — take on carrot cake.
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How to make tarragon chicken with garlic-roasted new potatoes
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful creamy tarragon chicken recipe.
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How to make crusted salmon with watercress and wasabi
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a beautiful way to cook salmon that makes the most of the new season's watercress.
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How to make radish and radicchio risotto
Melanie Johnson shares a recipe that brings zing and colour to a classic risotto.
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An exquisite prawn pasta dish to make the most of the new season's asparagus
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson is as excited as the rest of us by the first asparagus of the season.
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How to make creamy chicken and spring-onion cobbler
Spring onions are for more than merely salads, says our Kitchen Garden Cook Melanie Johnson.
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A superb salmon dish to bring out the best in the new crop of Jersey Royals
Melanie Johnson shares a salmon recipe ideal to go with 'perfect' Jersey Royals.
