Recipe: Asparagus with watercress mayonnaise, a fresh and simple seasonal treat
Watercress is delightfully fragrant and offers a simple way to add colour and peppery notes to spring dishes.
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The perfect spring pizza, with asparagus, prosciutto and delicious burrata
Spikes of asparagus in the kitchen garden are a sure sign that the British spring has truly arrived. Melanie Johnson has created a wonderful spring dish using these tender stems perfect for a light dinner.
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The ultimate 'posh' rhubarb and custard? How to make rhubarb, raspberry and thyme mille-feuille
Here's how to elevate simple rhubarb and custard to something rather smart.
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How to make pan-fried haddock with wild garlic mayonnaise
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Four recipes to make the humble cucumber rather more interesting
Cucumber is fresh and delicious, but it's difficult to use it in a dish that really zips off the plate.
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Recipe: Roast chicken with blood oranges, sweet potato and avocado salsa
The short but sweet season for blood oranges is upon us – and our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson has a recipe to make the most of it.
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How to make sticky pomegranate chicken with giant couscous and tenderstem broccoli
Pomegranates are like little winter jewels that can brighten any dish, adding both flavour and colour – our Kitchen Garden Cook Melanie Johnson provides a delicious recipe to demonstrate.
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Recipe: Banana, walnut and salted maple-syrup loaf, served with maple mascarpone
This recipe for Banana, walnut and salted maple-syrup loaf, served with maple mascarpone was originally dreamed up to make use of left-over walnuts. It's so good, we'd suggest that even if you've run out, it merits a trip to the supermarket.
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How to make cranberry scones for a cream tea with a Christmas twist
You might think of scones as something for sunny summer afternoons – this recipe will change that.
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Recipe: Quince, walnut and honey cake, perfect for afternoon tea
Knobbly quince is a delicately fragrant fruit that fills the kitchen with the most incredible aroma, says Melanie Johnson.
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How to make butternut squash gnocchi with scallops and mascarpone
Our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a lovely recipe using this most delicious of seasonal ingredients.
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Recipe: Dulce-de-leche tart with pear, almonds and ice cream
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Recipe: Blackberry-and-apple tea cake with blackberry sorbet
A surprisingly simple tea cake recipe, served with a refreshing blackberry sorbet. Perfect for an afternoon treat.
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Recipe: Italian apple tart, perfect for the weekend
Melanie Johnson delights us with this zesty Florentine torte.
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Recipe: Crab-and-sweetcorn dauphinoise with corn on the cob and lobster
Melanie Johnson brings us this innovative take on a french classic, along with a bonus easy corn chowder recipe.
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How to make a classic old-fashioned cherry pie
Cherries are at the height of the their season right now, so make the most of Melanie Johnson's recipe for cherry pie.
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Recipe: Peach and strawberry galette with home-made peach sorbet
Melanie Johnson's kitchen garden doesn’t provide an abundance of peaches, but enough to make this simple, flavoursome galette – with a superb sorbet to accompany it.
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Pan-fried sea bass with caper-and-anchovy potato cakes, samphire and cream
Our kitchen garden cook reveals a delicious recipe that makes good use of seasonal samphire.
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Recipe: Roast-chicken with fennel and lemon, served with red Camargue rice
A delicious summer supper dish from our kitchen garden cook.
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Recipe: Blueberry-and-lemon tart with Italian meringue and confit lemons
Our kitchen cook reveals a showstopper of a pudding, perfect for summer.
