Spring recipes - 39 recipes
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Oil Free Salad Dressing
By john french
Light and refreshing salad dressing and healthy too
- 1/2 tspn runny honey
- 1 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 2 tsp cider or white wine vinegar
- 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
Country cabbage
By Roucher
Heat some water in a pressure cooker or large saucepan
- 1 large green cabbage
- 2 packets of bacon lardons
- A dash of cream
Wild asparagus tart and fresh almonds
By Gwen
Prepare an almond cream Open and blanch the almonds
- For the pastry
- 30 g softened butter, salted
- 1 egg yolk
- 20 g almond powder
- 40 g flour
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
- For the filling
- 1 grapefruit
- 800 g of fresh almonds
- 250 g asparagus
- 1/2 teaspoon green peppercorns in brine
- 1 tsp cornflour
- ½ teaspoon of honey
- ½ gelatine sheet
Princely lamb England / France
By Philippe Etchebest
Prepare the peas the English way: Boil salted water
- - 2 lamb fillets (from the saddle)
- - 500g of peas
- - 2dl beef consommé
- - 1 sheet of gelatine
- - 4 spring onions
- - 1 small lettuce
- - 0.5dl whipping cream
- - 1/2 bunch of mint
- - 0.5dl white wine
- - 1 clove of garlic
- - 0.5dl veal stock
Green Asparagus Charlotte
By Coralie , blog : Dans mon assiette
Brown the slices of bread in a pan with some butter
- 1 jar of mini green asparagus (100 g)
- 3 slices of bread
- 10 cl of single cream
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon chopped chives
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons of breadcrumbs
- salt and pepper
Horseradish Mayonnaise
By vavenby, FPWS News
Thin mayonnaise with heavy cream
- 1 C mayonnaise
- 1/3 C heavy cream
- 1/2 tbsp horseradish, freshly grated
Salsa
By meadows
Great accompaniment to many dishes
- 2 long red chillies, de-seeded and finely chopped
- 4 spring onions, halved and finely chopped
- 6 tomatoes, skinned, seeded and chopped
- Juice of 2 limes
- Flavoured Vinegar
Goat's Cheese Tartlets
By meadows
Line two 10cm tartlet tins with short crust pastry and bake blind in a medium oven for 10 minutes
- Tart:
- Short crust pastry
- 4 asparagus spears
- 4 turned carrots
- 2 turned courgettes
- 8 mange-tout
- 4 black olives
- 2 spears baby corn
- 2 cherry tomatoes
- 80g sautéed spinach
- 120-160g log of goats' cheese
- Garnish:
- 200g wild mushrooms
- 100ml beurre blanc sauce
- 50ml red pepper coulis
- 4tsp freshly chopped parsley
- Chervil to garnish ( or Fennel Tops)
- Red Pepper Coulis:
- 2 tsp. olive oil
- 1 diced shallot
- 2 roasted and peeled red pepper
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 cup V-8 Juice
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Put all the ingredients in a blender and puree.
- Beurre Blanc Sauce:
- Preparation Time: 30mins
- 1/3 cup lemon juice (Fresh, or 2 1/2 tblsp concentrated)
- 1 shallots peeled and chopped
- 170gms butter cut into 1-inch sticks
- Salt and white pepper
Lemon & Garlic Salmon
By Fayem
Roasted salmon with seasoned potatoes and fresh salad
- 2 Salmon fillets
- 4 large potatoes
- Mixed salad bag
- Cucumber
- 1 lemon
- Rosemary
- 1 clove of garlic
- Salt
- Pepper
- Mayo
Spring Risotto
By grace13
Heat oil and butter in large pan, add veg and pancetta, cook 10 mins, add garlic, cook 1 min
- 1 leek, finely chopped
- 2 spring onion, finely chopped
- 4 celery stalks, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 15 g unsalted butter
- 100 g pancetta
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 400 g risotto rice
- 300 ml white wine
- 1-1.2 litre hot vegetable/ham stock
- 300 g spring greens/spinach, chopped
- 50 g Parmesan, grated
Liver and Red Pepper
By HappyChappy11
Mum's second-choice liver meal
- 3tbsp groundnut oil
- ~400g liver
- 2 leeks
- 2 red pepper
- 2 red chilli
- 2tsp dried oregano
- 2 garlic cloves
- 200g spring greens
- 1 orange
- tbsp medium dry sherry
- seasoning
Coleslaw
By tillilette
Cut the woody core from the cabbage quarters and then shred them as finely as you have the patience for
- ¼ medium white cabbage
- ¼ medium red cabbage
- 2 medium carrots
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 5 tbsp good mayonnaise (preferably homemade)
- 1 tbsp creamed horseradish, or to taste
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped
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