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Spicy ButterMilk
By angel2505m
In the hot summer, you need something to beat the heat
- 1. Yoghurt - 1/2 cup
- 2. Crushed ginger - 2 pinch
- 3. Cumin seed - Fry this in a pan & powder it - 2 pinch is required
- 4. Crushed Green chilli - 1 pinch
- 5. Salt
- 6. Water
- 7. Cilantro - Garnish
Grilled Aubergines with Goat's Cheese
By Rachel
Preheat the oven grill. Wash and dry the lettuce
- 1 Salad lettuce
- 4 tomatoes
- 1 aubergine
- Goat's cheese (in a roll is the best kind)
- Some vinaigrette
Roasted cherry tomato soup
By PAPRIKAS
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
- 1 kg of cherry tomatoes
- 4 cloves garlic, unpeeled
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 40 cl chicken stock or vegetable
- 1 teaspoon of brown sugar
- salt
- pepper
Creat treat with organic apricots
By Cuetzpalin
-Peel and remove the stone from the apricots
Pollo al Limone
By theboycancook, The Boy Can Cook
This is a really simple Italian dish, and great for a summer dinner
- 1.5 kg chicken thighs (skin on)
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- Small handful parsley, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon plain flour
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 250ml white wine
Yummy gooseberry tart
By mira88
Mix the gooseberries with 80g of sugar and leave for at least 2 and a half hours
- 1 cup of gooseberries
- 1 shortcrust pastry
- 80g + 80g sugar (160g total)
- 4 tbsp crème fraîche
- vanilla flavouring
- 50 ml of milk
- 60g of flour
- 3 eggs
Snacks, Starters, and Nibbles - Basil, Pine nut and Chilli Humdinger Hummus
By Keith Bradbury, FROM ALFREDO'S WITH LOVE...
Hot, hot day. Cat flat out on the flags
- 1 400g can chickpeas
- Bunch of Greek basil – though you could use ordinary
- Glugs of Olive oil
- 1 garlic clove chopped
- 75 gm pine nuts – toasted lightly in a dry frying pan
- Good handful of grated pecorino
- 1 red chilli deseeded and chopped
- Salt and pepper
Puff pastry tomato tart with rocket pesto
By Tomates et Concombres de France
Preheat the oven to 210 ° C
- 1 puff pastry
- 6 red tomatoes
- 50g rocket + 1 handful for decoration
- 1 tablespoons pine nuts
- 10cl olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic
- 50g parmesan
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Madeira Trifle
By Hafiza
This recipe uses ready made custard and cake, leaving you time to make some homemade jelly with berries and apple j...
- For the base
- 500g/1lb 2oz frozen summer fruit (raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, blackcurrants and redcurrants work well)
- 50g/2oz caster sugar, or more to taste
- 2 tbsp blackcurrant or raspberry liqueur (cassis or Chambord)
- 500ml/18fl oz cloudy apple juice
- 5 sheets leaf gelatine
- 250g/9oz madiera cake
- For the custard
- 250g/9oz mascarpone
- 500ml/18floz ready-made vanilla custard
- For the topping
- 300ml/½ pint whipping cream
- handful toasted almonds or hazelnuts, to serve
Lemon, cucumber and thyme water
By elliebed, The Boo, The Bear and the goji berries
A refreshing summer drink
- 1 litre of filtered or spring water
- 6 thin slices of cucumber
- A sprig of thyme
- A couple of lemon slices
Gingersnap parfaits
By Tine
Cook 150g of sugar covered with the 50g of water in a large saucepan
- 4 yolks
- 150g sugar and 50g water
- 500g whipped cream
- 4 egg whites
- 250g gingersnaps
- 50g sugar
Easy peasy strawberry ice cream
By diabetic2000
Blend the strawberries until they resemble a purée texture
- 300ml cream
- 225g strawberries
- 175g icing sugar
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