Alex Hollywood: My Busy Kitchen - A lifetime of family recipes

368 Pages·2015·23.19 MB·English

by  Hollywood

www.hodder.co.uk
For Mumma
For Mumma
CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
INTRODUCTION
Tips to get you started
How to play with flavours
Larder loves and must-haves
Freeze it all
Basic stocks
Chicken stock
Vegetable stock
Fish stock
Basic sauces
White sauce
Butter sauce
Tomato passata
Homemade gravy
WAKEY-WAKEY BREAKFAST AND
1
BRUNCH
Blueberry blitz
Granola
Twiced-Baked almond croissants
Cowboy beans on toast
Mini breakfast ‘Muffins’
SIMPLE SALADS
2
Green salad with garlic croutons dijon dressing
and
Potato asparagus spears with homemade pesto salad
and
Yellow melon salad with grilled halloumi, mint capers
and
Radish, Orange coriander salad
and
Tricolore
Chickpea salad with white tuna lime
and
New potato salad with sun-dried tomatoes yoghurt dressing
and
Summer Panzanella
On the Beach
Pain farci
Sticky wings n’ drumsticks
My basic beach salad recipe
Homemade lemonade
Best-ever brownies
QUICK MID-WEEK MEALS
3
Coconut dahl with mint coriander relish
and
Twice-Baked loaded potatoes
Monday leftovers spanish omelette
Stuffed portobello mushrooms with spinach walnuts on
and
sourdough
Smoky corn chowder
Carbonara with fresh egg yolk
Smoked salmon pasta with sage goats’ cheese
and
Pepper-blackened salmon
Cod goujons with mushy peas
Chicken in a basket
Kentish apple pork chops
Porky burgers
Mozzarella meatballs
Cypriot lamb koftas with tzatziki in pitta bread
‘COME-AS-YOU-ARE’ KITCHEN
4
SUPPERS
Smoky fish pie with a dash of scotch
My kitchen moules with pull-apart bread
Paprika pan-fried chicken with grapefruit, stilton asparagus
and
salad
Chicken, fennel ouzo gratin
and
Normandy chicken
Asti, asparagus chicken risotto
and
Roast quail beetroot with a warm lentil salad
and
Confit de canard with red wine berries
and
Rack of lamb with a dijon parmesan crust
and
Auntie alex’s lasagne
Quick ’n’ easy chilli with chocolate a tequila shot
and
Beef curry with toasted cumin yoghurt
Book club evening
Spicy chicken skewers with satay sauce
Mont d’or en croûte
Baked Chinese duck with cucumber and chilli salad
Maison de la Roche chocolate pudding cake
DRESSED-UP DINNERS
5
Nibbles
Bitter chocolate-dipped crisps with apple cider cocktails
Kentish apple cider cocktails
Marinated olives with manchego cheese
Starters
Roast whole garlic tomato soup
and
Baba ganoush with warm pitta bread
Potted crab with sourdough rounds
Prawn cocktail
Easiest-Ever chicken liver pâté
The Main Event
Bouillabaisse mama vanda
Coconut fish curry
Tarragon mustard rabbit
and
Chicken in honey orange
and
Sticky roast cardamon poussins
Lamb tagine with preserved lemons olives
and
Preserved lemons
Flambéd fillet steak in brandy sauce
After
Cognac after-dinner truffles
LAZY SUNDAY LUNCHES
6
My dad’s paella
Moroccan one-pot wonder
Pot au feu
Sausage onion pie with english mustard
and
Simple roast pork with microwave apple sauce
Roast leg of lamb with juniper berries red wine
and
Venison casserole with orange ginger
and
Cottage pie with parsnip parmesan crust
and
Spitfire beef stew with kentish cheddar chive dumplings
and
Summer Lunch in the Garden
Butterfly lamb with mint, feta and balsamic marinade
Crab, Cheddar and watercress quiche
Pissaladière
Lavender honey cheeseboard
Poached peaches with fresh raspberry cream
EAT YOUR VEGETABLES
7
French beans with thyme pancetta
and
Stir-Fried garlic courgettes
Roast baby carrots with cumin maple sauce
and
Cauliflower cheese with mozzarella nutmeg
and
Griddled asparagus with almonds roquefort
and
Crushed baby potatoes with mint sea salt
and
Ratatouille
Horseradish mash
Coconut rice with peas
Tartiflette
Roast vegetable toasted almond couscous
and
PUDDINGS AND DESSERTS
8
Ginger blackberry chocolate brownie trifle
and
Super-Easy lemon syllabub
Rice Pudding Perfection
Kevin post’s cobbled plums
Blueberry bakewell tart
Strawberry lemon curd meringue roulade
and
Roast pineapple with homemade custard
Heavenly cherries in hot chocolate sauce
Rhubarb crumble ice cream
Apple tartski
Afternoon tea
My hubby’s perfect loaf recipe
Homemade summer berry jam
Anchovy butter
Smoked salmon and dill butter
Oven shorties
Strawberry and white chocolate rocky road
Grandma’s fruitcake
Raspberry chocolate bombes
Index