This is a beautiful recipe from Dee Rettali’s book Baking with Fortitude. Sourdough cakes and bakes. Published by Bloomsbury.
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Börek
These are a tasty snack based on a Turkish recipe. They are made with sheets of filo pastry wrapped around a filling of spinach, onion, herbs, garlic, feta cheese bound together with yogurt and egg. The recipe is easy to adapt and you can other ingredients like lentils, mushrooms or tomatoes.
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Pappardelle with artichokes and lemon
Pappardelle with artichokes and lemon. This is a great example of Nigel Slater’s, recipe creation at its best. He takes takes a hero ingredient, in this case sliced preserved artichoke hearts, pairs them with a store cupboard ingredient (pappardelle), flavours them beautifully with fragrant lemon zest, basil and parsley and adds a twist.
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Beetroot, parsnip and horseradish soup
This garnet coloured, rooty soup, is spiked with threads of finely grated fresh horseradish. The recipe comes from a book called Seasonal Soups by Fraser Reid.
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Courgette loaf cake with lemon topping
If you need to put a cake on the table quickly this is the one and it is seasonal too. A simple base of sunflower oil, soft brown sugar and eggs are whisked together before folding in grated courgette, walnuts, spices and flour. The topping is a heavenly floss of mascarpone and Greek yogurt, spiked with lemon zest, and sweetened with a little icing sugar. White currant berries are in season now and make a jewel like flourish to this statement cake.
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