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Spelt spaghetti, leeks, toasted walnuts.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣Fridge-foraged fun. I’ll be out tomorrow night, and Friday is market day, so making the best of what’s on hand was tonight’s creative challenge.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣The cooked-down leeks – soft and sweet, cohered into a sauce with a spoonful of cream – and the woody crunch of the walnuts made for a lovely match. Spelt spaghetti is both nutty and slightly sweet, so a perfect host for the sauce.⁣
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⁣⁣#pasta #spelt #leeks #walnuts #vegetarian #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #gloobyfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Caramelised onion, prosciutto and Gruyère pie.⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣I made this yesterday, when I had time to deal with blind-baking pastry and the long, slow cooking of the onions. Lots and lots of onions.⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣I gave it a day’s rest for the flavours to meld and deepen, then finished the cooking tonight. ⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣Along with an eclectic salad made from the bits and pieces from the weekend, it made for a very nice Monday night supper.⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣#onions #prosciutto #baking #pastry #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #gloobyfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

White pepper caramel rockling.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣This is my homespun version of something I had for dinner recently at @thegeorgeoncollins with @themrwalsh and @themrswalsh.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣It’s a fillet of rockling poached in a Vietnamese caramel, headily flavoured with white peppercorns, fish sauce, lime juice and chilli.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣Two of us shared this piece tonight, along with some koshi rice, although I could have easily – effortlessly! – eaten the whole thing myself. Beyond delicious.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣#fish #rockling #seafood #vietnamesefood #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #gloobyfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Weeknight star-spangled apple pie.⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣This is my shortcut way to create all the pleasure of an apple pie without making a pie.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Last night I made a normal apple pie filling – sweet, cinnamony – until fork-tender and tossed it in the fridge, where it softened further.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Tonight I cut out stars from a sheet of ready-made pastry, brushed them with egg-wash and a sprinkle of demerara sugar.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣The stars were baked on a tray for 10 minutes while I reheated the apples, and the “pie” was assembled in serving bowls. Easy as pie? Easier.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣#apple #applepie #pastry #dessert #sweet #dinner #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #gloobyfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Red dukkah chicken, roasted swede mash.⁣
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⁣This begins as a tray bake: chicken thighs, swede (a.k.a. rutabaga) and red onions all went into the oven together. The roasted swede – which becomes golden and sweet – was mashed while the chicken rested, and I gave some blanched soy beans a quick lemony dressing.⁣
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⁣The chicken is coated with dukkah (sesame, cumin and coriander seeds with hazelnuts), mixed with some Aleppo pepper flakes and a pinch of smoked paprika for both colour and flavour.⁣
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⁣The gently spiced chicken and the naturally creamy sweetness of the swede – a greatly underrated vegetable, IMHO – worked really well together. A simple, delicious weeknight dinner.⁣
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⁣#chicken #dukkah #swede #rutabaga #dinner #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #gloobyfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

My first-ever bundting for #sundaybaking. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣I don’t believe chocolate should be delivered subtly, so it’s chocolate cake, dark chocolate ganache and, because I had them from a cupcake project, chocolate sprinkles.⁣⁣ 🍫🍫🍫✨⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣Thank you to Flour and Stone’s @nadineingram for the genius tips on how to prepare a bundt pan – they came out absolutely perfectly, Nadine, not a crumb left behind – and to @williamssonomaaus for the lovely mini-bundt pan.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣#baking #bundt #cake #chocolate #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #handmade #homecooking #homecook #realfood #gloobyfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

Muhammara.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣Kicking off Friday night chippin’-n-dippin’ a glorious Syrian dip starring roasted red peppers, pomegranate molasses, walnuts, cumin seeds and the wonder of Aleppo pepper flakes, all sweet and smoky.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣Alongside, some dukkah-dusted pita chips.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣I will hustle it off the counter before it’s completely gone because you can’t believe how good this is on toast with a poached egg for breakfast.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣#muhammara #dip #syrianfood #pomegranate #vegan #vegetarian #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #handmade #glutenfree #homecooking #homecook #realfood #gloobyfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling

My serenity soup.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣As soothing to make as it is to eat. Coconut milk and vegetable stock gently infused with layers of flavour from lemongrass, lime leaves, chilli and garlic, given some dimension with coconut sugar and lime juice. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣A handful of enoki mushrooms and pak choy, some soba noodles because carbs and a scattering of coriander … the day’s stresses dissolve away.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣⁣⁣#soup #coconut #vegan #vegetarian #comfortfood #everydayfood #food #cooking #recipe #handmade #glutenfree #homecooking #homecook #realfood #gloobyfood #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodblogfeed #foodstyling