Pizza with a Minted Tahini Sauce

Ingredients: Crust:

• 2 1/2 to 3c. white spelt flour
• 1T each active dry yeast and olive oil
• 1tsp sugar
• 1c. warm water

Pizza with White Garlic Sauce

Ingredients: Crust:

• 1/2c. water
• 1 1/2 tsp active yeast
• 2tsp raw sugar
• 1/2c. wheat flour
• 1/4c. bread flour
• 1/4c. semolina (cream of wheat)
• 1/2tsp sea salt
• 1T olive oil
• 2-3T bread flour, for dusting

Grilled Salmon with Tomato Dressing

Ingredients

• 6 skinless salmon fillets (175g, pin bones removed)
• olive oil, for brushing
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• 3 ripe avocadoes
• 25 g wild rocket
• for the dressing:
• 200 ml olive oil
• 12 semi sun-dried tomatoes in oil (drained and roughly chopped)
• 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
• pinch of chilli powder
• 3 fresh basil leaves
• salt and freshly ground black pepper

Chicken with Hummus Easter Main Dish

Ingredients

Ingredients for potato bake:

• 8 chicken thighs
• 1 large sweet potato (peeled and diced)
• 1.50 red onions (peeled and cut into wedges)
• 1 inch fresh ginger (chopped)
• 0.50 red chilli (finely sliced)
• 3 rosemary sprigs
• 1 tblsp honey
• 3 tblsp oilve oil
• salt and pepper
• 1 lemon (juice)

Shoulder of Lamb with Mint Dressing

Ingredients

• 1.50 kg shoulder of lamb on the bone
• 4 cloves of garlic (cut in half)
• drizzle of olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 1 tblsp ground cumin
• 2 sprigs rosemary

Spare Ribs Barbeque

Ingredients

• 3 kg (6.5lb) baby back pork ribs
• 2 onions, peeled and sliced in half
• 1 bulb of garlic, unpeeled and top sliced off
• a generous pinch of sea salt
• for the barbecue sauce:
• 60 g (2½oz) demerara sugar
• 4 tblsp dark soy sauce
• 4 tblsp tomato ketchup
• 4 tblsp honey
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 tblsp dried english mustard
• 2 tsp tabasco sauce

Chicken with homemade peanut sauce

Ingredients

Homemade Peanut Sauce

• 1-2 Tbs tamarind paste from a jar
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp salt + more to balance at very end
• 1L water
• 2 Tbs lime juice + more to balance at very end
• 500g salted, roasted, crushed peanuts

Caponata

Ingredients

• 2 medium aubergines, cut into 2cm cubes
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• extra virgin olive oil
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 5 celery stalks (trimmed and cut into 1.5cm pieces)
• 500 ml tomato sauce
• 65 g capers, rinsed
• 50 ml white wine vinegar
• sugar, to taste
• 125 g green olives
• crusty bread, to serve
• 50 ml olive oil, extra.virgin
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 tsp tomato purée
• 2 400g cans plum tomatoes, crushed
• fresh basil leaves
• sugar to taste
• salt and pepper to taste

Rabbit in Parma Ham

Ingredients

• 1 rabbit saddle
• 400 g orzo pasta
• 100 g sliced parma ham
• 250 g rocket leaves
• 150 g pecorino cheese
• 200 ml olive oil
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 large sliced onion
• seasoning

Christmas Ham

Ingredients

Whole ham on the bone (approx 7 ½ lb/3.5kg)

• 4 tblsp irish mist
• 50 g brown sugar
• 4 tblsp irish whiskey marmalade
• 18 cloves

Pan Fried Duck Breasts

Ingredients

• 4 duck breasts (skin and fat left on)
• salt and ground black pepper
• 2 shallots or 1 red onion
• 6 tblsp redcurrant jelly
• 2 tblsp red wine vinegar
• juice of 2 oranges

Fillet of Beef with Crispy Onions

Ingredients

Seared fillet of beef:

• 2 fillet steaks
• 1 tblsp sunflower oil
• horseradish dressing:
• 2 tblsp mayonnaise
• 1 tblsp creamed horseradish
• juice of ½ lemon

Bacon and Cabbage with Mustard Sauce

Ingredients

• 1.50 kg loin of bacon
• 1 carrot
• 2 celery sticks
• 2 leeks
• 1 tsp peppercorns
• topping
• 1 tblsp mustard
• 0.50 tblsp brown sugar
• 1 tblsp oven-dried breadcrumbs
• knob of butter
• mustard sauce
• 50 g butter
• 25 g flour
• 1 tblsp mustard
• 250 ml mixture cooking liquid and cream (½ & ½)
• 1 kg cabbage (finely sliced)

Irish Bacon and Cabbage

Ingredients

• 700 g back bacon (one piece)
• 2 kg potatoes
• 1 head of cabbage
• 60 g butter
• 3 tblsp white flour (heaped)
• 200 ml cream
• 200 ml white wine
• 200 ml cooking liquid
• 4 tblsp fresh parsley (finely chopped)
• 10 cloves
• 1 onion (roughly chopped)
• 1 stick cinnamon
• 1 tsp coarse ground black pepper

Fattoush

Ingredients

• 2 round pitta breads or 1 large oval pitta (cut into bite-sized chunks)
• 5 tblsp olive oil
• salt and freshly ground
• black pepper
• 0.50 cucumber (cut into 2cm chunks)
• 3 tomatoes (cut into 2cm chunks)
• 0.50 red onion (peeled and thinly sliced)
• 1 small red pepper (de-seeded and cut into 2cm chunks)
• 2 tblsp chopped coriander
• 2 tsp sumac (optional)
• finely grated zest and juice of ½ lemon
• 1 clove of garlic (peeled and crushed)
• 1 tsp red wine vinegar
• pinch of granulated or caster sugar

Grilled Salmon

Ingredients

• 6 skinless salmon fillets (175g, pin bones removed)
• olive oil, for brushing
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• 3 ripe avocadoes
• 25 g wild rocket
• for the dressing:
• 200 ml olive oil
• 12 semi sun-dried tomatoes in oil (drained and roughly chopped)
• 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
• pinch of chilli powder
• 3 fresh basil leaves
• salt and freshly ground black pepper

Thai - Style Fish Cakes

Ingredients

• 300 g white fish fillets (haddock or cod)
• 500 g mashed potatoes
• 1 small onion (finely chopped)
• 2 tblsp coriander (chopped)
• 2 tblsp thai red curry paste
• ½ fresh red chilli (seeded and chopped)
• juice and zest of 1 lime
• 2 tblsp sunflower oil
• salt and pepper to taste

Roasted Turbot with Tomato Concasse

Ingredients

For the sauce:

• 1 large beef tomato (de-seeded)
• chopped fennel, parsley, chervil and chives
• 2 tblsp baby capers drained
• 50 g salted butter
• 1/2 juice of lemon

 For the turbot:

• 1 fresh fillet of turbot
• 50 g salted butter
• pinch of salt
• cracked black pepper (ground from pepper mill)
• olive oil

Spicy Chicken

Ingredients

For the chicken goujons:

• 2 fillets of free range chicken (sliced lengthways)
• 80 g flour
• 100 g fine breadcrumbs
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 4 mini pitta pockets (lightly toasted)
• for the chilli jam:
• 1 red pepper (de-seeded and chopped)
• 2 chillies (de-seeded and chopped)
• 100 g tinned tomatoes
• 100 g sugar
• 1 inch of fresh ginger, grated

Baked Salmon with Lime Butter Sauce

Ingredients

• 1.50 kg salmon fillet (skinned and pin boned)
• 1.50 kg carrots
• 1.50 kg purple sprouting broccoli
• 1kg of sweet potatoes
• 1 orange
• 2 limes
• 100 g butter
• 150 ml cream
• salt
• white pepper
• flaked toasted almonds
• fresh thyme
• 2 whole star anaise