Tomato tartare, cornichon tapenade

Quarter 400g peeled Roma tomatoes, remove the seeds and cut into small cubes. Mix with 1/2 finely sliced shallot, 25g hacked sweet&sour cornichons, 1/2 tbsp rinsed capers, 1/2 tbsp Dyon mustard, 2 tsp mayonaise, 1/2 tbsp ketchup, 1 tsp Worcester sauce, 1 tsp Tabasco, 3g hacked parsley.

Toast 1/2 tbsp mustard seeds in a dry pan. 

Put 1 tbsp Taggiasche olives in the cutter of your blender with 20g sweet&sour cornichons, 3g parsley and 1 tbsp olive oil. Grind into a nice tapenade and add the toasted mustard seeds

Deep fry 2 sheets of rice paper for 10 sec in 180°C arachide oil

Serve as shown with mustard cress,  pea shoots and the crunchy rice paper 

(Recipe by Julie Teeken for Delicious Magazine)

Slow-fried eggs with porcini sauce

Poaching eggs for more than 2 people is tricky, but restaurant Bouchon du Centre has an easy solution: panfry them ever so slowly on a low heat: in 7 minutes or longer. The white gets firm, the yolk stays runny.

But first soak 25g dried porcini in  125 ml hot water, during 15 mins.

In the meantime finely slice 2 shallots finely and softly sweat them in 25g butter for 6 mins, then add 125 ml white wine, turn up the heat and reduce till 40%.

Use a sieve to transfer the sauce into another pan.

Lift the mushrooms from the liquid and add to the sauce, followed by the water (make sure the tiny dregs stay in de bowl). Softly boil for 5 mins.

Add 100ml double cream and thicken with a tsp (or more) corn flour. Season with salt and pepper.

Finally panfry 4 eggs slowly in 20g butter on a low heat: take your time, 7 mins or more

Season with salt and pepper, serve with toast and dill

Here Onno Klijns original recipe in Dutch)

Lamb chapli, labneh and fried rice

Mix 25g cornflour with 2 tbs water in a large bowl until smooth. 

Add 250g lamb mince, a coarsely gated small carrot, a halved coarsely grated potato, 1/2 red paprika (finely  chopped), 1/2 green paprika (finely chopped), 1/4 red chili (finely chopped), 15g fresh coriander (finely chopped, incl stems), 2 crushed cloves of garlic, 1 tsp grated ginger, 1 small egg (beaten), 1/2 tsp dried mint and 1 tsp ground chili

Season and, using hands, mix well to combine (mixture will be a little sticky). Divide into 6 portions. With oiled hands, roll portions into balls and place on a tray lined with baking paper.. Refrigerate for 1 hour to firm up slightly.

Heat a large frypan with 2cm arachide oil over medium heat to 160°C (a cube of bread will turn golden in 3 minutes when the oil is hot enough). Flatten chapli slightly in the palm of your hand, then shallow-fry, in batches if necessary, turning occasionally, for 6-8 minutes until crispy, golden and cooked through. Drain on paper towel and season to taste. Cover with foil and rest for 10 minutes before serving.

Spoon 6 tbs labneh (or thick goat's yoghurt)  on 2 plates and top with chapli. 

Serve with fried rice, scatter with extra coriander, drizzle with olive oil and serve with lime wedges alongside. Feeds 2

(Here Roya Moeen's original recipe in Delicious magazine)

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Lamb and beetroot curry

Heat 1 tbsp vegetal oil in a large cast-iron or heavy-based saucepan over high heat. Cook 20 curry leaves for 1-2 minutes until crisp. Set aside on paper towel. 

Season 350g lambs neck, cut into 3-4 cm pieces and cook, in batches, for 10 minutes until well browned all over. Set aside. Discard all but 1 tbs fat from pan.

Add a thinly sliced red onion and reduce heat to medium. Stir well, then cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally at first, but more often as the onion caramelises. 

Add 5 crushed garlic cloves, 25g grated ginger, 1 tbsp ground cumin, 1 tbsp ground coriander, 1 tsp ground turmeric and 3 smashed cardamom pods and stir for 1 minute.

Add 200 ml coconut milk and 150ml water and stir until combined, scraping bottom of pan with a spoon.

Return the lamb to pan with any resting juices and season. Bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered and stirring occasionally, for 1 hour 30 minutes. 

Add 500g peeled smallish beetroots, cut into wedges and 200g rinsed and drained chickpeas and simmer, covered and stirring occasionally, for a further 1 hour 30 minutes or until lamb and beetroot are tender when tested with a sharp knife. 

Stir through 2 tsp garam masala, then check seasoning.

Sprinkle with crispy curry leaves, top with a dollop of Greek yoghurt and serve with warm naan bread to soak up the sauce. Feeds 2.

(Here Lucy Nunes original recipe in Delicious Magazine)

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Salmon, red curry, Thai basil

Slice 1/2 red onion in half rings and softly fry in 1 tbsp olive oil for a couple of minutes, then add 1 heaped tbsp red curry paste, stir well and fry another minute.

Add 200ml coconut milk, 2 lime leaves, 40 ml water and 125g green beans, cover and softly boil 5 mins.

Boil jasmine rice

Add 2 tbsp lime juice, 1 tbsp fish sauce and 1 tsp palm sugar. Stir, cover and softly boil another 5 mins.

In the meantime panfry 2 salmon filets, 200g each, skin side down for 4 mins, till crisp and golden brown.

Add, skin side UP to the curry sauce, cover and boil another 2 mins.. The inside should still be pink

Remove the lime leaves and stir in 2 tbsp thai basil leaves and 2 tbsp coriander leaves.

Start plating with the rice, then the curry and the fish. Serve with extra leaves on top and some sea cucumber, and lime wedges on the side. Feeds 2.

(Here Lucy Nunes original recipe in Delicious Magazine)

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Marinated grilled Romano peppers

Halve 500g Romano peppers (long paprikas) and remove the seeds, Preheat a grill to a high heat and grill the Romano peppers, skin side up for about 10 mins, until the skins are blistered and blackened all over

Cool and remove the blackened skins,  tear the peppers into large strips

Mix 25ml of sherry vinegar, 25ml of balsamic vinegar, 150ml of extra virgin olive oil, 50g of garlic cloves, whole cloves lightly crushed in the skins, 25g of fresh thyme, 25g of fresh rosemary, whole sprigs

Transfer the peppers to a large bowl and add marinade. Cover the bowl with cling film and leave to marinate for at least 45 minutes

Strain the marinade through a sieve and discard the garlic and herbs. Dress the pepper strips in the strained marinade liquid and set aside until required. Feeds 2.

F.i. to accompany grilled lamb

(Here Luke Holdens original recipe)

Crunchy chicken in chipotle ketchup

Mix a marinade with 1 tsp light soy sauce, 1 tsp ketchup, 1 tsp chipotle sauce, 1 tsp tomato paste, a big pinch of onion powder, a big pinch of garlic powder and 1/2 tbsp sunflower oil

Cut 4 chicken thighs in chunks and marinate them for an hour

Panfry the marinated chicken in a bit of olive oil for about 10 mins, then sprinkle 3 tbsp Panko over the meat and mix well, lower the heat and fry for a couple more minutes till the Panko is nicely browned

Serve as shown with spring onions, coriander leaves, potato croquettes and a nice salad with yoghurt dressing. Feeds 2.

(Here Sake Slootweg's original recipe in Dutch)

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Crunchy egg and chervil salad

Boil 2 small eggs 4 mins, then cool them under cold water

Whisk 1.2 tsp Dyon mustard and 2 tsp white wine vinegar, then add 2 tbsp olive oil and then 1 tbsp mayonaise. Season with pepper and salt

Make a batter from 50g Tempura flour, a bit of salt and 60-70 ml ice cold fizzy water

Put 50g flour on a plate and 50g Panko on another plate

Heat arachide oil to 180°C

Start plating with the dressing, then add 1/2 minced shallot, a teaspoon capers and chervil

Peel the cold eggs carefully and roll them trough the flour, then cover them with the batter and finally with the Panko, before deep frying them in the hot oil for a minute.

Serve as shown

(A Janneke Philippi recipe from her book Canapé)

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