Recipes by Claire Marshall
United Kingdom Chef
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What’s your family heirloom recipe?What’s your family heirloom recipe?September 19, 2009 by ClaireA recent surveyed revealed that more than half of us value family recipes as highly as we do material family heirlooms.The survey, based on 1,000 respondents in the UK and carried out by allaboutyou.com, found 58 per cent of people value family recipes as much as material… |
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Inside a 1940s kitchenInside a 1940s kitchenMarch 8, 2010 by ClaireEgg cutlets, dripping cake, savoury potato biscuits, creamed sardine pie and mock-friend egg. What do all these dishes have in common? Well, yes, they don’t sound very tasty, but the answer is they were all meals cooked during World War II and they all appeared in the Imperial War Museum’s… |
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Chicken in a creamy garlic and cider sauceChicken in a creamy garlic and cider sauceMarch 20, 2010 by ClaireThis recipe is so typically Nigel Slater, very simple ingredients, comforting, delicious and incorporating plenty of butter and cream.I’m a big fan of Nigel Slater, I have his new book (or is it a tomb?) Tender, which is just magnificent and so much more than a recipe… |
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Squash curryHobgoblin curryNovember 1, 2009 by ClaireI know Halloween was yesterday, but I was too busy handing out sweets to eager trick-or-treaters to blog. Anyway the main point of this post is to offer a recipe to anyone with a mound of left-over pumpkin flesh in the fridge or a squash languishing in the larder. There are lots of things I… |
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Giant pasta shells with spinach and ricottaGiant pasta shells with spinach and ricottaApril 3, 2010 by ClaireI gave my boyfriend a bit of a fright the other day. I had a pile of books from the library and on the top of the pile was a book called ‘After school meal-planner’ (which had a picture of smiling kids sitting round a table).You can imagine the look on his face! I had… |
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Mediterranean FrittataMediterranean FrittataApril 26, 2010 by ClaireMediterranean frittataYou wouldn’t believe how many attempts it just took me to get the spelling of Mediterranean right. I considered changing the name of the dish for ease! What’s in a name anyway? It’s the taste that matters – and this tastes good. It tastes of summer holidays in the Med… |
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World Cup or homemade cookies?World Cup or homemade cookies?June 28, 2010 by ClaireHmmmm, delicious home-baked cookies or an hour and a half watching England getting thrashed in the World Cup? I know which one I prefer. My chap sat in the front room yesterday, while the sun was blazing, and watched England’s football team fail miserably in the World Cup – as waste… |
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Summer garden risottoSummer garden risottoJuly 18, 2010 by ClaireVegetable gardening is becoming a bit competitive I think between me and my mum. She is a brilliant gardener (she’s the original), living the good life long before it was fashionable. But when all us children flew the nest she and my dad down-sized and so she only has a small garden… |
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Warm courgette and feta saladWarm courgette and feta saladAugust 3, 2010 by ClaireCourgettes are bursting out of my two plants in the garden every day, I just can’t eat them quick enough. I’ve had them stuffed, fried, in an omelette and risotto – next to try is soup and a gratin.Warm courgette and feta saladThis warm salad is a lovely summery lunch that is… |
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Sausage, apple and mustard one-potSausage, apple and mustard one-potAugust 19, 2010 by ClaireIt has been a while since I have eaten a dish with mashed potato on the side. This summer has been full of salads, new potatoes, chargrilled vegetables and quick stir-fries. Now, I know it’s not autumn yet (although I’m already looking forward to slow cooked roasts and rich… |
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