Rapeseed oil comes from oilseed rape, a root vegetable and cousin of mustard cabbage. The name is derived from the Old English term for turnip –‘rapum’. It comes, as you’d imagine, from those bilious yellow fields that, to my mind at least, disfigure so much of the countryside in Britain and Ireland. However, aesthetics aren’t
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Caramelised pear, feta, rocket and scallion salad
This recipe is in response to a barbecue topic on the forkncork.com forum http://forkncork.com/content/showthread.php?t=1878 1 medium to large pear salad bowl’s worth of rocket 3 oz good feta cheese 4 chopped scallions. 1 knob butter 1 dtsp maple syrup sea salt and freshly ground black pepper for the dressing: Extra Virgin olive oil and wine
Fennel & apple salad with juniper
Finnochio or ‘Florence fennel’ – the bulbed variety, not the feathery herb is easy to grow and I love it. This is a very pleasing autumnal salad. 1 fennel bulb 1 Granny Smith or other tart apple Juice of 1 lemon 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 12-15
Oriental Seared Tuna Salad
A great dish, easy and so tasty, originally cooked as one element of a 10-course dinner party at my house, devised and cooked by our good friend Chung Yin. The full menu detailed at Chinese Dinner Party This recipe, together with those for the duck and the melon salad, is reproduced with Chung Yin’s permission.
Melon and Kiwi Fruit Salad
This recipe, like the duck and the tuna came from our good friend Chung Yin, product developer for Sharwoods and is reprodued with his permission. 100g caster sugar 200ml water 50g fresh ginger – thinly sliced 1 medium melon in balls or bite-sized pieces 4 kiwi fruit – peeled and cut into wedges Serves 6
Warm Salad Of Smoked Gubbeen Bacon, Boilie Goats’ Cheese, Baby Spinach and Watercress
This delightful salad showcases a wonderful product from Fingal Ferguson’s Gubbeen smokehouse and a fine goats’ cheese from Cavan. Use a really good olive oil and keep the dressing light and fresh. 1 pack Gubbeen smoked bacon 1 jar Boilie goats’ cheese 1 packet baby spinach 1 packet watercress (or rocket if unavailable) zest of
Spinach with Pine Nuts, Sultanas and Orange Zest
Spinach used to be an utterly maligned vegetable that no one would eat except Popeye. Now it’s trendy, which is almost as bad! In any event, it’s good for you. I love spinach done this way, particularly with grilles fish. 1 tbsp pine nuts 1 tsbp yellow sultanas 750g spinach knob of butter zest of
Salad Dressings
It seems to be de rigueur to serve a salad with pasta dishes these days. If you do, keep it simple, don’t let strong, sweet or otherwise exotic flavours detract from the pasta and sauce. People have asked about how I dress salads. Here’s how. BASIC SALAD DRESSING 1. Good extra vergine olive oil BASIC
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