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Roast harissa tomatoes with lentil rice pilau

February 8, 2018
by Jono

Harissa, tomatoes, lentils, yoghurt… These are ingredients that fill me with excitement whenever we decide to cook with them. Simple, cheap, unpretentious, they shine if you give them a chance.

This recipe is adapted from a wonderful book by Diana Henry called Crazy water, pickled lemons – grab it if you see a copy, its very exciting.

This pilau (or pilaf) makes a wonderful vegetarian main course, served with some socca and hummus, or as a side to a sunday roast.

The harissa recipe I’ve used here isn’t spicy at all, but feel free to beef it up if you like a bit more oomph.

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European

Spicy asian tomato relish

January 21, 2018January 21, 2018
by Jono

This is my go-to chunky tomato sauce whenever I need something delicious in a hurry – This recipe is infinitely adaptable, and variations on the theme end up in a lot of our dishes.

Use fresh tomatoes if you can – preferably super red ripe ones that are on the verge of going off – but if your tomatoes aren’t as ripe as you had hoped, you can help them along with a splash of balsamic vinegar and an extra teaspoon of sugar.

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Fusion

Mussel ragout with watercress and zucchini

January 21, 2018January 21, 2018
by Jono

Served with a fresh salad and grilled vegetables

We made this mussel ragout in the eastern cape coast of South Africa. The old idiom “Necessity is the mother of invention” is certainly true here – We pulled the mussels off the rocks, and the watercress was growing wild at a spring near the house. The japanese flavours work perfectly with tomato and seafood, and really lift a simple dish to amazing heights.

I wouldn’t recommend doing this with shop bought frozen mussels – if you can’t get this absolutely fresh, then rather do something else with your mussels – white wine and cream can cover up the unhappiness of frozen mussels quite nicely.

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