Occasionally, a new addition to the repertoire is rapidly elevated to family-favourite status. Such is this superb recipe, for which I’m indebted to Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage: it was published in their wonderful book Flavour at the end of 2020. This is a perfect meal to serve to vegetarians (vegans, in fact) and meat-eatersContinue reading “Portobello steaks & butter bean mash”
Tag Archives: Vegetarian
Lentil rissoles
During my flirtation with vegetarianism in the early 1990s I learned to make these by experimenting with a recipe from a cookbook in Granny’s impressive collection (I think it was in the Sainsbury’s vegetarian food paperback). The Hungarian paprika flavouring has crept in because we’re often faced with a glut of piros arany, which BabúContinue reading “Lentil rissoles”
Pea, feta & mint fritters
It’s useful to have a range of vegetarian starters up your sleeve. This one tastes of early summer but has gone down a treat in December too. The recipe comes from Simple by Ottolenghi who, though not vegetarian himself, has revolutionized vegetarian cooking during the last decade. His newspaper columns and beautiful cookbooks have inspiredContinue reading “Pea, feta & mint fritters”
Aubergine steaks
A long-standing regular on the weekly menu, this recipe makes a great meat-free supper dish, substantial enough to justify the description ‘steak’. I came across it in Marie Claire magazine in the early 1990s, when I was in a five-year vegetarian phase that ended decisively over a dish of beef carpaccio, at Woz in NottingContinue reading “Aubergine steaks”
Years of Practice 