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Burrata with caponata
View recipe: Burrata with caponataThere is a wonderful Italian restaurant in London called Il Portico, a favourite with the Pigeon Cottage gang, and we had this fab starter there last time we went – aubergine caponata & stracciatella di burrata. Caponata is a very famous Sicilian dish and I’ve been wanting to make it since we went there on…
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Classic Greek ‘village’ salad
View recipe: Classic Greek ‘village’ saladEvery restaurant, family kitchen and taverna has their version of a classic Greek ‘village’ salad. The ingredients are simple but if you use the best and freshest produce you can, this is a pretty hard to beat summer salad. It goes with everything – Greek pita bread and hummus, grilled fish, ‘souvlaki’ kebab skewers. You…
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Roasted rum pineapple
View recipe: Roasted rum pineappleWith, hopefully, some nice weather on the way, it’s good to have a dessert recipe in your back pocket that delivers on the BBQ. I’m quite fond of this one; chargrilled pineapple baked in butter, rum and brown sugar to make a delicious boozy caramel sauce with some vanilla or coconut ice cream on the…









