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Goan-style beef curry
View recipe: Goan-style beef curryI normally make curry sauces thickened with yoghurt but this delicious Goan-style beef curry is made primarily with rich beef stock and coconut (toddy) vinegar. Chunks of beef are braised in the spiced stock and reduced to a dark, silky sauce that has a pleasant background heat from black pepper and whole dried Kashmiri chillies.…
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Pasta shells with broccoli and anchovy sauce
View recipe: Pasta shells with broccoli and anchovy sauceThis recipe originally comes from the Apulia region of southern Italy. Anchovies are used in lots of savoury dishes and here they combine successfully with broccoli cooked so it still has a little bite to it, and shell-shaped or orecchiette pasta topped with Parmesan and a crisp pangratto crumb. Pangratto was used in poorer households as…
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Rich onion soup
View recipe: Rich onion soupOn Thursdays, I walk with my neighbour and her lovely Labradors around the Ickworth estate. Whatever the weather, it’s a fabulous walk we never tire of. After a couple of hours or so of brisk walking we definitely need a coffee and a light lunch. I’m currently working through my repertoire of soup recipes for…









