Tag: basil
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Panzanella
When you have a glut of ripe summer tomatoes and cucumbers, this bread-based salad makes a great light lunch dish, starter or a perfect accompaniment to pretty much any BBQ’ed meat. It needs top quality ripe and juicy tomatoes, fruity extra-virgin olive oil and a good quality bread loaf like ciabatta or chewy country-style bread.…
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Pasta with basil, mushrooms and chicken
You could make this quick and delicious pasta supper as a vegetarian dish but I love this with leftover shredded roast chicken as part of my ‘one chicken, three suppers’ weekly menu plan. The basil gives it a lovely fresh flavour and cuts through the richness of the creamy mushroom sauce. Adding plenty of freshly…
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Tomato and basil summer pudding
At this time of year, not only is there usually a glut of tomatoes but with all the sunshine we’ve had, the flavour will be at its absolute best. So, this tomato and basil summer pudding I found in an old Clarissa Dickson-Wright book (half of the Two Fat Ladies team – this recipe is Jennifer’s)…
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