Comforting bowls of pasta with chestnuts and mushrooms . Use ready cooked vacuum packed or frozen chestnuts to save time and effort. The recipe is from Southern France and i found it in the excellent ” Simple” by Diana Henry. Its a winner.
A simple recipe for Pork from ” Cook Simple” by Diana Henry. I eat pork very rarely, but when i do it must be organic or outdoor reared.Like Diana, I particularly recommend Gloucestershire Old Spot if you can get it. Serve this dish with rice and stir fried greens or a watercress or spinach salad.
A French bistro classic from ” Cook Simple” by Diana Henry. You can replace the walnuts with hazelnuts and the Roquefort with Cashel Blue or Gorgonzola.
A French salad from Parisian bistro ” Le Petit Gavroche” . I found the recipe in ” Cook Simple” by Diana Henry. For a variation you can add 150g sauteed bacon lardons and top each serving with a poached egg.
Tuna is one of my favourite fish and I am always pleased to find new ways of cooking it . Here’s a recipe from ” Cook Simple ” by Diana Henry. If you like you can make the sauce for this ahead of time and then just cook the tuna at the last minute.
A simple but luxurious pasta from ” Cook Simple” by Diana Henry. For a change you can use flakes of cooked salmon instead of Parma Ham, and add asparagus when it is in season.
Another very good pasta dish from ” Cook Simple” by Diana Henry. If you like replace some of the stock with some dry Marsala or White wine to give it a richer flavour.
