Seasonal recipe index

SEASONAL RECIPES
for our produce

These recipes have been compiled from a combination of many, much loved cookery books in my kitchen, sent on by friends, customers and recipes thrown together at dinnertime.

This index will be added to as new ideas come in. I do plan to add each detailed recipe to the website, but given time limits I might do it as requested. Please contact me for the detail of any recipes that you like.

WINTER CROPS:

Recipes using a combination of winter veg:
Bacon broth with barley & winter veg
Veggie shepherd’s pie
Winter veg tagine with apple & mint
Vegetable ragu with spiced couscous
Winter vegetable gratin

Potato:
Potato, carrot & cauliflower curry
Tortilla de patatas
Simple potato soup
Boxty potato pancakes (ideal for savoury fillings)
Potato cakes
Champ (trad mash with onion/herb)
Warm potato salad with bacon dressing
Bombay aloo with chapattis
Easy cheese & potato comfort pie
Potato & onion soup with crumbled bacon
Patatas bravas
Harissa potatoes
Creamy potato gratin
Potato & parmesan tart

Parsnip:
Spiced parsnip soup
Parsnip & Pancetta Tagliatelle with Parmesan & Butter
Potato, parsnip & parsley colcannon
Parsnip cakes with crispy bacon
Saratoga chips (parsnip)
Fennel & parsnip soup
Pan roasted parsnips
Potato & parsnip croquettes
Roasted parsnip & garlic dip (serve with melba toast/pitta)

Carrot:
Baked carrots in herb butter
Lamb & carrot casserole with barley
Carrot & parsnip puree with herb butter & nutmeg
Carrot & orange body boost soup (optional cardamom)
Carrot, tomato & Orange soup (‘aka Sunshine soup’)
Carrot cake with cream cheese icing
Vichy carrots with fresh ginger
Carrots with cream & herbs
Spicy carrot & chickpea tagine

Onion:
French onion soup
Sauce soubise (onion sauce)
Pissaladiere (onion & black olive pizza)
Baked onions
French onion tart
Classic french onion soup with cheese croutons

Garlic:
Tomato garlic toasts
Baked garlic (meze – delicious on pitas/crackers)
Garlic potato bake

Spinach/Chard:
Swiss chard with parmesan
Chickpea, spinach & potato curry
Rainbow pizza (rainbow chard & fresh mozzarella)
Baked spinach mornay
Wilted greens
Swiss chard, feta cheese & egg pie
Ithaca pie

Orientals: (pak choi, mustard leaf, chinese cabbage)
Chill out rice with garlic pak choi
Pak choi with minted greens

Swede turnip:
Tatties & neeps
Swed turnips with carmelised onions

Celeriac:
Oven roasted celeriac with rosemary
Celeriac & potato rosti
Celeriac & potato bake with parmesan topping
Roast onion & celeriac ravioli

Celery:
Celery with cream & parsley
Apple, celery & walnut salad
Winter celery soup with toasted hazelnuts
Celery & apple soup
Baked cheesy celery

Brussel sprouts:
Stir fried sprouts with streaky bacon
Slow cooked brussels sprouts with pancetta & chestnuts

Leek:
Leek & Potato soup with thyme
Leek & bacon tart
Brotchan foltchep (trad Irish leek & oatmeal soup)
Leek & Irish farmhouse cheese soup
Baked leeks in cream sauce
Goat’s cheese, leek & walnut tart

Savoy cabbage:
Crispy cabbage, with boiled ham and mustard sauce
Savoy cabbage with bacon & cream

Kale:
Braised kale with garlic and cream
Rumbledethumps (aka colcannon)

Cauliflower:
The secret of delicious cauliflower is to blanch it first – parboil with a bay leaf, the unpleasant cauliflower aroma disappears!
Cauliflower gratin
Spiced cauliflower with red pepper & peas

Beetroot:
Beetroot in lemon dressing
Beetroot & chocolate brownies (honestly delicious!)
Beetroot, goat’s cheese & pine nut salad with melba toasts
Roast beetroot in herbed balsamic vinegar

Jerusalem artichokes:
Jerusalem artichoke soup with crispy croutons
Warm salad of Jerusalem artichoke with hazelnut oil dressing

Cookery book credits:
Sam Stern’s ‘Student Cookbook’
‘The Irish Heritage Cookbook’
‘Versatile Vegetables’ Darina Allen
‘Soups’ Avoca
‘The great big veg challenge’ Charlotte Hume
‘Long nights & log fires’