Maman Blanc’s Apple Tart Recipe

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Maman Blanc’s Apple Tart Recipe

Ingredients:
250g Plain Flour
125g butter, unsalted, diced, at room temperature
1 pinch sea salt
1 medium egg
1 yolk

For the Apple tart and the glaze:
3 ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’, ‘Worcester’, ‘Russet’ or ‘Braeburn’ apples, peeled, cored and cut into 10 segments per apple
1 tbsp butter, unsalted, melted
½ tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp caster sugar

Veggie Scotch eggs

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Veggie Scotch eggs

Makes 2 | Prep 30 mins | Cook 20 mins
4 free-range eggs
100g breadcrumbs
2 tbsp coarse polenta
1 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp smoked paprika
salt and pepper
2 tbsp plain fl our
200g vegetarian haggis, cooked as per packet instructions

Buttered apple and cinnamon soup with vanilla ice cream

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Buttered apple and cinnamon soup with vanilla ice cream

Serve 6 | Prep 8 mins | Cook 20 mins
3 apples, unsprayed
1 litre water
200g sugar
3 cloves
3 allspice berries, crushed
1 lemon
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp brown sugar
25g butter
1–2 tbsp vegetarian dark rum (optional)
vanilla ice cream, to serve

Moroccan pumpkin soup

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Moroccan pumpkin soup

Serves 6 | Prep 5 mins | Cook 25 mins
1 large onion, peeled and quartered
4 cloves garlic, peeled
1 medium dried red chilli
1 stick celery
4 tbsp oil
1–2 tbsp ras el hanout spice blend
700g pumpkin or squash, cubed
200g can chickpeas
200g tomato, chopped (preferably fresh but canned will do)
2 tbsp chopped dates, dried apricots or prunes
1.25 litres water
salt and pepper
200g chard, roughly chopped

Mint and courgette soup

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Mint and courgette soup

Serves 4 | Prep 7 mins | Cook 20 mins
100g mint
1 large onion, fi nely sliced
1 litre water
1 tbsp pine nuts or fl aked almonds
25g butter
1 clove garlic, grated
1 lemon, fi nely grated zest and juice
¼ tsp pink peppercorns, crushed
¼ tsp black peppercorns, crushed
¼ tsp salt
pinch of sugar
2 medium courgettes, diced

Cream of parsnip soup with lemon and ginger and crisp allumettes

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Cream of parsnip soup with lemon and ginger and crisp allumettes

Serves 4 | Prep 10 mins | Cook up to 1 hr
2 tbsp oil, plus extra for deep-frying
300g onions, peeled and roughly chopped
black pepper
750g parsnips
1 lemon, fi nely grated zest and juice
1 tsp ground turmeric
1½ tsp ground ginger
1 litre water
salt
125ml cream or yogurt

Oven soup with chèvre crostini

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Oven soup with chèvre crostini

Serves 4 | Prep 5 mins | Cook 25 mins
300g onions, peeled and cut into large chunks
4 cloves garlic, unpeeled
500g large ripe tomatoes, quartered
300g red peppers, deseeded and quartered
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper
a few sprigs of thyme and rosemary
about 1 litre boiling water or stock
6 slices of ciabatta or similar about 150g vegetarian goat’s cheese (the soft, loose sort)

Tom kha het

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Tom kha het

Serves 4 | Prep 5 mins | Cook 7 mins
400ml can coconut milk
700ml warm water
450g mushrooms (small tight
chestnut buttons are best – if larger, quarter them)
2.5–4cm piece of young galangal,
finely sliced or 2–3 tsp finely grated
fresh ginger (depending on how hot you like things)
1 tbsp shredded lemon grass
4 Kaffir lime leaves, tightly rolled and shredded
100ml light soy sauce
100ml lime juice
2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
1–2 tsp fresh chillies, chopped

Individual blaeberry crumbles

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Individual blaeberry crumbles

Serves 4 | Prep 20 mins | Cook 20 mins
400g bilberries
85g granulated sugar
2 tbsp lemon juice
4 tsp cornfl our
8 large fresh mint leaves, shredded
For the crumble:
85g plain fl our
55g rolled oats
85g soft brown sugar
85g butter

Bramble fool

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Bramble fool

Serves 4 | Prep/cook 20 mins
400g blackberries
125g granulated sugar
juice of ½ lemon
300ml double cream
few drops of vanilla extract
250g Greek yogurt (0% fat is fine)