Butter poached lobster with leeks and a lobster sauce
I’ve cooked lobster a couple of times in the last decade. Each time it’s been disastrous - and not just for the lobster.
Recipes
Hake with glazed carrots, green beans and tomato salsa
When it comes to buying fish at the supermarket - assuming yours has anything that isn’t dull-eyed and tired - generally we remain creatures of habit.
Tonka bean panna cotta with apricot coulis
Cool and creamy, a panna cotta is just the thing for a hot summer’s day. In principle, it’s really easy. A combo of cream, milk and just enough sugar, mixed with gelatine and chilled to set.
Mushroom Strudel with Butter Beans in Tomato Sauce
This is a perfect meal for that meat-free Monday you’ve been promising yourself. It came about simply because I decided to be spontaneous and walk into the supermarket and see what caught my eye.
Sugo - the Tuscan-style ragu
I’ve cooked the same recipe for a ragu for a delicious spaghetti bolognese for years - slow cooked, rich and full of umami goodness.
Scallops and squid with butternut squash and squid ink sauce
Locally caught fish, all gleaming and gorgeous - and the exact opposite to the tired dull-eyed fare you normally see in the local supermarkets.
Nasi Lemak
The heart of Nasi Lemak is the rice, made fragrant by pandan leaves and lemongrass, cooked in coconut milk to make it luxurious and flavourful.
Provençale Vegetable Soup (Soup au pistou)
My dream is that I celebrate the wealth of vegetables from my own garden through the year with an endless parade of delicious dishes designed to put them to best use.
Chicken ballotine with morels, polenta cake and glazed carrots
Fresh morels come along at this time of year, and I feel it’s been a year wasted if I don’t get to use them just once.
Vichyssoise Soup
Hot summer days mean that chilled soups become possible - they’re simply not to be contemplated at any other time.
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I'm Mallen Baker. I've spent thirty years working on sustainability with a focus on business (corporate social responsibility). I'm passionate about great food, and wanted to share ideas, analysis, recipes and information about delicious food with a nod towards sustainability.
