Grilled Salmon Fillets with New Potatoes & Sticky Lemon Dressing
Words and Images by Fiona Hugues Grilled Salmon Fillets with New Potatoes & Sticky Lemon Dressing Citrus and seafood is a given, but this sweet and sour version makes it ever so summertime swanky. Don’t be afraid to try this lemony sticky vinaigrette with other types of fish and even chicken, and it’s great […]
BROCCOLI, BITTER LEAVES & MANDARIN SALAD WITH PISTACHIO VINAIGRETTE
Recipe & Images FIONA HUGUES According to my chef friends, I am very brave publicly loving radicchio as its apparently a very hard ingredient to sell. I, like long-time dwellers of Italy and France, adore it. The crunchy mild bitterness does a lovely thing when it meets sweet citrus, and the creamy salty pistachios here […]
CEVICHE WITH CRÈME FRAICHE & CITRUS PONZU
Recipe & Images FIONA HUGUES I probably eat more fish raw these days than cooked. The flavours of the sea when fish is fresh and crudo immediately whisk you away to balmy, salted shores. This is one of my favourite ways to eat it. This cheats ponzu style sauce is ready in moments and it […]
SEARED CARROTS, MANDARINS, CURRANTS & BURRATA
Recipe & Images FIONA HUGUES It’s no secret that I’d possibly trade one of my kids for a burrata if it were hard to come by and only flown in by private jet from a dairy in Puglia or a seaside trattoria in Europe. Now, gratefully, we have superb producers making this illicitly magnificent cheese […]
ROASTED KŪMARA WITH MANDARINS, PECORINO & ALMONDS
Recipe & Images FIONA HUGUES This is a variation of my infamous Wicked Step-grandmother Kūmara Salad, but this darling little dish is in no way sinister. She does, however, pack a subtle punch with sneaky chilli heat that’s perfect to warm one up when the temperature is dire. If you don’t like too much pep […]
BUTTERNUT & CHÈVRE TART OF ROSES
Recipe & Images FIONA HUGUES Japanese scholar Okakura Kakuzo said, “In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.” With this in mind, what better way to share flowers with loved ones than those that nourish too? After the publication of my Peach & Burnt Buttercream Cake from the spring issue some asked for step-by-step […]
