My blini with smoked salmon and caviar recipe makes a DIY blini spread for a weekend brunch or feast of zakuski or Russian starters. Use my buckwheat pancakes recipe to make your own blini or pancakes – or use store-bought pikelets or mini pancakes for spontaneous gatherings, as I have for this, and you’ll have … Read more
These are the essential dishes beginner cooks should learn to make to build a repertoire of basic recipes that cover every meal, from breakfast to lunch and dinner. They include recipes for perfect boiled eggs, French toast and rice porridge, a great salad and classic vinaigrette, poached chicken, homemade hummus, a soup, pasta, meatballs, a … Read more
Some of the best things to make with a mortar and pestle are a classic Mexican guacamole, a traditional Italian basil pesto, and authentic Southeast Asian pastes, such as Thai curry pastes and Cambodian herb and spice pastes, but there are so many more things you can prepare with a mortar and pestle, from dukkah … Read more
Our best cucumber salad recipes from around the world include everything from a Japanese style cucumber cabbage salad made with quintessential Japanese ingredients – sesame seeds, roasted seaweed, rice vinegar, Japanese soy, and sesame oil – to a Middle Eastern style salad of crunchy cucumber spears tossed piled onto butter bean purée or hummus if … Read more
These 10 dishes to master to become a better home cook include essential egg dishes – an omelette to help you perfect your pan skills and eggs Benedict to fine-tune egg poaching techniques – savoury classics such as a roast chicken and a traditional stew, Asian favourites (a Thai curry and Chinese special fried rice), … Read more