Asparagus and Nettle soup really, but I didn’t let on about the nettles, until the kids were already enjoying it. The last weeks of the asparagus season coincide with the final opportunity to pick nettles before they turn woody. Enough for eight. knob of butter …
If you ever bore of basil, this is a worthy alternative. We had this at a café in Jerez a few years ago; on a scorching holiday, after a dusty tour round Tio Pepe. Pictured with ‘Quickle’ on the right (previous recipe). 1/2 teaspoon salt …
Apologies to Nigel Slater. I took a lovely dish of his, entitled ‘Little cakes of leeks and potatoes’, which he described as “too spartan a recipe to be true”; and added cheese and parsley. Jolly good, even if the extra ingredients – to misquote Shakespeare …
I’ve almost certainly read a recipe like this before, but put this together on a whim, when I remembered I’d taken some fish out of the freezer and really should eat it. In a jiffy, it was wrapped in dried ham; nestled snuggly with tomatoes; …
