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Through them I developed the knowledge and expertise to find the most flavoursome good quality ingredients at the right time of year from the best countries to create the tastiest meals.
Tarragon, parsley and garlic butter
I love tarragon. I particularly love using it on salmon, as it seems to make the rich oiliness of salmon disappear and create a...
Lydia Gerratt
Oct 28, 20152 min read
Savoy cabbage with smoked bacon
It’s autumn and truly beautiful outside. It’s also the time of British vegetable abundance during the harvest month of October. I love...
Lydia Gerratt
Oct 12, 20152 min read
Want to know how to cook juicy tender pork steaks?
Want to know how to cook juicy tender pork steaks? It's taken me ages (a few months of experimenting) to find a way to make pan fried...
Lydia Gerratt
Sep 28, 20152 min read
Penne with broccoli and lemon zest
This pasta is simple; broccoli, lemon zest, garlic and olive oil. All these ingredients turn into a creamy tasting pasta dish even...
Lydia Gerratt
Sep 14, 20152 min read
Thai style salmon broth
My all time favourite ingredient I developed when I was a Waitrose food buyer was stock. I am so flipping proud of them. It took a year...
Lydia Gerratt
Sep 2, 20153 min read
Courgette (zucchini) summer soup
If you’ve been given a pile of courgettes from a friend’s allotment or bought a few packs from the supermarket because they are so cheap...
Lydia Gerratt
Aug 23, 20152 min read
Garlic & parsley sauce
I love Lebanese food - which you might think a strange thing to say as most of the food on my website is British or Mediterranean. What I...
Lydia Gerratt
Jul 27, 20152 min read
Pan fried Red Mullet
Red mullet has a delicious creamy almost earthy flavour. It is one of my favourite fish. It’s not that easy to find in Britain, the...
Lydia Gerratt
Jul 20, 20152 min read
Pan fried fresh anchovy fillets
This is the one dish I crave whenever I go on holiday to Italy or Spain as it’s so easy to find heaps of local fresh anchovies in all the...
Lydia Gerratt
Jul 8, 20153 min read
Orzo pasta with chicken, peas and tarragon
This is a killer recipe that has the most unbelievable tarragon flavour. It’s made with a few simple ingredients and literally takes 10...
Lydia Gerratt
Jun 16, 20152 min read
Warm salad with chicken livers, garlic and sherry vinegar
The first time I ate this warm salad was in Café Rouge on the Chiswick High Road years and years ago – I remember thinking how totally...
Lydia Gerratt
Jun 2, 20152 min read
Spaghetti agli scampi (prawns)
Did you know it’s the prawn shells that release the savoury seafood taste which works so well with the sweetness of the prawn meat? The...
Lydia Gerratt
May 19, 20152 min read
Chicken with soya sauce, honey, garlic and ginger
I love nothing better than cooking a ridiculously simple meal with a handful of ingredients and then getting that seriously happy ‘OMG my...
Lydia Gerratt
May 11, 20152 min read
Flattened pork with lemon and garlic
Sometimes you just need to eat something ridiculously flavoursome which is also super quick to cook – bashed and flattened pork loin...
Lydia Gerratt
Apr 24, 20152 min read
Spaghetti alla puttanesca
This pasta dish comes from Naples and apparently the story behind the saucy name, Whore’s spaghetti, is that this recipe was whipped up...
Lydia Gerratt
Apr 6, 20153 min read
Seared marinated pork fillet
Pork fillet is such a great cut of meat. It’s lean so you don’t get that urghh feeling when you’ve eaten something too rich, it has a...
Lydia Gerratt
Mar 30, 20153 min read
Broccoli with garlic and extra virgin olive oil
I’ve dabbled with the different broccoli varieties over the years; tenderstem and purple sprouting, but I’ve come back to the original...
Lydia Gerratt
Mar 26, 20152 min read
Carottes Vichy
The one thing I’ve realised about making delicious tasting vegetables over the years is, it’s all in the cooking technique (plus one or...
Lydia Gerratt
Mar 23, 20151 min read
Mussel gratin with garlic, parsley and lemon zest
It’s spring, which means that the days of eating in-season fresh mussels are numbered….. By the end of April you won’t be able to find...
Lydia Gerratt
Mar 16, 20153 min read
Cauliflower with chorizo, olives, capers, garlic and extra virgin olive oil
For years I used to look at the cauliflowers in the supermarket, wanting to buy (particularly when they are sometimes as little as £1 in...
Lydia Gerratt
Mar 2, 20153 min read
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