Lydia Gerratt
Thai green curry mussels and aubergine
Mussels are dominant enough in flavour to be able to take on the powerfully fragrant Thai green curry aromatics and make one of the...
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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.
Lydia Gerratt
- Oct 6, 2017
- 3 min
Risotto di scampi (Prawns)
If you love that dense savoury umami flavour you get from prawns, then I urge you to make this dish. Satisfying is an understatement....
Lydia Gerratt
- Oct 3, 2017
- 2 min
Prawn (shrimp) and broccoli noodles
This is a Hong Kong noodle dish that my husband (who is Chinese, so you know this recipe is the real thing!) taught me. It’s one of...
Lydia Gerratt
- Sep 20, 2017
- 3 min
Want to know how to cook juicy tender chargrilled squid?
You need 3 things; super fresh squid, a cast iron frying pan and a lot of heat. I get up at the crack of dawn a couple of times a year...
Lydia Gerratt
- Jun 23, 2017
- 3 min
Spaghetti con cozze e gamberi (with mussels and prawns)
This is the pasta dish that is on every menu in those little Italian cafés that are right on the beach in Italy. It tastes phenomenal....
Lydia Gerratt
- Mar 6, 2017
- 2 min
Prawn, chorizo and pea pasta
The flavours in this dish are incredible. Chorizo and prawns are like the best of friends, they get on so well together and the peas,...
Lydia Gerratt
- Dec 13, 2016
- 2 min
Salmon fillets with leeks, capers and lemon
The ingredients in this recipe are so achingly in season that even the food glitterati would be impressed. I actually ate this at the...
Lydia Gerratt
- Dec 5, 2016
- 3 min
Pan fried sea bass fillets
Sea bass is a beautiful fish. The fillets are perfect for frying and have an almost creamy flavour with a lovely thin crispy skin. When...
Lydia Gerratt
- Nov 11, 2016
- 2 min
Smoked trout, butter bean, spring onion and tomato salad with a yoghurt, horseradish and wild rocket
I love smoked trout fillets. They taste even better when eaten with a little yoghurt, spicy rocket leaf and horseradish sauce. To make...
Lydia Gerratt
- Jul 5, 2016
- 2 min
Prawns (shrimps) with garlic, parsley and chilli
I think that this recipe is truly the loveliest and most delicious way to cook prawns. It’s the classic combination of garlic and...
Lydia Gerratt
- Apr 13, 2016
- 2 min
Miso blackened, caramelised salmon
It would be rude of me not to warn you that even though this recipe is super simple (it literally takes 15mins to cook) you do have to...
Lydia Gerratt
- Mar 15, 2016
- 2 min
Sea bass with lemon, garlic and olive oil
I don’t think I could give you a more simple fish recipe if I tried…..no excuse for not eating more fish with your children (they need...
Lydia Gerratt
- Sep 2, 2015
- 3 min
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
- Jul 20, 2015
- 2 min
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 8, 2015
- 3 min
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
- May 19, 2015
- 2 min
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
- Mar 16, 2015
- 3 min
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
- Nov 3, 2014
- 3 min
Salmon and pea tagliatelle with lemon, garlic, tarragon & parsley butter
Every now and then I crave a light meal with killer flavours. The sharp sourness of lemon (I use a lot in this recipe), pungent garlic,...
Lydia Gerratt
- Oct 21, 2014
- 2 min
Cullen Skink (smoked haddock potato leek soup)
My recipe was featured in the Waitrose Weekend magazine I used to work with a Food Buyer at Waitrose who had a serious passion for Cullen...
Lydia Gerratt
- Sep 24, 2014
- 3 min
Spaghetti alle cozze (mussels)
My recipe featured in the Waitrose Weekend magazine; It’s autumn, there’s an ‘R’ in the month - now is the time to eat shellfish. ...
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