LAVENDER AND LOVAGE
A Culinary Notebook of Memories and Recipes from Home and Abroad
KAREN BURNS-BOOTH
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TABLE OF CONTENTSE ARLY S TARTS & L ATE S TARTS
B REAKFAST & B RUNCH ....................... 15
Southern Style Buttermilk
Biscuits with Sausage Gravy ..............42
My Mum's Teacup Porridge &
Variations ..........................................62
Potage Crcy
Cream of Carrot Soup ........................76
Bresaola con Rucola e
Grana Padano .................................... 97
Spanish Tapas Toast
with Escalivada ................................ 110
The New Orleans Muffuletta
Sandwich ......................................... 114
Repulse Bay Toasted Club
Sandwich ......................................... 117
Salmon & Sorrel Cream
Cheese Parcels................................. 134
Maghreb Chicken, Apricot &
Chickpea Tagine .............................. 144
Cypriot Roast Chicken with
Tomatoes & Lemon .......................... 147
Bobotie South African Curried
Shepherd's Pie ................................. 170
Korean BBQ Bulgogi Beef
with Asian Slaw ............................... 174
Three Cheese & Swiss Chard
Pasta Bake Cake ............................. 201
A B IT ON THE S IDE S ALADS &
A CCOMPANIMENTS ........................... 207
Garden Salad with Eggs,
Tomatoes & Cheese ......................... 209
Heirloom Tomato & Chive
Flower Salad ................................... 213Swedish Midsummer Fresh
Berries & Cream Gateau .................. 320Banana Bread Cake
with Buttercream ............................. 324Frosted Ginger Cake with
Crystallised Ginger........................... 326
Roast Balsamic Beetroot .................. 230
Braised Baby Gem Lettuce
with Spring Onions, Peas, Bacon & Crme Frache ................................. 232
Tian Provenal ................................. 237
U NDER C OVER & E XPOS
P IES , P ASTIES & T ARTS ..................... 239
Wild Garlic & English Blue
Cheese Tart ..................................... 241
Cheese, Potato and Celery Pasties .... 245
Wild Salmon Summer Herb and Vegetable Pie .................................... 246
Egg and Bacon Plate Pie ................... 250
Yorkshire Corned Beef & Potato Pie .. 253
Sausage & Herb Plait ....................... 254
Bilberry Plate Pie ............................. 259
Old-Fashioned Lattice Apple Pie ....... 261
English Walnut Tart with
Orange Pastry .................................. 263
Ontario Butter Tarts ........................ 266
Cumberland Rum Nicky ................... 267
Spiced Fruit Galette ......................... 269
E NDINGS H OT & C OLD P UDDINGS ..... 271
Baked Nursery Rice Pudding ......... 272
Bread Pudding ................................. 273
Malva Pudding ................................. 274
Scottish Raspberry & Whisky
Steamed Pudding ............................. 276
Alabama Peach Crisp ....................... 279
Mixed Berry Clafoutis ...................... 281
Strawberries & Cream Quick
Trifle Pots ........................................ 283
Traditional Sherry Trifle ................... 285
Fresh Strawberry Jelly ..................... 287
Shatin Heights Hotel Ice
Cream Soda ..................................... 289
Irish Cream Chocolate Mousse ......... 291
H OME ON THE R ANGE B READ ,
S CONES , C AKES & B ISCUITS .............. 293
Farmhouse White Bread .................. 295
Hovis Style Granary Bread ............. 298
Scottish Morning Rolls Baps .......... 300
Stotty Cake ...................................... 302
O N THE S HELF J AMS , C HUTNEYS ,P ICKLES & M ARMALADE .................... 341
Fresh Raspberry Jam ....................... 344French Set Apricot &
Lavender Confiture ........................... 346
Blackberry Jam ................................ 348Pink Grapefruit Marmalade .............. 350Mum's Lemon Curd ......................... 352Cheeseboard Peach Chutney ......... 355
Shooting Party Green
Tomato Chutney .............................. 357
Runner Bean Pickle ......................... 361
Winter Salad (Sweet Mustard Pickle) 363
Spiced Pickled Shallots .................... 365
Pickled Green Walnuts ..................... 366
M LI -M LO S UNDRY G EMS ............. 369
Chairman's Choice: Poached
Salmon & Cucumber Salad .............. 370
Hannah's Chilli Chicken Pasta with Chorizo ............................................ 373
Fiona's Frying Pan Pizza .................. 374
Street Food Singapore Noodles ......... 377
Chow Fan ........................................ 378
Montreal Poutine ............................. 379
Curry Puffs ...................................... 380
Raclette ........................................... 382
Ski Chalet Tartiflette ........................ 384
Chinese Fried Toffee Bananas .......... 386
Amah's Cold Sweet Rice ................... 387
Conversions Table............................ 388