Category: Flavour

Recipe: Tahini cheesecake with oat crumble crust

This tahini cheesecake is wholly inspired by the delectable sesame crumble recipe from Falastin by Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley. I whipped up a batch of this spiced, complexly flavoured sesame crumble and, as it roasted, my kitchen was filled with the tantalising scent of brown butter, toasty oats, sesame, rosewater and cardamom.

Eaten with Greek yoghurt, tahini and date syrup, the nutty savouriness of the tahini paired with creamy tang of the yoghurt was perfectly balanced and absolutely addictive. It made me think of the best kind of cheesecake. This cheesecake.… Read More Recipe: Tahini cheesecake with oat crumble crust

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Recipe: #LifeHack gnocchi

As many parents will tell you, cooking changes after you have a child. Today I want to talk to you about a secret weapon that I now keep in my back pocket: packet gnocchi.

I know what you’re thinking. Packet gnocchi is not gnocchi. They’re spongy, doughy lumps of what feels like reconstituted potato dusted in a fine grainy substance (what is that? Is it semolina? Is it another flour? What?), that is little improved by the cooking process. But packet gnocchi is not just packet gnocchi when you know the trick to cooking it… Read More Recipe: #LifeHack gnocchi

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