Perfect for a summer’s day when it’s too hot to cook this simple recipe uses a few store cupboard staples and fresh salad ingredients
Food and Drink Pairing
Miso-butter glazed Scallops with Pak Choi
Miso-butter, glazed scallops with pak choi is a Japanese-influenced recipe. It uses an appetising flavoured butter to complement the natural sweetness of local scallops. Miso butter is an extremely versatile, umami-packed way of using miso. Once you have tried it, I think you will be adding it to lots of recipes.
Sesame-battered Monkfish Bites with Green Chilli Sauce
Sesame-battered Monkfish Bites with Green Chilli Sauce. They say good things come in small packages. Well, these crispy monkfish pieces with a spicy, tangy green sauce pack a BIG flavour punch. Monkfish is perfect for this recipe because of its firm, almost meaty texture and its sweet flavour. It is also a perfect foil for the homemade chilli sauce.
Puttanesca – your pantry’s secret weapon!
If I ever get the chance to write a book, I think I’d call it ‘Store Cupboard Staples’, recipes with all the things I keep in the cupboard of a small galley kitchen and they would include smoked paprika, capers, anchovies, chilli flakes, thyme, vanilla pods, muscovado sugar, sherry vinegar, coriander and mustard seeds, and very good olive oil. You may be surprised just how many of these make it into today’s recipe.