The Kitchen

Kitchens

Dessert

Dark Chocolate and Beetroot Cake with Crème Fraîche

An impossibly moist chocolate cake with a secret root underneath

Fern·22 Oct 2022·8 min

Dessert

Almond, Olive Oil and Orange Blossom Cake

A fragrant, gluten-free crumb soaked in citrus and honey

Fern·18 Sep 2022·7 min

Dessert

Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies

Buttery shortbread with a sharp, glossy pool of lemon

Fern·14 Sep 2022·8 min

Snack

Sourdough Discard Crackers with Sesame and Nigella Seeds

the thriftiest, snappiest use for that jar of leftover starter

Fern·13 Sep 2022·8 min

Baking

Salted Honey and Oat Biscuits

Crisp, golden and built on real honey

Fern·8 Sep 2022·8 min

Breakfast

Labneh with Za'atar, Olive Oil, and Warm Flatbread

Strained yogurt, the Levant's gift to breakfast

Fern·17 Aug 2022·8 min

Main course

Corn Chowder with Bacon and Chive

Sweet summer corn and smoky bacon in a bowl

Fern·14 Aug 2022·7 min

Drink

Elderflower Cordial

bottled hedgerow, the taste of an English June

Fern·18 Jun 2022·8 min

Starter

Tuna mousse

A retro cocktail-party spread, brightened with lemon and dill

Fern·23 Apr 2022·8 min

Starter

Olive tapenade

The Provençal spread that keeps for a fortnight

Fern·22 Dec 2021·8 min

Condiment

Aioli

Real garlic and oil, whisked by hand

Fern·2 Nov 2021·8 min

Main course

Lasagne bolognese

Italian food

Fern·29 Oct 2021·7 min

Main course

Plain pasta

Fresh egg pasta from four ingredients

Fern·9 Oct 2021·8 min

Condiment

Pizza sauce made from fresh tomatoes

A slow-simmered sauce with one small twist

Fern·24 Sep 2021·8 min

Bread

Pizza dough, easy to prepare

dough

Fern·17 Sep 2021·8 min

Dessert

Blackberry apple pie

Hedgerow blackberries and tart cooking apples under a lattice

Fern·13 Aug 2021·8 min

Starter

Patatas bravas

Viva el potato

Fern·3 Aug 2021·8 min

Main course

Broccoli and Carrot Pie with a Nutmeg-Mustard Custard

A buttery savoury tart that makes vegetables the point

Fern·13 Jul 2021·8 min

Soup

Minestrone soup

soup

Fern·13 Feb 2021·8 min

Main course

Spanish omelette - a ten step guide

Tortilla española, and the argument about whether onions belong

Fern·3 Sep 2020·8 min

Main course

Spaghetti Carbonara

Eggs, pork, cheese and pepper — and not a drop of cream

Fern·3 Jul 2020·8 min

Soup

Creamy Potato and Leek Soup

Silky blended potato, sweet leek and crisp bacon

Fern·21 May 2020·8 min

Starter

Vitello tonnato recipe

chicken of the seas

Fern·3 Feb 2020·8 min

Condiment

Recipe for Harissa

A homemade North African chilli paste worth keeping in the fridge

Fern·29 Jan 2020·8 min

Soup

Tomato soup

Roasted tomatoes, a balsamic edge and a basil drizzle

Fern·16 Jan 2019·8 min