olive oil Archives

Cheat recipes

Chicken “cordon bleu”

15 minutes

Chicken recipes

Chicken meatloaf with tomato sauce

1 1⁄2 hours

Atchar recipes

Indian chicken roasted in atchar

1 1⁄2 hours

Egg recipes

Mujadara

45 minutes

Risotto recipes

Millet risotto with celery leaf pesto

30 minutes

Chickpea recipes

Hurried hummus

Aliums

Savoury oats with creamy leeks, mushrooms and Parmesan

25 minutes

Cheese recipes

Baby marrow lasagne

20 minutes

Beef recipes

Braised beef shortrib with samp and beans and spicy grilled tomato sauce

4 hours

Brunch recipes

Open two-cheese croque madame

25 minutes

Beetroot recipes

Baked barley pilau with roast beetroot and feta

1 hour

Soup recipes

Spring green gazpacho

15 minutes

Spring green gazpacho

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

2 leeks, chopped
2 onions, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
4 T almonds, blanched
3 slices white bread, soaked in La Motte Sauvignon Blanc
1 cucumber, peeled
1 avocado
Fresh basil, a handful
1 lime, juiced
1 T sherry vinegar
4 T olive oil
1⁄2 cup sour cream
Sea salt, to taste

Method

Sauté chopped leeks, onions and garlic in a pan over a low heat until translucent, then chill.

Place the leek mixture, the blanched almonds and the slices white bread soaked in La Motte Sauvignon Blanc (squeeze out the wine) in a blender.

Blend, then add the peeled cucumber, the avocado, basil, the juice of the lime, sherry vinegar, olive oil and sour cream, blending well after each addition. Season with salt.

Pass through a sieve and chill before serving.

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Chicken “cordon bleu”

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Hurried hummus

Savoury oats with creamy leeks, mushrooms and Parmesan

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Baked barley pilau with roast beetroot and feta

Spring green gazpacho

Spring green gazpacho

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