• Roast duck breast with grapes and Hanepoot sauce

    First make the sauce. Stir the honey and vinegar together in a small, heavy saucepan. Boil until syrupy and a good caramel colour. Remove from the heat and add the stock, stirring continually. Mix the cornflour and brandy to a smooth pas…

  • Skinny eggs with spicy Mexican tomato sauce

    To make the spicy Mexican tomato sauce: Heat the sunflower oil in a pan over a medium heat and add the tomatoes and chillies. Cook for 5 minutes, turning regularly to ensure they don’t char too much. Remove the chillies and continue charr…

  • Gnocchi with cavolo nero sauce

    Boil the potatoes in their skins until tender. Drain immediately and keep as dry as possible. Once the potatoes are just cool enough to handle, slip the skins off and force through a potato ricer. Sift half the flour over the potato a…

  • Adobo sauce

    Place the peppers in a bowl and add enough boiling water to cover. Soak for 1 hour. Place 4 peppers in a blender with the tomato purée, cumin and half the soaking liquid. Blend until smooth, then pour into a pan. Add the shallot, gar…

  • Beef burger with blue cheese sauce

    Preheat the oven to 180ºC. Mix the mince with the onion, coriander, pepper, salt, egg, breadcrumbs and Worcester sauce. Divide the mixture into 4 equal patties. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the patties for 4 - 5 minutes on eac…

  • Bearnaise sauce

    Melt the butter in a saucepan over a low heat, until it starts to foam. Take care to not let it burn. Remove from the heat and set aside for a few minutes. Pour through a very fine sieve and discard the milk solids left in the sieve. …