Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feast

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Italian

Chunky minestrone with basil paste and pecorino

The ultimate Italian comfort soup, brightened with a chunky basil and parsley oil.
French

Honey and apricot trifle with walnuts and lavender

I showed my ignorance big-time when suggesting on screen that pure honey was anything else than pure honey. Anyway, I think I made up for it with this impressive...
French

Swiss chard and herb tart with young cheese

With plenty of fresh herbs and cheese, this tart embodies an edible charcuterie board.
French

Veal, olive and pancetta stew with roasted red pepper

Stephane Manney, the incredibly gentle man who runs the most magical charcuterie shop I have ever visited, took a whole day to teach me the secrets of Corsica’s...
French

Roasted fish with aromatic olive oil

The dried aromatic herbs of the Corsican maquis were a real revelation to me. They are truly amazing, like nothing I’ve ever taste before. If you can get a bag of...
French

Fried goat’s cheese with tomato and basil salsa

What’s missing from the final cut of this recipe scene was the charming shepherd, Lionel’s version of fried cheese. Lionel crowded the cheese in a pan and didn’t...
Italian

Ricotta fritters with orange and honey

It all starts with a sweet orange syrup and then these ricotta and soft goat's cheese fritters get a dusting and a drizzling.
Spanish

Caramelised fig, orange and goat’s cheese salad

Working with caramel may seem intimidating but in this case you needn’t worry; the juicy fruit would be fine even if the caramel is slightly crystallised or lumpy...
Italian

Roasted lemon and fregola salad

When I cooked this recipe to camera I had a home crowd watching me I couldn’t have dreamed of. That night a group of Aussie women checked into Roberto’s tiny...
Italian

Roasted lamb with figs, radicchio and chicory

The day on Franco’s sheep farm, which culminated in this magnificent spread, pushed me – a spoilt city boy inside and out – almost over my limit. It started off...
Spanish

Salt crusted fish with Mediterranean salad

Consider making this salad even if you are not cooking the fish. It has a wonderful balance of fresh and cooked vegetables and makes perfect sense at the height...
Greek

Pork souvlaki with cucumber salad and tzatziki

Cretan food culture has a crystal-clear gender division that one does not want to mess with: women cook in the kitchen, men cook outdoors, in charge of meat. As a...
Spanish

Tomato and watermelon gazpacho

The group of old ladies that were brought to teach me how to thread tomatoes together into a fine bunch were the funniest lot of pensioners I have ever met. They...
Italian

Lobster, fennel and grape salad

I spent many hours on a fishing boat yearning for a single silly lobster to walk into our nets. Without it, the whole scene, and a whole precious day, would be...
Spanish

Paella with Soller prawns and grilled vegetables

This isn’t a simple, carefree kind of paella; we’re talking a bit of time, commitment and enthusiastic energy here. But let me tell you a little secret, I had a...
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