Inspired by Leith’s Cookery Bible (Bloomsbury), these are a LOT of work, but well worth it.
Print Recipe Tagliatelle alla Norma Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 30 mins Ingredients coarse salt, fine salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 45ml (3 tbsp) extra virgin olive oil 3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped ½ onion, peeled and chopped 500g tinned, chopped tomatoes 1 aubergine, diced + a few slices of aubergine to
TO DRINK: Klein Constantia Rosé 2007, light, gentle and very amiable.
Print Recipe Chilled cucumber soup Serves: 6 Cooking Time: 10 mins Ingredients 2 cucumbers, peeled and diced 200g tomatoes, blanched and peeled 100ml good-quality chicken stock 5ml Tabasco salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 300g plain yoghurt 250ml fresh cream 10ml fresh mint, to garnish Instructions 1 Place the cucumber, tomato, chicken stock
Print Recipe Caramelised onion soup and Gruyère toasts Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 25 mins Ingredients 8 brown onions, sliced 30ml (2 tbsp) fresh rosemary, finely chopped 60ml (¼ cup) olive oil 120g sugar 1,5L beef stock, hot 8 baguette slices 100g Gruyère, grated Instructions 1 Put the onions, rosemary, oil and sugar in a pot
*Ostrich is generally served medium-rare as it can toughen up, so if you want it a little more well done I would take to medium but that’s about…
Perfect made in a large batch and served with loads of ice and fresh mint.