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Tomato Kasundi, an Indian condiment that’s sweet, sour and spicy, is perfect for a bounty of fresh ripe tomatoes from your garden or farmer markets. It is made with lots of wonderful Indian spices, apple cider vinegar, sugar (I used coconut sugar), and hot/mild chilli peppers. You can also eat it straight out of the jar with naan bread. Or serve this chutney with samosas, curries, vegetables, cheese, or as a sandwich spread, or with daal and basmati rice. There are many varieties of kasundi made with different vegetables and fruits, but a common ingredient is mustard seeds, either brown or black.

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This is an easy autumnal dessert that infuses the subtle sweetness, earthy greenness and tropical aromas of humble fig leaves into a moist and flavourful cake with tahini for extra nuttiness and richness. It is a perfect teatime treat served with a dollop of whipped cream and extra fresh figs. The fig leaf serves as a natural and aromatic alternative to traditional parchment paper and imparts a subtle, aromatic flavour to baked goods. You can serve the cake either with fig slices or fig leaf facing up. Cashew butter or sunflower seed butter would be ideal substitutes for tahini.

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A super fragrant, tasty and very easy side dish or vegetarian main meal which is dairy and gluten free. A great veggie version of the classic tikka masala. Besides chickpeas, you can also use peas or kidney beans. I airfryed the eggplants, but if you prefer a lovely char and smoky flavour, then cooked the eggplants in a griddle pan.

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This delicious chicken tray bake couldn’t be easier. Bone in skin on chicken thighs (or use a cut up whole bird) marinated with a mixture of lemon, marjoram, fennel, garlic, olive oil, and honey, then roasted with onion wedges and figs at high heat for 30 minutes until chicken has turned golden brown, crispy and beautifully aromatic.

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Hokkaido pumpkin prepared in the very best and easiest way: a mixture of caramelised onion sweetness, creamy ricotta, toasty pine nuts and vibrant grassy parsley oil encased in the pumpkin halves. When roasted in the oven, it becomes tender without being too watery, with a sweet and intense pumpkin flavour. It’s perfect when you are craving something comforting, warming, and nutritious to get you through those chilly nights.

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Fancy trying something new? Then why not give this Turkish Gözleme with beef mince, spinach and pointed peppers a go? It’s super easy to make at home with just a few ingredients. Just mix a simple dough without any leavening agents, fill it, fold, seal and panfry in a pan. It is perfect for breakfast or brunch. Fuss free, delicious and keeps well in the fridge. Serve it warm with a side salad or just some lemon wedges.
Gözleme is a type of Turkish stuffed flatbread, like pide and lahmacun, with different fillings such as spinach and cheese, potatoes or minced meat. There’s something for everyone.

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Want to try a starter that's different from the usual salad? How about this fruity and fresh grapefruit carpaccio with fennel tartare and roasted pistachios on top? Bring it on! This recipe practically made itself in around fifteen minutes before you could dig right in. It’s vibrante, refreshing and delicious. I used pink grapefruit, but blood orange would be another great substitute.

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A delicious, gently-spiced tray bake with fruity quinces for a special afternoon tea or dessert with whipped cream or Greek yoghurt. It’s so autumn and fragrant. Be careful when peeling raw quinces as it is like peeling a stone and accidents are easy to come by. Quince are available only in the fall and you can find them at farm markets, and some supermarkets. If quince isn’t available, pear or apple, is a wonderful substitution, too. 

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A hearty French casserole that is perfect for a late-summer or fall weeknight meal. Normandy is a region in Northern France noted for its dairy, pastires and signature fruit – apple. So, rather than cooking chicken in chicken broth like many typical one-pot chicken meals, we used Calvados and apple cider for the recipe. If you don’t have Calvados at hand, just use regular brandy. For Chicken Normandy, firm, tart apples that can hold their shape during cooking are the best. I used Boskoop, but Braeburn, Granny Smith or Pink Lady are equally great.

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Today I have another delicious snack idea and a quick recipe using storebought puff pastry. These minced lamb puff pastry rolls with dates are really tasty, hearty finger food that are sure to win you over with their unique flavour. The fact that they are quite easy to make is just another bonus for all snack lovers. These savoury pastry rolls definitely need a creamy sauce to go with them. As I used lamb, and it’s autumn, plum ketchup is the obvious choice. However, a simple garlic yoghurt dip or Greek tzatziki would also work very well.

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These chewy cookies are just like a sugar cookie, but with fig leaf powder for a fun twist. Homemade fig leaf powder and infused oil adds notes of vanilla and coconut to a simple sugar cookie while fig leaf infused sugar lends a lovely green to the topping. You can leave them plain just like traditional sugar cookies or glaze them with some white chocolate.

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Fluffy, moist, fruity and delicious, these poppy seed and plum rolls are a real treat. They are perfect for your next birthday party or picnic. For these sweet dough buns, we start with a yeast dough with poppy seeds and prepare a cinnamony plum compote while the dough proves in a warm place until doubled. I set aside about a cup of compote as the serving sauce. Otherwise, they taste just as delicious with a vanilla sauce or a lemon icing.

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Fig leaves are used in cooking to flavour foods such as meat, cheese or desserts, to make fig leaf tea, flavoured sugar, liqueurs, syrup or oil or used as wrappers for fish. They are also traditionally used in baths to relieve rheumatic complaints and muscle tension. The distinctive flavour and aroma are reminiscent of toasted coconut and vanilla with a hint of green tea. In this recipe, I used a bouquet garni made with fresh fig leaves, spring onion gruns and coriander stems to infuse that coconuty vanilla flavour into the chicken thighs. If you have access to fresh fig leaves, then just use a traditional bouquet garni with a bay leaf, parsley stalks and a few sprigs of thyme together with a a strip of leek or celery. It’s not exactly the same thing, but delicious all the same.