The obligatory presence of boiled potatoes slathered with mayonnaise or salad cream at BBQs is something I never understood. Mushy, processed and sickly tasting: my association with potato salads. I actually do love potato salads, I grew up with them and had them once a week but just not in an amorphous slop. This is […]
Purslane, Radish and Haloumi salad with a pomegranate molasses dressing
P is for Purslane: a perfectly delicious weed. My favourite salad since the age of 5 is a salad of purslane, rocket and fresh coriander with an olive oil and lemon juice dressing. There has to be lots of the dressing so that there is enough left at the bottom of the bowl to mop […]
Beetroot salad with tahini dressing
The raw beetroot is lovely and crunchy and combined with the tangy tahini dressing makes for a very moreish salad. I had this with roasted chicken thighs but it would be perfect as part of a meze. Although using cooked beetroot in this type of salad is more common it doesn’t quite have the same […]
Kid goat loin with spinach and whey cheese salad
Celebration of the end of the olive harvest Part 1 The olive harvest is nearing its end in the East Med and I am minded to mark this with a dish in celebration. I am also reminded of its true purpose rather than a popular substitution for vegetable oil. My father, who in his typical […]
