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  • Courgette boregi with yoghurt pastry

    Courgette boregi with yoghurt pastry https://www.instagram.com/p/BXBIhF0lekq/?taken-by=carl_legge These are delightful warm, or at room temperature. They freeze well and are ideal for a snack, main meal, picnic or lunch. After I posted the picture on Instagram, I had lots of requests for the recipe. So I thought I’d pop it on the blog. The recipe is…

  • Milk kefir – some recipes and inspiration

    I made these loaves yesterday using kefir as a leaven. I received quite a few questions on Instagram about how I use the grains, so I thought I’d put up this post with some ideas. I’ll also include below the recipe for these particular loaves. What is kefir? Kefir is very interesting stuff and very…

  • Sourdough pain de campagne recipe

    Over on Instagram, my friend Carla has created something of a stir with her bread. As you can see below, Carla has made beautiful pain de campagne to a recipe I developed using some of the great bakers’ ideas as my inspiration.   The smell..the feel..the loud crackling..this is my BFF bread.. thanks @carl_legge 😙…

  • Carrot top pesto recipes

    Once you know how to make carrot top pesto, you’ll never want to waste your carrot ‘greens’ ever again. My recipe appeared online and then in my book The Permaculture Kitchen. Since then, I’ve seen carrot top pesto used by loads of people in all sorts of creative and scrumptious ways. I thought it’d be…

  • Griddled, sweet and sour marinated pumpkin recipe

    We spent a very happy few days in Ostia Antica near Rome with Carla Tomasi earlier this month. We ate like royalty and had lots of fun cooking with, and learning from, Carla. I’ll share some of the recipes in the coming weeks as I recreate them from my notes. The first recipe is for…

  • Stuffed sardines recipe, sarde a beccafico

    Stuffed sardines recipe These sardines just melt in the mouth with a burst of herby flavour. They are a doddle to prepare and only take 10 minutes to cook. They are ideal as antipasto, as part of a buffet or a main fish course. I developed the stuffing from ingredients I had left over from…

  • Summer sunflowers

    Sunflowers induce a smile on my face. Outwardly simple, they shout “Summer!” even if the rain is pouring. And this year, they’re having a ball in our gloriously hot summer. We plant lots and save seed too. On the right is part of my friend Carla’s garden near Roma, Italy. The tall sunflowers are from…

  • Garlic scape pickle recipe

    Here at Legge Towers the weather has been just gorgeous since May. Which has made up somewhat for the slow and cold start to the year. We had to resow courgettes when the first lot sown in early March on heat succumbed to the less than stunning early May temperatures. So we’ve worked really hard…

  • A Change of Appetite: where healthy meets delicious by Diana Henry – Review

    A Change of Appetite: where healthy meets delicious by Diana Henry – Review This was a book I needed. And I don’t mean ‘need’ in that “I’ve been a good boy and deserve a treat” sort of way. However I didn’t know it met my need until I read it. I bought it because I…