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A Grape Match...   MALVASIA DEL SALENTO | £10.75 "The main flavours of this dish are smoked fish, so it needs a wine with just as much punch and power. Stick with white wine here, and stay in the...

Adas Bhamod | Spinach Soup (Serves 5-6) INGREDIENTS 4 large garlic cloves 6 tbsp sunflower oil 30g fresh coriander, washed 150g green lentils 100g white long-grain rice 1 large potato (about 150g),...

This month is all about the profusion of vinous delights that emerge from the vast and varied Iberian peninsula; from sun-baked plains, to wild and wet mountainous terrain, Spain and Portugal’s wine r...

If any Rhone wine lovers reading this have not yet made acquaintance with the delights of Domaine Brusset, I recommend that you do before Christmas.  Not only are the majority of the wines perfect fes...

Ingredients (four people) - 500g orecchiette (the traditional ear-shaped pasta of Puglia) - 1kg washed turnip greens without the stems - Garlic - 1 anchovy fillet - Salt - Chili pepper - Breadcrumbs...

For the pasta - 350g flour - 3 eggs - Salt - Olive oil Mix the flour and the eggs in a bowl. Add a pitch of salt and a drizzle of oil and mix to combine. Then add enough water to bring together the mi...

Ingredients (serves four) - 2kg eggplant - 200g onion, coarsely chopped - 150g tomato paste - 200g celery, chopped - 100g capers, rinsed and drained - 200g pitted green olives - 50ml red wine vinegar...

Ingredients - 1 1/2 tablespoons butter - 2/3 cup finely chopped shallots - 3 garlic cloves, minced - 1 1/3 cups uncooked Carnaroli or other medium-grain rice - 1 cup prosecco or other sparkling white...

Ingredients 40 g onion, finely chopped Oil 250 g risotto rice (Carnaroli) 100 ml white wine 1 l vegetable stock 100 g sugar 100 ml apple juice 1 apple 40 g parmesan, grated A little thyme, finely ch...

Ingredients 1.5 kg boneless lamb shoulder 4 onions, peeled and chopped 2 -4 garlic cloves, peeled and minced 1 piece fresh ginger root, peeled and crushed 1 tablespoon mild curry powder, of your choi...

You can cook for three guests (living or dead): who are they, and what would you cook them? Also give us a run-down of what you'll be drinking Guests:  Dame Margot Fonteyn, Spike Milligan, Eric Clapt...

Appetiser - Serves 6 - 1 lobe fresh foie gras, - about 18 to 21 oz (500 to 600 g) - Coarse sea salt - Black pepper from the mill Pears with port - 3 fine pears - 1 tsp superfine sugar - 1¼ cups (300...