Easter requires a decent cocoa fix, but if chocolate eggs are not your thing indulge in something irresistably moreish without being cloying. Philippa Davis’ chocolate chip cookies are perfectly crunchy…
Recipes
Eggs florentine recipe
Keep things simple for a weekend brunch at home with eggs florentine – a delicious, and non-meaty, take on eggs benedict. And don’t skip the home-made hollandaise sauce. It makes…
Pigeon breast salad with pistachio and rocket pesto
Pigeon is often overlooked, but on the plate it is far from humble. Try Philippa Davis’ pigeon breast salad with pistachio and rocket pesto, purple sprouting broccoli and spring onions…
Ginger, mint and garlic grilled hogget leg steaks
Don’t be too hasty to choose spring lamb this Easter. Hogget, a sheep aged between one and two years, is wonderfully succulent and makes an excellent alternative. Try Philippa Davis’…
Wild garlic pithivier with watercress, mushrooms and goat’s cheese
Wild garlic is a short-lived ingredient, so make the most of it while you can. Philippa Davis’ wild garlic pithivier with watercress, mushrooms and goat’s cheese makes the perfect supper…
Warm pigeon breast salad and spring onions
Pigeon is lean, sustainable, inexpensive and delicious. We should all eat more of it this spring. So start with Philippa Davis’ warm pigeon breast salad and spring onions, with hazelnut…
Pigeon pie: an ever evolving dish
For some proper comfort food, try Drew Ackroyd’s recipe for pigeon pie. It is fantastically hearty and the filling can be made with whatever you have in the fridge. No…
Chocolate and rhubarb brownies
Proper, fudgy brownies are guaranteed crowd pleasers – and they are even better with rhubarb. Philippa Davis’ chocolate and rhubarb brownies are our favourite spring offering. Though if rhubarb is…
Chocolate chaser: boozy hot chocolate
There’s nothing like a boozy hot chocolate enjoyed from a flask on a fresh, spring day in the field. Philippa Davis’ rich and spicy chocolate chaser is hard to beat…
Red rum: a boozy concoction best for a flask
Philippa Davis’ red rum is a rhubarb, rum and ginger hot punch, and a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Best saved for the local point-to-point and enjoyed from a heated flask, follow…