MainsCrispy Whole Roast Duck
Scalded, lacquered and air-dried overnight before it ever sees the oven. The drying is not a flourish — it is the only way the skin turns to glass.
25 hrServes 4Hard
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MainsRoast Turkey with Butter Under the Skin
Dry-brined for two days, roasted breast-down for the first hour, and rested for forty minutes. Dry turkey is caused by every one of those three steps being skipped.
5 hrServes 10Medium
MainsPan-Roasted Chicken Breast with Pan Sauce
Skin-on breast, started in a cold pan and finished in the oven, with a sauce built from what sticks to the bottom. Dry chicken breast is a timing problem, not a cut problem.
35 minServes 2Medium
MainsSlow-Roast Lamb Shoulder with Garlic and Rosemary
Four hours at a low temperature and almost no attention. Shoulder has too much connective tissue to cook quickly, which is exactly why it rewards leaving alone.
4 hr 50 minServes 6Easy
MainsSeared Duck Breast with Cherry Sauce
The fat comes off in a cold pan over a low heat, slowly, until the skin is glass-thin and crisp. Rush this and you get chewy skin over grey meat.
40 minServes 2Medium
PizzaWhite Pizza with Ricotta and Garlic
No tomato at all. Ricotta, garlic oil and mozzarella, finished with lemon zest and rocket so it never tastes as heavy as it sounds.
25 hrServes 4Medium
BakingGarlic Bread with Parsley Butter
Raw garlic grated to a paste, not chopped, so it melts into the butter instead of catching and turning bitter in the oven.
25 minServes 6Easy
SnacksSmoky Roasted Chickpeas
The trick is seasoning them after they come out of the oven, not before — spices added early scorch long before the chickpeas turn crisp.
40 minServes 4Easy
SoupsRoasted Tomato and White Bean Soup
Roasting the tomatoes first concentrates everything good about them. The beans go in whole and half-blended, so the soup is creamy without any cream.
55 minServes 4Easy
MainsCharred Lemon Chicken with Orzo
Chicken thighs roasted over orzo that cooks in its own stock, finished with lemon halves charred until they taste almost caramelised.
45 minServes 4Medium