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Posts Tagged ‘recipe’

Lockdown distractions: How to make a tasty tiramisu

By Clara Hernanz | Wednesday 1 April 2020 at 20:05

Try your hand at a bit of cooking as Clara Hernanz shows you how to whip up this decadent Italian classic

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Rooting out the history of vegetables

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 3 November 2016 at 12:12
Market scene from 1550s by Peter Aertsen. Image: Wikimedia (Creative Commons)

It is hard to imagine a time when root vegetables were not an essential part of the English diet, and in Hackney there are plenty to choose from

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Do me a flavour – Gillian Riley on umami

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 30 August 2016 at 16:38
Monosodium glutamate (MSG): umami in its controversial chemical form. Photograph: J.M. Lawton

Known as the fifth taste, Umami is both a trendy concept and chemical substance – but above all a way of getting deliciousness into our food

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How to have a quail of a time this Valentine’s Day

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 February 2016 at 14:26
Quail with rose petals (and some beetroot for enhanced redness)

Food historian Gillian Riley looks at the many myths behind 14 February – and cooks up a lovers’ feast

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February recipe: cobnut cookies

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 6 February 2011 at 10:07
Cobnut cookies. Photo: Jemima Roberts

Make these sweet somethings for Valentine’s Day

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January recipe: Celery and walnut soup with blue cheese croutons

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 20 January 2011 at 19:48
Try making this crouton-friendly celery and walnut soup

Try making this comforting and crouton-friendly dish

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December recipe: mushroom and chestnut roast with cashew cream

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 19 December 2010 at 18:48

Try this delicious seasonal meat-free dish

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November recipe: barlotto

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 November 2010 at 09:40

And the beet goes on…

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October recipe: garlic mushrooms on toast

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 9 October 2010 at 16:51
Garlic mushrooms. Photo: mia3mom

Extra special, serves two

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Carrot tops the menu

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 9 September 2010 at 10:03

The perfect tasty recipe for the closing days of summer

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