Bay leaf

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A white bowl of spaghetti bolognese with parmesan and a grater in the background

Healthy spaghetti bolognese

Strips of candied orange peel, some dipped in chocolate

Baking and desserts

Candied orange peel

Beef cannelloni in a baking dish and served on a plate

Meat and poultry

Beef cannelloni

Cannellini beans topped with minty sauce and parmesan shards

Braised cannellini beans

Dish of butter beans, spinach and chard

Gigantes with spinach and chard

Two plates of spring risotto topped with an egg yolk

Spring risotto

Bowl of vegetable and gammon stew

Meat and poultry

Campfire stew

A glass jar filled with clementines and star anise

Home-preserved clementines

Two ramekins filled with chicken liver mousse with sourdough toast on the side

Meat and poultry

Chicken liver and port mousse

A bowl of golden roast potatoes with green herbs and half charred lemon

Skin-on roast potatoes

A blue speckled bowl filled with brown mushrooms in a vinegar

Pickled chanterelles

A glass jar filled with a deep red gin and green bay leaves

Blackberry gin

Cherry tomatoes on the vine in a roasting tin

Roasted cherry tomatoes

Black Pepper Ice Cream with Bay Leaves served in a very small blue bowl on a wooden table

Wild black pepper and bay ice cream

Burmese Pork Curry Recipe with Potato

Burmese pork and potato curry