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Escape: A light-filled wooden cabin on Skye

Lottie Storey March 28, 2017

See, do, stay, love the UK. This month: India Hobson and Magnus Edmondson experience a window on wildlife in Scotland

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Our regular travel series comes from online UK travel guide This is Your Kingdom, whose handpicked contributors explore favourite places, special finds and great goings on.

You can read about one we love each month in The Simple Things – turn to page 80 of the April issue for more of this Scottish adventure – and plenty of others at thisisyourkingdom.co.uk.

India Hobson and Magnus Edmondson are contributors to thisisyourkingdom.co.uk. Their findings on travel, lifestyle and design are at haarkon.co.uk and on Instagram @haarkon_ 

 

More from the April issue:

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Apr 2, 2021
Recipe: Hot Cross Bun Cakes
Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021
Apr 6, 2019
Recipe: Wild garlic soup
Apr 6, 2019
Apr 6, 2019
Apr 24, 2017
Escape: Rainy day adventures
Apr 24, 2017
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Escape | A Welsh eco retreat with room to roam
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Escape | A rustic hideaway in Cornwall
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Jun 21, 2017
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Jun 21, 2017
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Jun 18, 2017
Escape: A converted barn in Wales
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Recipe: Lia Leendertz, Photography: Kirstie Young

Recipe: Lia Leendertz, Photography: Kirstie Young

Recipe: Rosemary orangeade

Lottie Storey March 27, 2017

This is a fruity and herbal drink, and beautifully refreshing. Make the syrup ahead of time and store it in the fridge, and then you can make the orangeade up as you need it.

Serves 6–8

500ml water
400g granulated sugar
About 4 good sprigs of rosemary
Fresh orange juice
Sparkling water

1 Put the water, sugar and rosemary into a saucepan and heat gently, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved. Once all of the graininess has vanished, bring to the boil and then simmer for a few minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool, leaving the pieces of rosemary in the syrup to infuse. Pour into a jar and refrigerate until needed.

2 To make up the orangeade, combine one part cooled syrup with one part orange juice and one part fizzy water. Pour over ice cubes and garnish with a sprig of rosemary. 

 

More from the April issue:

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Recipe: Hot Cross Bun Cakes
Apr 2, 2021
Apr 2, 2021
Apr 6, 2019
Recipe: Wild garlic soup
Apr 6, 2019
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Recipe: Spelt with chorizo, sweet potato, red onion & spinach

Lottie Storey March 23, 2017

One-tin wonders… Not just for Sunday lunch, a good roast can be anything from a fish supper to tasty spiced veg. Simple to prepare (and light on washing up), turn to page 54 of April’s The Simple Things for roast recipe including Sea bass & asparagus with jasmine rice & ginger lime dressing, Roast chicken with fennel, lemon & shallots, and Ras el hanout slow roasted mushrooms. 

Spelt with chorizo, sweet potato, red onion & spinach

A hearty, substantial dinner – any leftovers will make for a proper next-day lunchbox. You can use pearl barley as an alternative to spelt if you prefer it.

Serves 4

Prep: 10–15 mins
Cook: 1 hour
150g spelt or pearl barley, rinsed
350g chicken stock
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 21⁄2cm chunks
1 red onion, peeled and quartered
5 cloves of garlic, skin on
225g cooking chorizo, cut into 2cm chunks
1 tbsp olive oil
300g spinach, roughly chopped
Juice of 1 lemon

1 Preheat oven to 180C/Fan 160C/ 350F. In a roasting tin, mix together the spelt or pearl barley, chicken stock, sweet potato chunks, red onion and garlic. Rub the chorizo chunks with the olive oil and scatter over the pearl barley mixture.
2 Cover the dish tightly with foil, then transfer to the oven and cook for an hour.
3 Remove the foil and stir in the spinach. Season to taste with the lemon juice, salt and freshly ground black pepper, and serve hot. 

Recipes from The Roasting Tin by Rukmini Iyer (Square Peg).

 

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Recipe: Hot Cross Bun Cakes
Apr 2, 2021
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Competition: Win the entire range of Pukka teas!

Lottie Storey March 23, 2017

Tea is the world’s second-most- consumed drink – after water – and there are more blends and more styles of drinking to explore than ever before. The key to a great cup of tea (or mug – you won’t find any receptacle-ism here) could be water quality, it could be brewing temperature, and it’s certainly about the ingredients contained in those little bags of flavour.

Pukka Herbs prides itself on not using any synthetic flavourings in their range of 40 teas, only sustainably sourced, organically grown and fairly traded tea, herbs and fruit, which is of real importance to Sebastian Pole, Pukka’s master herbsmith and co-founder. For Sebastian, creating a Pukka blend is about capturing the vibrancy of the tea, herbs or fruit – an appeal that is reflected not just in the taste, but in its aroma, look and feel, too. Each of Pukka’s organic teas comes jam-packed with nature’s finest ingredients that smell mesmerising when you open the beautiful packaging and translate into taste with delicious depth. Wellbeing is high on the agenda, too, with teas such as Detox and Night Time blended to give specific physical benefits.

Green teas – particularly matcha blends – are increasingly popular. Reflecting this, new additions to the Pukka range include matcha greens blended with ginseng or mint. New Turmeric Gold is a blend of whole-leaf green tea with queen of protective spices turmeric, plus cardamom and lemon. Find your favourites blends online at pukkaherbs.com.

HOW TO ENTER
Enter our competition for your chance to win the entire range of Pukka organic teas. One lucky winner will receive one packet of each tea currently available at pukkaherbs.com. 

 

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
There is one prize of the full range of Pukka teas delivered to your door. No cash alternative is available and the prize cannot be transferred. The competition closes on 17 May 2017. The winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries after this date and notified soon after. You can find full terms and conditions on page 129 of the April issue and at icebergpress.co.uk/comprules.

 

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Belong: April cover reveal

Lottie Storey March 22, 2017

Where you belong is not about race or politics. It’s a sense of contentment, of inner peace. Cherish that feeling and build your life around it. In a complicated world, it is the simple things that matter most; sharing a cake, making a meaningful journey and growing something yourself. For some, it is the comfort of things – belongings are named for the way they evoke place and time – treasure them and tell their stories. One day, maybe they’ll let someone else know where they belong. 

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Recipe: Hot Cross Bun Cakes
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Home truths: Houseplants
Apr 5, 2017
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Reader offer: National Art Pass for £10
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A could-do list for April
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Growing: A city allotment
Mar 30, 2017
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Escape: A light-filled wooden cabin on Skye
Mar 28, 2017
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Mar 27, 2017
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Mar 27, 2017
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Mar 23, 2017
Recipe: Spelt with chorizo, sweet potato, red onion & spinach
Mar 23, 2017
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Mar 23, 2017
Competition: Win the entire range of Pukka teas!
Mar 23, 2017
Mar 23, 2017
Mar 22, 2017
Belong: April cover reveal
Mar 22, 2017
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Listen: Songs of belonging
Mar 14, 2017
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March issue: One day left to buy!

Lottie Storey March 21, 2017

Yes, there's just one day left to buy the March issue of The Simple Things! And it's a cracker.

Get hold of your copy of this month's The Simple Things - buy, download or subscribe

View the sampler here or head out to get your copy TODAY!

 

Want a look at what you're missing? Here's some of what you can expect to find inside the pages of our EVERYDAY issue:

 

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Mar 21, 2017
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Mar 19, 2017
Mar 19, 2017
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How to stop procrastinating
Mar 17, 2017
Mar 17, 2017
Mar 13, 2017
Recipe: Charred brassicas with tahini yogurt & sumac
Mar 13, 2017
Mar 13, 2017
Mar 12, 2017
Stressed is just desserts spelt backwards
Mar 12, 2017
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Mar 10, 2017
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Mar 10, 2017
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Mar 9, 2017
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Mar 9, 2017
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Mar 8, 2017
Think: Women and the census
Mar 8, 2017
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Learn something new: Dog agility
Mar 8, 2017
Mar 8, 2017
Mar 7, 2017
Recipe: Kedgeree
Mar 7, 2017
Mar 7, 2017
Mar 6, 2017
The Herbery: A grower's guide
Mar 6, 2017
Mar 6, 2017
Mar 5, 2017
Recipe: Lemon meringue pie
Mar 5, 2017
Mar 5, 2017
Mar 4, 2017
Recipe: Feelgood fruit punch
Mar 4, 2017
Mar 4, 2017
Mar 3, 2017
Spring cleansing
Mar 3, 2017
Mar 3, 2017
Feb 27, 2017
Nest: Fritillaries
Feb 27, 2017
Feb 27, 2017
Feb 22, 2017
Everyday: March cover reveal
Feb 22, 2017
Feb 22, 2017
Feb 17, 2017
Competition: Win a colour consultation with itsmycolour® worth £100!
Feb 17, 2017
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Feb 15, 2017
Listen: Tea and coffee songs
Feb 15, 2017
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Illustration: Joe Snow

Garden hacks: DIY seed tapes

Lottie Storey March 19, 2017

Seed tapes – biodegradable strips with the seeds spaced at regular intervals – make planting a little easier. Simply bury the tape rather than faffing with fiddly individual seeds. Make your own and put aside for planting later.

YOU WILL NEED:
biodegradable unbleached loo roll
3 tbsp unbleached flour
1.5 tbsp water
toothpick
small spoon
pen
ruler
seeds

1 Pull off a few lengths of the loo roll. 
2 Fold in half length-wise to create a fold line. Unfold.
3 Mix flour and water into a paste. 
4 Dip the toothpick into the glue paste, before dabbing onto a seed. 
5 Place the seeds into the middle of the paper on the fold, spaced per the packet instructions.
6 Once all seeds are in place, paste along the paper edge with the spoon, before refolding to seal. 
7 Roll up, then store somewhere cool and dry in a sealed container. To plant, prepare the soil, according to packet instructions, and unfurl the tape. Cover over with soil and give it a good water.

 

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Illustration: Joe Snow

How to stop procrastinating

Lottie Storey March 17, 2017

Here’s how to knuckle down, focus and really get the job... ooh look, a badger!

Everyone is prone to a spot (or several hours) of procrastination. While there’s no magic fix, these strategies may help you tackle it. Start: the bigger the task, the more likely we’ll procrastinate. Just making a start makes stress levels fall. Break the task into small ones to tick off as you go.

Remove distractions: browser plug-ins such as StayFocusd can block distracting internet sites. Try working on your task in dedicated chunks. The ‘Pomodoro Technique’ advises doing one thing only for 25 minutes before a break.

Be answerable: procrastination increases with self-imposed deadlines, so ask your boss/a friend to give you one. Failing that, website stickK lets you set yourself a goal – if you fail, a pre-pledged amount of money is donated to something you don’t like. It claims to increase success by up to three times. 

Forgive and forget: studies show people who forgive themselves for procrastinating go on to do it less. To lurk on Facebook for 37 minutes is human; to forgive – divine!

 

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Listen: Songs of belonging

Lottie Storey March 14, 2017

Surround yourself with friends and family and this month’s playlist

Listen now

 

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Recipe: Charred brassicas with tahini yogurt & sumac

Lottie Storey March 13, 2017

Everyday veg get a fiery makeover fit for a feast. This tangy recipe works with broccoli, cauliflower or any other brassicas you care to dress

Serves 6
Pinch of saffron
1⁄2 tsp dried chilli flakes
1 heaped tsp dried oregano
1⁄2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds (a mixture of black and white if you can get both)
1kg brassicas (such as broccoli and romanesco cauliflower)
Olive oil
250g Greek yogurt
2 tbsp tahini
Juice of 1 lemon
1⁄2 garlic clove
1⁄4 tsp sumac

1 Preheat oven to 200C/Fan 180C/ 400F. Place the saffron in a small bowl or teacup and cover with 2 tbsp of just-boiled water. Give it a stir, then leave to one side.
2 Using a pestle and mortar, bash together the chilli flakes, oregano, sesame seeds and 1 tsp of sea salt until you have a finer-textured salt.
3 Slice your veg up into a mixture of florets and slices, including the stalks, so that they are evenly sized, and spread them over a couple of roasting trays. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle all over with flavoured salt. Toss everything together, then spread out into one layer.
4 Pop into the oven for 25–30 mins, and roast until the veg are just cooked through but lovely and charred at the edges.
5 While the brassicas are in the oven, make the yogurt dressing. Spoon the yogurt and tahini into a mixing bowl and squeeze in the lemon juice; mix until smooth. Peel and finely grate in the garlic and season well. The saffron water should now be cool, and a vibrant gold colour. Pour the liquid – saffron threads and all – into the yogurt, and stir it through.
6 Spread the yogurt on your serving platter and, when the veg are ready, arrange them on top. Finish by sprinkling over the sumac, and serve. This is delicious served at room temperature, too, making it a great get-ahead side dish.

Turn to page 24 of March's The Simple Things for more from our Cookbook Club Gathering, including recipes for Herby puy lentils, greens and smoked mackerel, Roast harissa butter chicken with cracked wheat, Creamy rice pudding with sherry and rosemary poached prunes and Special mint tea. Recipes from Stirring Slowly by Georgina Hayden (Square Peg). 

 

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Mar 21, 2017
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Mar 21, 2017
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Mar 19, 2017
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Mar 19, 2017
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Mar 17, 2017
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Stressed is just desserts spelt backwards

Lottie Storey March 12, 2017

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Escape: Shed heaven beside the sea

Lottie Storey March 10, 2017

See, do, stay, love the UK. This month: SarahLou Francis stays in a farmhouse nestled in Devon's coastal hills

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Our regular travel series comes from online UK travel guide This is Your Kingdom, whose handpicked contributors explore favourite places, special finds and great goings on.

You can read about one we love each month in The Simple Things – turn to page 60 of the March issue for more of this seaside adventure – and plenty of others at thisisyourkingdom.co.uk.

Sarah-Lou Francis specialises in storytelling photography (sarahloufrancis.com). She’s on Instagram @lapinblu, and also contributes to This is Your Kingdom.

 

More from the March issue:

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Simple style: The pinafore dress

Lottie Storey March 9, 2017

The pinafore dress is just right for this time of year when there is still a nip in the air and the threat of chilliness is afoot.

Its bib provides an additional layer, like an external vest, under which garments of varying thickness can be worn. Try it with a T-shirt, a polo neck jumper, a blouse – they all work. Plus you can throw an additional layer of cardigan or jacket over the lot for extra warmth if required. It is what the fashion press would call a ‘transitional garment’, and who are we to argue with that?

Turn to page 22 of March's The Simple Things for more on this classic look.

 

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Think: Women and the census

Lottie Storey March 8, 2017

The census, taken on a spring night every decade since 1801, is a record of both everyday sexism and the emancipation of women

When the idea of a national census was first championed in Britain, it was argued that, “the intimate knowledge of any country must form the rational basis of legislation and diplomacy”. Unsurprisingly, it wasn’t always so “rational”, especially when it came to the female proportion of the population. Each decade’s census gives us a – sometimes unintentional – glimpse into society’s attitudes towards women.

In 1811, the second time the census was taken, households were asked to give only their chief source of income. In most cases, this this overlooked the contribution of women who, while likely not the primary earner, frequently did odd jobs, such as selling handicrafts, that kept the family from the breadline. Twenty years later, it changed so only adult male employment was registered, with the exception of the 670,491 female servants in England, Scotland and Wales, once again completely ignoring the long hours put in by women.

Turn to page 76 of March's The Simple Things for more.

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Learn something new: Dog agility

Lottie Storey March 8, 2017

Training a dog for most of us never goes much beyond ‘sit’ and ‘stay’, so how wonderful it would be to have a dog that can obediently fly over jumps and dart through tunnels. Dog agility is basically an obstacle course for dogs and a test of the handler’s ability. Agility pros claim most dogs naturally love it and it is a fun and friendly way to keep you and your dog fit.

To see if you can teach an old dog new tricks, try it out first in your garden: it is as simple as setting up some (low) jumps with garden canes and buckets and bringing out a bag of dog treats. Entice your pet over and pretty soon they’ll get the idea and jump without even being asked just to get the tasty treat over the other side.

You don’t even need your own dog – schemes like borrowmydoggy.com will loan you one to exercise. Puppies and young dogs that aren’t fully grown can’t do agility, so it’s a good way to bond and train with older or rescue dogs (top agility dogs peak aged 4–6).

It’s easier than you think to get started – there are hundreds of groups and clubs around the country, not all of which involve competing, if that’s not your thing. But if the bug (as opposed to the dog) bites, then there are plenty of competitions to choose from, at every level. Breed doesn’t matter a jot, but if you do take it seriously, you probably need a border collie – they nearly always win! 

See how it’s done at Crufts (9–12 March at The NEC Birmingham and on Channel 4 and More 4; crufts.org.uk).

 

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Recipe: Kedgeree

Lottie Storey March 7, 2017

The days are getting longer, hens are laying again, and suddenly getting up and preparing a special breakfast on a weekend doesn’t feel like an effort, more a pleasure. There’s something very satisfying about a savoury breakfast, but of course these little bowls of goodness would be equally suited to the lunch or dinner table.  

MAKES FOUR BOWLS
300g undyed smoked haddock
570ml full-fat whole milk
60g butter
1 onion, finely diced
2 tsp light curry powder, plus extra
to garnish
60g plain flour
200g basmati rice*
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2 eggs, softly boiled for 7 mins, peeled
Small bunch coriander, roughly chopped

1 Gently poach the haddock in the milk for 8 mins. Remove the haddock, reserving the milk. Cover and set aside.
2 Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the onion and curry powder and cook gently with a little salt until the onion is soft.
3 Add the flour and cook briefly to form a roux. With the pan off the heat, add one ladleful of the warm poaching milk to the roux, stirring constantly. Return the pan to a gentle heat and continue to add the milk gradually, stirring all the time. Once the milk has been incorporated, leave to simmer for 5 mins.
4 Meanwhile, cook the rice in a steamer or in boiling water, then drain. Season to taste. 5 To serve, spoon the rice into four bowls. Halve the boiled eggs and place each half in a bowl. Spoon the sauce and flaked smoked haddock into the centre and garnish with chopped coriander and a sprinkling of curry powder.

Recipe from Spoon by Annie Morris and Jonny Shimmin (Hardie Grant).

 

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The Herbery: A grower's guide

Lottie Storey March 6, 2017

In a new series, Lia Leendertz picks herbs from her garden to cook in her kitchen. Could it be simpler? To begin, try these unusual ways with herbs:

  • Plucking the leaves and chopping them into food is not the only way you can use herbs: when you grow your own, other possibilities open up.
  • Many herbs have edible flowers that taste like a slightly honeyed version of the leaf. Basil, oregano and thyme flowers are all ambiguous enough to use as garnishes for sweet or savoury food, and chive, dill and sage flowers are beautiful scattered over savoury dishes and salads.
  • Make use of seeds, particularly in their young and green stages, when they are like nothing you will ever be able to buy. Green coriander seeds in particular are pungent little flavour bombs and green fennel seeds are sweet, crunchy and aniseedy.
  • Buy a packet of seeds (or, even better, collect your own) and you can sow them thickly and harvest within a week or so as micro leaves, to provide little punchy and flavourful garnishes. Basil, dill, chervil, fennel and chive all make excellent micro greens.


Turn to page 33 of March’s The Simple Things for more advice on what to grow and where.

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Recipe: Lemon meringue pie

Lottie Storey March 5, 2017

A classic lemon meringue pie is a joy. Zingy lemon curd sitting inside a buttery, crumbly pastry case, all covered with a blanket of fluffy, white meringue. This recipe is from Jasper, courtesy of his mum, Julia.

Serves 4–6
FOR THE PASTRY
225g plain flour
1⁄2 tbsp caster sugar
170g butter, chilled and diced
1 egg yolk, beaten with 2 tbsp water

FOR THE LEMON CURD
110g butter
170g caster sugar
Finely grated zest and juice of 2 lemons
3 eggs, beaten

FOR THE MERINGUE
3 egg whites
150g caster sugar

1 To make the pastry, place flour and sugar in a bowl and rub in the cold butter until it looks like breadcrumbs. 
2 Add half the beaten egg yolk and water and bring pastry together with your hands. Add a little more water if it needs it. Don’t knead, but shape into a round, 2cm thick. Cover with cling film and place in the fridge for 30 mins or up to 24 hours. You can also make the pastry in a food processor. If you have any egg wash left, reserve it for brushing over the pastry after the blind baking. Preheat oven to 180C/Fan 160C/350F).
3 Take a 23cm metal tart tin with removable sides. Put pastry between 2 sheets (larger than your tart tin) of cling film. Using a rolling pin, roll it out until it is 3mm thick. Make sure to keep it round, and large enough
to line the base and sides of the tin.
4 Removing just the top layer of cling film, place the pastry upside down (cling film side up) into the tart tin (no need to flour or grease the tin). Press the pastry into the edges, cling film still attached and, using your thumb, ‘cut’ the pastry on the edge of the tin. It should look quite neat. If there are any holes or gaps, patch with some spare pastry. Remove the cling film and chill the pastry case in the fridge for 15 mins or the freezer for 5 mins.
5 Bake blind by lining the pastry with baking parchment, fill with baking beans or dried pulses and bake for 20–25 mins in the oven until the pastry feels just dry to the touch on the base. Remove the paper and beans, brush with a little egg yolk and water and return to oven for 3 mins. Again, if there are any little holes or cracks in the pastry, just patch it up with any leftover raw pastry as the filling will leak out of these in the oven if not patched up. Once the pastry is baked blind, take out of the oven and set aside in the tin to cool. This can be easily made a day in advance and covered until you need it. Leave the oven on at the same temperature.
6 To make the lemon curd, over a very low heat melt the butter with the sugar, lemon zest and strained juice. Add the beaten eggs and stir carefully over a low heat until the mixture has thickened and will coat the back of a spoon, holding the mark that your finger makes when you draw a line through it. Take off the heat and pour into a bowl to cool. Scoop the cooled lemon curd into the cooled pastry shell and set aside.
7 For the meringue, put the egg whites in a clean, dry bowl and, using an electric whisk, beat until they hold stiff peaks. Next, add 1 tbsp of the sugar and continue to whisk until stiff, then fold in the remaining sugar. Spread the meringue over the lemon curd to fill the tart tin, using the back of a spoon to lift up little snowy meringue peaks all over the top.
8 Place the pie in the oven and bake for 10 mins until deep golden on top. Remove from oven and leave to stand for 5 mins before transferring from the tin to a serving plate.

Taken from Recipes from My Mother by Rachel Allen (Harper Collins) 

 

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Recipe: Feelgood fruit punch

Lottie Storey March 4, 2017

Pomegranate has long been hailed as a promoter of fertility and for having amazing health benefits such as boosting the immune system, preserving youthful vitality and promoting longevity – claims that stand up to modern research*.

Enjoy this tangy recipe as an energising breakfast blend or add a splash of vodka or rum for cocktails.

PASSION FRUIT PUNCH

1 x 500ml bottle pure pomegranate juice
Juice of 2 limes
Juice of 1 orange
2 tsp finely minced ginger
Lime or orange slices for garnish (optional)

To make

Combine all the ingredient except the garnish in a small glass or plastic storage container and chill in the fridge for at least two hours to allow the zippy flavour of the ginger to infuse the juices.

To serve

Decide whether you want to strain out the ginger. If you leave it in, just chew it as you enjoy the drink – it freshens breath and aids digestion, too.

Shake the punch well and pour into chilled glasses with or without ice.

Garnish with citrus slices if you wish.

Recipe from Making Love Potions by Stephanie L Tourles (Storey)

* Pomegranate is a rich source of antioxidants. 

 

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Spring cleansing

Lottie Storey March 3, 2017

Use the seasonal urge to clean as an opportunity to try living with a little less. Here’s why...

  • Empty space draws natural light into a room and makes the objects you do have come to life. 
  • Big isn’t always better. For example, a more compact fridge means less food waste and a more spacious kitchen. 
  • You’ll save time tidying, cleaning and looking for things simply by having less stuff. 
  • It’s more wasteful to hold onto things that you don’t use than it is to get rid of them. 
  • Throwing things overboard is the best way to stay afloat. 
  • If it's your wardrobe that needs simplifying, see our feature on page 114 of March’s The Simple Things.  

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