Taverna: From the Sunday Times Bestselling Author of Nistisima

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Firstly you shred the filo pastry and let it dry out for 30 minutes, which is a bit of a departure from how you would usually treat filo (i. As a teenager she ran a stall at a farmers' market and worked in restaurants, before studying Fine Art at university.

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Taverna is a journey back to Georgina’s Greek-Cypriot roots with exciting, vibrant, sun-soaked recipes that will make you rethink what Mediterranean food is all about. Top with the apricot wedges, drizzle with honey, scatter over the pistachios and mint leaves and tuck in. However, putting 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon plus a cinnamon stick into a meat sauce made with just 500g of mince seemed like overkill. As soon as it has melted and is bubbling, ladle in the ricotta batter, then place the pan in the oven. It’s a great dish to cook for a few people, with plenty to go round and even some leftovers for the next day.

Due to the religious back bone of these countries, there are so many meals that are based on veg, lentils and pulses.

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Leave to rapidly simmer for 5 minutes, until the wine has reduced by more than half, then stir in the passata, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. When I graduated I went back to the publishing house that Delicious was part of and worked there for a year before joining Jamie’s team. It's a gorgeous treat for a warm evening, delicious enough on its own, or the ideal companion beside fresh fruit or scooped onto your dessert of choice. When the aubergines are ready, and cool enough to handle, halve them, then scoop out the flesh into a large mixing bowl.Spoon the cooked sauce on to a platter, arrange the prawn skewers on top, crumble over the feta and sprinkle with the pul biber and finish with the dressed herbs. The end product left you in no doubt that it contained cinnamon, so I might reduce it further if I made it again. I find the recipes in this book result in very good dishes but the instructions are insufficient more often than not, including a lack of explanations for why certain decisions were made relating to various steps. However feel free to change the fruit depending on the season, griddled pears would work well, as would segments of sweet oranges. She is also a judge for Channel 4’s latest cooking show the ‘Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver’.