Each month we select one of our favourite ingredients to create a new recipe. Thought I would crank up the flavour this month and play around with ingredients known to be rich in umami, to really add a deep savouriness to orzo, which is simply rice-shaped pasta. This is a very rich and comforting dish that doesn't hold back on flavour.
I was inspired by the snow on a cold February evening to create this warming, winter salad (a phrase not often heard).
One of the many recipes I created and shot for the SunBlush brand website.
Thanks to doing a food styling course with Sarah Cook at Leiths, I got invited (after many an email to Sarah) to spend a day testing recipes at the BBC Good Food kitchen. Definitely one of the best days I have had in the kitchen, and great insight into how some of the nation’s favourite food people spent the first part of their careers.
Spiced Black Rice Vinegar is a product that is less than 3 months old in the UK retail marketplace and is now one ingredient that I couldn’t cook without. Versatile products are often well over-used, but one taste of this product will certainly bring lots of ideas to any serious food fan. I can still remember my first ever taste: the week before my new job I was sent a lovely big box of new products to try, and this was my favourite.
