Peach salad with goat’s cheese and pistachios
Serves 4

Ingredients
8 peaches, stone removed
200g mixed green salad or rocket
100g feta or fresh goat’s cheese
1 avocado
1 red onion 4 tbsps roasted pistachios
4 tbsps olive oil
4 tbsps lemon juice
1 tbsp honey
1 tsp coarse mustard
Pinch of salt and pepper

Method
1. Halve the peaches. Roast lightly on a grill rack.
2. Rinse the lettuce, dry well. Cut the feta or goat’s cheese into cubes or crumble. Cut the avocado into chunks, finely chop the onion.
3. Arrange the salad with the avocado and onion on plates, then place the grilled peach halves, cheese and roasted pistachios on top.
4. Whisk together the olive oil, lemon juice, honey, mustard, salt and pepper and drizzle over the salad.

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Greek lamb meatballs
Serves 4

Ingredients
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
½ bunch fresh parsley
500g minced beef and lamb
1 egg
3 tbsps breadcrumbs
3 tbsps red wine vinegar
2 tbsps dried mint
1 tsp salt and ground pepper
Vegetable oil for frying

Method

1. Finely chop the onion, garlic and parsley, place in a bowl with the egg, breadcrumbs, vinegar, mint and seasoning.
2. Mix in the meats, kneading well with your hands, shape into walnut-sized balls.
3. Fry the balls in oil (180C) until golden brown and place on kitchen paper.

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Berries with cardamom and vanilla ice cream
Serves 4

Ingredients
300ml red wine
300ml water
1 untreated orange, juice and grated peel
1 untreated lemon, juice and grated zest
110g cane sugar
1 tsp cardamom
½ cinnamon stick
40g corn flour
2 vanilla pods
500g mixed berries (red and blackcurrants, raspberries, strawberries, blueberries)

For the vanilla ice cream
200ml semi-stiff whipped cream
Seeds of ½ vanilla pod
1-2 tbsps cognac or Armagnac

Method
1. Mix the red wine with the water, juice and zest of the citrus fruit in a saucepan.
2. Stir in the sugar, add spices, pods and bring to the boil.
3. Mix the cornflour with a drop of the red wine and add to the citrus fruit to thicken the mixture. Leave to cool and fold the berries into the jelly-like mixture without crushing. Pour into glasses.
4. Mix the vanilla ice cream with the whipped cream, vanilla seeds and cognac to form a cream and serve.
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