If spring had a taste, we dare say it’d be this simple yet sophisticated tart with its cheese custard, shatteringly crisp phyllo crust, and row after row of spring spears.
Recipes from Cooking for Friends
Cooking for Friends is a collection of thoroughly modern recipes by innovative young food writer Alastair Hendy that look spectacular but are easy to prepare and totally delicious. Sharing a meal with friends is one of the joys of life and entertaining should be a pleasure, not a chore, a chance to set aside the bland convenience food of everyday life and experiment with fresh, tasty ingredients and original ideas.
Alastair’s philosophy on food is to choose good natural ingredients, ideally in their natural season, and to keep things simple: “Cooking now is about spontaneity: a freedom to cook without getting bogged down with complicated methods and fiddly procedures…flavors are fresh and should be kept that way.” In Cooking for Friends he provides over 100 wonderful recipe ideas.
Chicken-Pea Shoot Salad
An ardent pea shoot aficionado divulges her favorite bling come spring–a simple, sprightly salad that flaunts the sweeter side of these cute, curly shoots.
Salmon Fish Fingers with Asparagus and Spring Peas
Cook couscous. Press the seasoned little roly polies onto salmon fillets. Sauté until crisp yet tender. Sizzle spring veggies in butter. Accept accolades.
Cannellini Bean Salad
Roasting grape tomatoes intensifies their flavor and makes them all the more enticing in this anytime-of-year vegetarian tapas.