Chiswick has a monthly cheese market on the third Sunday of the month. To entice you to come and try out different cheeses, the organisers are offering their top recipe recommendations in collaboration with cookbook website ckbk.com
Here's Neil Perry's recipe for Macaroni cheese from The Food I Love, published in 2005.
'This is such a great dish to make. You can have a mac and cheese (as the Americans say) all by itself or as a side dish. I once had a roasted guinea fowl for two with truffled macaroni cheese at the legendary Joel Robuchon restaurant in Paris – now that is pure indulgence – but there is nothing stopping you from roasting a chook and throwing together a side of macaroni cheese to go wit
Lockdown leftovers fishcakes
/by Bridget OsborneBy Donna Freed, Writer, podcaster, translater and part of The Cookbook Festival Team.
The Cookbook Festival team have produced two festivals of cookbook authors talking about their books and demonstrating their recipes. Most of the team are themselves chefs and / or cookbook authors. Those who don't cook professionally, just love cooking.
This is freelance journalist Donna Freed's recipe for 'Lockdown leftovers fishcakes'.
Ingredients
Leftover mashed potato
smoked mackerel
creamed horseradish sauce
black pepper
Cheddar cheese
flour
paprika
egg
panko breadcrumbs
Method
Mix 2/3 mashed potato with 1/3 smoked mackerel fillets (plain or with black peppercorn) in a bowl, use sardines or pilchards or tuna or salmon in a can if you don't have smoked mackerel
Puy Lentil, Roast Red pepper & Goat’s cheese salad
/by Guest BloggerBy Jules Kane, chef @Crucialfood and part of The Cookbook Festival Team.
Crucial Cafe offers a range of healthy meals and snacks at the Hogarth Centre, with many vegetarian and vegan options. This is Jules' recipe for a simple and nutritional lunch option, with a zingy pesto made from wild garlic - which you may find you have in your garden at the moment.
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 red peppers – deseeded & roughly chopped
175g Puy lentils
1 stick of celery
1 clove of garlic – peeled but left whole
1 bay leaf
3 tablespoons of wild garlic pesto – as per recipe below
150g Goat’s cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce or tamari
250g mixed salad leaves
Salt & black pepper
Method