Take one large whole portabello mushroom per person.
Saute or cook in the oven (10-15 minutes @180*C) with garlic butter, fresh thyme and seasoning
The mushrooms should soak up the melting butter, but don’t ass more, add instead a generous splash of white wine. You can use red but this will make an already dish even richer.
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The one week of summer weather allocated to England this year has been and gone. The evenings are a little nippier, and sunset is a little earlier, sunrise a little later, thank goodness. No more being awakened by the dawn chorus at not quite 4.00am. No more bellowing at daybreak by the dopey cow who [...]

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Any tart is only as good as the pastry you put it in. I’ve done a quick step-by-step of my mom’s tried and tested shortcrust pastry that works every time:

Sift 2 cups of organic plain flour
Dice 150g of chilled organic butter and add to flour
Working with just your fingertips (so you don’t overheat the butter [...]

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Barbecue isn’t the only way to eat al fresco. Indeed many people don’t have access to a barbecue or garden, but in a country where public parks abound, and are generally pretty clean and decent, what’s to stop you from taking a picnic and doing your bit to mop up a bit of the sunshine [...]

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Sometimes the simplest things in life are the best. A handful of blackberries eaten straight off the bush, a bunch of handpicked flowers proffered with a cheeky grin, a sudden shower of warm summer rain, and time, with those you love best. I feel a kodak moment coming on as I watch my daughter, [...]

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