This savoury cake is often called “turnip cake” and is made with Chinese turnip, a large white radish (also know as daikon or mooli). Our version uses the ordinary salad radish.⠀ Traditionally, various dried ingredients are used in this cake,...
February 2021
Stargazy Pie is a traditional South-West England speciality using crusty pie pastry and fresh sardines caught off the Cornish coast. We've adapted it, and created a fantastic fish pie with celeriac mash replacing the crusty pastry. The fish is filleted...
February 2021
Stilton cheese is quintessentially English. There are two main varieties: Blue Stilton with marbled blue veins, and milder White Stilton. Blue Stilton is high in glutamate. We matched it with roasted cauliflower, another Umami food. Just three Umami ingredients create...
February 2021
Many different recipes for this ultimate comfort food have been devised since its inception in the 18th Century. Some recipes call for roux (white sauce) but we took inspiration from Fortnum & Mason’s. Mature Cheddar cheese, Worcester Sauce and egg...
January 2021
There is no cheese or dairy cream in the dressing, but the cashew nut butter makes it taste so creamy and savoury.⠀ Ingredients ⠀ ⠀ 500g of purple salad leaves including endive, Belgium chicory, treviso, chioggia or radicchio⠀ 2 tbsp...
January 2021
Bacon-Wrapped Avocado Sticks - a quick and easy umami snack, perfect for festive platters and new year celebration nibbles⠀ Ingredients (makes 8 sticks)⠀ ⠀ 1 avocado⠀ 8 thin streaky bacon rashers⠀ 8 wooden sticks Dipping sauce⠀ ⠀ 2 TBSP crme...
December 2020
The mushroom is marinated and baked to make a juicy, chewy, flavourful steak. The gorgeous sauce is made with red wine and stock from dried mushrooms for Umami oomph. ⠀ Rich yet light, you can eat two or three of...
December 2020
Ingredients (makes 12 discs):⠀ ⠀⠀ - 40g Pecorino or Parmesan cheese⠀⠀ - 40g Cheddar cheese⠀⠀ - some dulse, or any other dried seaweed⠀ Method:⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ - Finely grate the cheeses and divide the mixture into 12 circles on greaseproof paper...
December 2020
The meat is marinated in gin and Worcester sauce then casseroled in tomato water, which is the juice of ripe tomatoes. Tomato water is full of Umami.⠀ ⠀ For best results, make this a day or two before you’d like...
December 2020
Cabbage soup is not boring, if you make it the right way. Winter cabbage is sweeter than spring cabbage, and braising before stewing makes it flavourful. The depth of Umami flavour is enhanced further by sun-dried tomato paste. ⠀ ⠀...
December 2020