White root stew

2 turnips
2 potatoes
2 white sweet potatoes
2 tin coconut milk
star anise
fennel seeds
ground turmeric
tomato sauce
turnip greens

Toast the fennel seeds in a dutch oven before adding the coconut milk and root vegetables. Add a tin of water and bring to simmer with the star anise and turmeric. Stir in some tomato sauce to make it a nice pink. When the roots are nearly tender, add the chopped greens and finish cooking. Season with salt and lemon juice.

Quince smoothie

stewed quince
yogurt
ice

Blend it up.

UK pancakes

150g flour
400g milk
2 eggs
40g melted butter
pinch salt

Cook over medium heat. Makes 7 or 8.

Mushroom spaghetti

250 g spaghetti
250 g (?) mushrooms

1 onion

few dried porcini

75 g walnuts
1 teaspoon cumin seed

2 teaspoons marmite

lemon

fresh dill

Soak the dried mushrooms in half a cup of hot water. A handful at a time, blitz the mushrooms in the food processor. Ditto the onion. Cook them in a saute pan over medium high heat until they dry out and begin to brown. Grind the walnuts with cumin seeds and add them to the mix. Dissolve the marmite in the mushroom water and add it to the mixture. Season with lemon and salt and pepper. Add chopped herbs. Cook some spaghetti and use the pasta cooking water to loosen the sauce.