Vegetarian – Mustard

Burnt custard tarts

The tops should be properly scorched. A pale custard tart is an undercooked one.

Salt the tomatoes first and use their juice as the dressing. Stale bread is…

Made in the time the noodles take. Better on the second day, which is…

The drizzle goes on hot and the cake stays in the tin. Both matter…

The cobs go into the stock, which is the whole trick and costs nothing.

No yeast, no proving, no oven. Twenty minutes from cupboard to table.

Olive oil instead of butter, and a low oven for long enough to get…

Nine years of small changes ended here. Crackled top, dense middle, and no cake…

Shop-bought gnocchi, fried rather than boiled, until the outsides go golden and the insides…

Eggs baked into a tomato sauce that has had time to reduce properly. One…