Pancetta & nasturtium wrapped hake

Posted by petra08 on July 24, 2022 · 9 Comments 

Each week I do a menu for home delivery or you can pick it up at the market. I do a different menu every week and this week I did fishcakes. I spoke to my friend Darren who is a fishmonger and he suggested that I use hake. Normally I would go to cod but … Continue reading →

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Charred trout with Pata Negra lardo

Posted by petra08 on June 7, 2019 · 7 Comments 

Charred trout with pata negra lardo

Charred trout with Pata Negra Lardo and asparagus

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Foraging on the beach

Posted by petra08 on June 7, 2018 · 8 Comments 

Foraged asparagus salad

One of my favourite things to do is to go for a walk on the beach. It feels like the sky is a little bit nearer and nature is, well, all around you. No matter how often I go there the beach is different, sometimes it is full of shingles and the next day it … Continue reading →

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Tasmanian olive leaf tea jelly tricolore salad

Posted by petra08 on October 31, 2016 · 28 Comments 

Olive leaf tea and tricolore salad

Lately I have eaten food that is too heavy and too much meat. I didn’t mean to but with the weather getting colder it seemed to trigger a need for hip hugging foods. I think I went slightly too far and needed something light and fresh, pronto! I thought of a salad when I saw … Continue reading →

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Skate cheeks and courgette

Posted by petra08 on July 22, 2016 · 22 Comments 

skate cheeks and courgette

Yesterday I saw something I haven’t seen before at the fishmongers. Even if I don’t need fish I still get my eggs there and this is what I went there for. As I was waiting for my turn I saw that I thought was cod cheeks. I have never seen cod cheeks there so I … Continue reading →

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Cured, pulled lamb with cauliflower soup

Posted by petra08 on July 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment 

Pulled cured lamb salad with cauliflower soup

Soup and bread is a perfect combination. The cauliflower season has started and all of the sudden there is local, big heads of cauliflower for sale. I had some friends coming over and thought it would make a nice starter. Going home with my newly acquired cauliflower I stopped by the butcher and I saw … Continue reading →

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Cod with beetroot hummus

Posted by petra08 on July 1, 2016 · 23 Comments 

cod with beetroot homous

I grew up on the Swedish west coast near Gothenburg where just about all fish came through to be distributed to all of Sweden. There was always a very large variety of fish available. The saying is that  you will always know who is from Gothenburg as we only eat cod, mackerel and herring. This always … Continue reading →

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