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Simple Green Salad

Nothing but leaves and vinaigrette, dressed the moment it goes to the table so it arrives crisp rather than limp and watery.

15 minServes 4

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by readylemur

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Lemony Chickpea and Herb Salad

Chickpeas dressed while they are still warm so they drink the lemon and oil, then turned through parsley, mint and dill by the handful.

25 minServes 4

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by dapperpelican

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Roasted Cauliflower with Tahini

Cauliflower roasted hot in wedges so the cut faces brown, served under a tahini sauce loosened to a pouring cream with water.

Smashed Cucumber Salad

Cucumbers smashed rather than sliced so the torn faces grip a soy, vinegar and sesame dressing instead of shedding it.

Crushed Roast Potatoes

Floury potatoes parboiled, crushed flat and roasted in hot fat, so the broken surfaces crisp into edges a whole roast potato never gets.

1 hr 15 minServes 6

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Garlicky Greens

Greens wilted in garlic oil in a single wide pan, on the table in under ten minutes and the default side for almost anything.

11 minServes 4

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by nimbleyak

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Forshmak

Salt herring chopped fine with apple, hard-boiled egg and onion into a spread for dark rye bread.

40 minServes 8

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Holodets

Pork trotters and beef simmered for hours until the broth sets to a firm savoury jelly around the shredded meat.

6 hr 45 minServes 10

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Herring Under a Fur Coat

Layers of salted herring, onion, potato, carrot and beetroot under mayonnaise, left overnight so it sets firm enough to cut.

1 hr 45 minServes 8

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Salat Mimosa

Tinned fish, egg, cheese and onion layered with mayonnaise and topped with sieved yolk that looks like mimosa blossom.

50 minServes 8

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Quick Salted Cucumbers

Small cucumbers held a day or two in a dill and garlic brine, salted right through but still raw and crunchy.

20 minServes 8

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Braised White Beans with Sage

Dried beans soaked in salted water and held at a bare simmer, so the skins stay whole and the liquor turns silky.

1 hr 50 minServes 6

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Vinegret

Beetroot, potato, carrot and sauerkraut dressed with oil rather than mayonnaise, with the beetroot oiled first to hold the colour.

1 hr 30 minServes 6

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Salted Tomato Salad

Ripe tomatoes salted twenty minutes ahead, then dressed with the juice that draws out of them rather than plain oil.

15 minServes 4

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Olivier Salad

Potato, egg, pea and pickle in mayonnaise, cut to an even dice and dressed only once everything is properly cold.

1 hr 10 minServes 8

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Herbed Farro Salad

Farro boiled loose in salted water like pasta, dressed while it is still hot, then packed with three soft herbs.

45 minServes 6

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Green Beans with Brown Butter and Almonds

Beans blanched hard in salted water and chilled in ice, then reheated in butter browned with flaked almonds.

22 minServes 6

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Creamed Spinach

Wilted spinach squeezed bone dry before it meets the cream, which is the whole difference between this and a puddle.

35 minServes 4

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Roast Squash with Sage and Chilli

Squash roasted in thick crescents with the skin left on, finished with sage crisped in oil and sliced red chilli.

55 minServes 4

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Crunchy Cabbage Slaw

Shredded cabbage salted and drained for an hour first, so the mustard dressing stays thick instead of thinning to a puddle.

20 minServes 6

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Braised Red Cabbage

Shredded red cabbage cooked slowly with apple, vinegar and spice, the acid going in early so the colour stays bright.

1 hr 50 minServes 8

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Glazed Carrots

Carrots cooked in one layer under a paper lid until the butter, sugar and stock reduce to a syrup that coats them.

35 minServes 4

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Gratin Dauphinois

Thin potato slices simmered in cream on the hob until their own starch thickens it, then baked slowly until set.

1 hr 35 minServes 6

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Buttery Mashed Potato

Potatoes steam-dried in the pan and pushed through a ricer, then beaten with butter before the hot milk goes in.

45 minServes 6

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