Courses & dish types
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7 recipes

Spaghetti in a sauce of nothing but pecorino, black pepper and starchy pasta water, emulsified off the heat so it stays smooth.

A whole chicken salted and left uncovered in the fridge before roasting hot then moderate, so the skin crisps and the breast stays juicy.

Coarse beef mince browned in batches then held at a bare simmer for three hours, finished in the pan with the pasta.

Salmon fillets cooked almost entirely on the skin side in one pan, which crisps the skin and leaves the flesh barely set.

Three toppings, nothing hidden — this is the pizza that shows whether your dough is any good.

Red lentils simmered down to a loose puree with turmeric, then finished with cumin, mustard seed and garlic bloomed in hot ghee.

Beef shin browned hard then cooked for hours at a bare simmer, until the collagen melts and the meat falls apart under a fork.