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We celebrate dining alone - Frankie Vaughan with some great ideas on what and how to eat when you're on your own.
We want to celebrate the meal for one and weβve got some great recipes. Frankie Vaughan has trawled the Kitchen Cafe' archive and is serving up a menu of great ideas to cook when you are on your own.
We start the day with a fresh and easy breakfast yogurt by chef Steven Devlin,
Tom Kitchin, serves up a sea bass tartare and makes the very best of some of our finest local ingredients - asparagus.
Remember you donβt have to mind your table manners when youβre eating alone! β Tom Lewis makes us Lamb chops that will get your picking the bones clean.
What's for pudding? A quick and easy rhubarb tart that will taste even better the next day.
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Sea bass tartare by Tom Kitchin
Prep time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 5 mins
Serves: 2
Ingredients
1 fresh sea bass
Β½ finely chopped shallots
1 tsp finely chopped chives
2 tsp light soya sauce
1 tsp rice vinegar
Sliced cucumber to fit a mould
1 tsp olive oil
2 cooked beetroots, blitzed to make a pureeΒ
1 soft boiled quails egg
Method
1.Skin
the sea bass.
2.Cut
flesh off either side of the bone
3.Finely
chop sea bass on a frozen chopping board
4.Put
in a cold bowl
5.Add
chopped shallots, chives, soya sauce and vinegar
6.Add
salt and pepper to taste and mix all together
7.Thinly
slice cucumber and cut into half.
8.Line
the inside of a mould with a layer of interlocked cucumber slices
9.Fill
base of mould with sea bass tartare mixture and gently pat down
10.Add
the beetroot on top
11.Place
quails egg on top of beetroot and serveLamb chops with orange and fennel salad by Tom Lewis
Prep time: 10-15 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Serves: 2
Ingredients
4 lamb chops
Β½ orange, juice and zest
1 courgette, shaved into ribbons
1 fennel bulb, finely chopped
2 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 small sprig rosemary
A small handful rocket
A few leaves flat leaf parsley
ΒΌ red onion, sliced thinly
4 radishes, quartered
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
A knob of butter
Β½ tablespoon sherry vinegar
Method
1.Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry pan β once they start popping toss occasionally but donβt stir too much. Remove from the heat and set aside. 2.Assemble the courgette, fennel, onion and radishes in a bowl and set aside. 3.Chop the rosemary finelyΒ and mix with the garlic. Add a splash of olive oil , salt and pepper to make a marinade. Rub over the lamb chops. 4.Heat a pan, melt some butter and put in the lamb chops fat side down. Cook the fat for a couple of minutes until it becomes crispy. 5.Turn the chops on to the front side and cook the meat, tuning when they become golden. Cook for no more than three minutes. Remove from pan and set aside to rest. 6.Drain off the excess fat from the pan and add the orange juice, scraping the crispy bits from the bottom of the pan. Remove the pan from the heat and the orange juice will continue to reduce down. Add a splash of olive oil and vinegar to the pan (two parts oil to one part vinegar). 7.Add a splash of olive oil and sherry vinegar to the salad along with the orange zest, salt and pepper. Add the pumpkin seeds and finally the parsley leaves and rocket at the very end. 8.Once the lamb chops have rested pour any excess juices back into the pan to add to the orange juice βgravyβ. 9.Pour over the lamb chops and serve with the salad.Breakfast yogurt with roasted blood oranges by Steven Devlin
Prep time: 5-10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
400g pink rhubarb β 3 to 4 sticks
5 blood oranges
4 tablespoons sugar
Drizzle of stem ginger
Greek yoghurt or other natural yoghurt
5 tablespoons oatmeal
Drizzle of honey
Method
1. Cut rhubarb into small finger size sticks and toss in the sugar with the zest of 2 oranges and the juice of one.
2. Peel and slice the remaining 4 blood oranges (each one cut into 5 slices).
3. Arrange the rhubarb and blood oranges together in a ceramic dish, drizzle with the ginger syrup and cover in foil. Roast for 20-25 minutes at 200C and cool before serving.
4. Toast or grill the oats until golden brown, being careful not to burn.
5. Spoon the yoghurt into sundae type glasses and spoon the cooled fruit on top.
6. Sprinkle the oats over and drizzle with honey to taste.Β Enjoy!
Rhubarb tarts by Christopher Trotter
Prep time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Makes 4 tarts
Ingredients
1 sheet Puff pastry
6 sticks young rhubarb
2 tsp caster sugar
Icing sugar, for dusting
Method
1.Heat the oven to 180 C. 2.Roll out the puff pastryΒ to about 4mm thick. use aΒ small plate to cut out 4 discs 114mm diameter.Β Then use aΒ smaller plateΒ to cut an incision about 5mm in from the edge, but do not cut through the pastry.Β 3.Wash the rhubarb and cut down the middle, then cut into pieces about 1 cm in length. Mix withΒ theΒ caster sugar to coat and leave for about half an hour, this brings out the moisture. 4.When ready to cook, strew the rhubarb over the discs to cover, but keep within the inner circle. 5.Place on a heated baking sheet and cook in a hot oven for 15 minutes. when cooked, dust lightly with icing sugar, and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.Broadcasts
- Thu 14 Mar 2019 13:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Sun 17 Mar 2019 07:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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