Feeding the Inner Mammal: Lemon

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Summer trifle

SM 2001-06 p.85 [02.004.01]
Serves 8
Preparation / Cooking time: about 6h 30m, including advance prep
Advance prep: 2h for fruit to sit; 4h for trifle to chill

Apple strudel

SM 2002-01 p.52 [01.075.02]
Serves 6
Preparation / Cooking time: Advance prep.- defrost filo pastry; after that, about 1h 20m all told

Spiced pumpkin soup with cheddar toasts

SM 2002-01 p.48 [01.074.02]
Serves 6
Preparation / Cooking time: about 1h 10m all told

Mussel and saffron soup

SM 2002-01 pp.47–48 [01.074.01]
Serves 6
Preparation / Cooking time: about 1h all told

Chicken, chickpea and celery soup with coriander and olive oil

SM 2002-01 pp.46–47 [01.073.02]
Serves 6
Chickpeas: dried
Preparation / Cooking time: soak chickpeas overnight, then about 1h 15m all told on the day.

Salad of endive, lardons and herb omelette

SM 2002-02 p.90 [01.072.01]
Serves 6
Preparation / Cooking time: about 2h all told (incl minimum advance prep of dressing)

Ingredients
1 x 150g pack endive and radicchio salad, or 1 x 140g pack fresh'n'ready crispy green salad
1 x 130g pack pancetta cubetti
3 tablespoons snipped fresh chives
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 clove garlic, peeled and halved
1 heaped teaspoon Dijon mustard
juice of half a lemon
10 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
6 large eggs
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method
Make the dressing at least an hour in advance.

Crush one half of the garlic clove into a small bowl, add the mustard and lemon juice, and gradually beat in 5 tablespoons of the oil so that it emulsifies. Season with salt and pepper, and add 1 tablespoon of the snipped chives. Set aside.

Rub a salad bowl with the remaining half clove of garlic, and tip in the salad. Put 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan and cook the pancetta cubes until brown. Set aside.

Beat the eggs in a bowl with salt and pepper, the remaining 2 tablespoons of chives, and the parsley. In an 18cm (7in) frying pan, heat a little of the oil, then tip in just enough mixture to coat the bottom - as you would for a pancake. Cook, flip over (or turn out on a plate and slide back in). Cook the other side until pale golden. Turn out on a chopping-board. Repeat to make a total of 8 thin omelettes.

Dress the salad [presumably with the remaining oil, as it is not mentioned elsewhere - RH], then toss in the hot pancetta cubes (reheated in the pan), and divide between 6 plates. Put 4 omelettes on top of each other, roll up, then cut into thin rounds. Divide these between three plates. Repeat with the remaining omelettes. Serve straight away.

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Orange and demerara granita

SM 2002-02 p.60 [01.070.04]
Serves 8
Preparation / Cooking time: not clear - several hours (need to freeze, breaking up at 30m intervals)

Lemon tart

SM 2002-02 pp.58–59 [01.069.02]
Serves 6–8
Preparation / Cooking time: about 3–4h all told
[advance prep: chill pastry; also needs to cool completely after baking]

Baked apples with mincemeat, lemon and orange

SM 2002-02 p.52 [01.065.01]
Serves 4

Quick and easy raspberry and lemon squares

SM 2011-08 p.50
Makes 12–16
Prep time 15min, Total 1 hr, plus cooling [needs to cool completely, so allow plenty of time].
Will keep for a few days in an airtight container

This is a real winner: absolutely delicious, yet incredibly simple to make. Maximum results for minimum effort! The original quantities of sugar are shown in square brackets; the Mammal does not have a terribly sweet tooth and prefers to bake with the reduced amounts given below.

Ingredients
3 large eggs
175g caster sugar [200g]
175g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
200g very soft butter
a pinch of ground cinnamon
150g raspberries
For the syrup
75g granulated sugar [100g]
zest and juice of 2 lemons

Equipment: 20cm (8in) square baking tin, preferably loose-bottomed.

Method
Pre-heat oven to 180°C, fan 160°C (gas 4)
Combine all the cake ingredients apart from the raspberries, using either a mixer or a wooden spoon. Lightly oil the baking tin and line the base with non-stick paper [though if your tin is really non-stick, this should not be necessary].
Gently fold the raspberries into the mixture and tip into the tin, smoothing over the top.
Bake for 45 minutes or until golden and risen.

To make the syrup, combine all the ingredients. As soon as the cake is out of the oven, prick the top with a fork and spoon the lemon syrup over it [use it all, even though it will seem an awful lot. Also, if using a loose-bottomed tin, put some newspaper or kitchen paper underneath to deal with any seepage.] Leave in the tin to cool completely, then remove and cut into 16 squares or 12 rectangles [greedy!].

Per serving: 224cals; 12g fat (of which 7g saturated); 29g carbs; [20g] total sugars; 0.3g salt.

Mint and apple sorbet

SM 2002-04 p.96 [01.056.03]
Serves 4–6

Slow-roast pork with fennel and garlic

SM 2002-04 p.65 [01.052.01]
Serves 8–10
Pork–shoulder, de-boned and rolled; fennel–seeds; pepper–black peppercorns; chilli–dried crushed; wine–white.
Takes at least 7 hours to roast.

Moroccan-spiced lamb with courgette couscous

SM 2002-04 pp.63–64 [01.051.02]
Advance preparation: needs to marinate for at least 6 hours.
Lamb–neck fillets; coriander–paste, ground, and fresh; cumin–ground; wine–white; pepper–cayenne.