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25 recipes · all vegetarian

Vegetarian cooking
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A wide black pan of red pepper and tomato sauce with six baked eggs, crumbled feta and chopped parsley scattered over the top.

Breakfast

Smoky Bean Shakshuka

A pan of soft beans and blistered peppers under six eggs, cooked until the whites just set and the yolks still run. It is a breakfast that eats like a dinner, which is the point.

Time: 40 min
Serves: 4

Cubes of golden fried tofu in a dark glossy pepper sauce, topped with a tangle of crisp fried shallot rings and red chilli.

Vegan

Mains

Black Pepper Tofu with Crisp Shallots

Coarsely cracked pepper is the whole dish here, not a seasoning at the end. Crisp the tofu hard, build a dark sticky sauce around it, and pile on more fried shallots than feels sensible.

Time: 40 min
Serves: 4

Mains

Beetroot and Barley Risotto

Pearl barley instead of rice, so it keeps some bite and does not need standing over. The colour is frankly ridiculous, which is half the pleasure of putting it on the table.

Time: 1 h 10 min
Serves: 4

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Four soft corn tortillas filled with blackened cauliflower florets, pale green lime crema, pink pickled onion and coriander.

A wide shallow bowl of vivid green pea and mint soup with a swirl of cream, whole peas and small mint leaves on top.

Four blistered flatbreads on a wooden board with charred bubbles, rosemary needles and flakes of sea salt, one torn open.

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