Recipes

Recipes worth lingering over

Simple, seasonal recipes: a signature drink, a bake, a hosting centrepiece and something easy for a weekday — tried at home before they are ever shared.

Each recipe is made to feel simple, generous and quietly special — the kind of thing you can serve without fuss, but still remember afterwards.

A tall, golden lemon and rosemary focaccia studded with rosemary sprigs and flaky sea salt, fresh from the oven at Forno Nica.

25 minutes, plus 2 hours proving and 25 minutes baking · Serves 8–10

Forno Nica's Lemon & Rosemary Focaccia

A slice of sourdough toast topped with creamy ricotta and honeyed fig slices, served with a cup of coffee and fresh figs alongside.

10 minutes · Serves 2

Honeyed Fig & Ricotta Toast

A golden fig and almond cake topped with honey-glazed figs and flaked almonds, served on a ceramic cake stand with fresh figs and a honey dipper alongside.

20 minutes, plus 40–45 minutes baking · Serves 8

Honeyed Fig & Almond Cake

A lemon, basil and almond cake studded with toasted almonds and fresh basil leaves, sliced open on a ceramic cake stand with a whole lemon nearby.

20 minutes, plus 35–40 minutes baking · Serves 8

Lemon, Basil & Almond Cake

Slices of toasted sourdough topped with whipped ricotta, roasted cherry tomatoes and torn basil, arranged on a speckled ceramic plate.

15 minutes · Serves 4

Tomato Butter Crostini with Whipped Ricotta

Two glasses of peach and thyme sparkling water cooler garnished with fresh thyme sprigs and peach slices.

15 minutes, plus 10 minutes infusing · Serves 4

Peach, Thyme & Sparkling Water Cooler

A glass pitcher and two glasses of peach and rosemary sparkling lemonade with ice, lemon slices and fresh rosemary sprigs.

15 minutes, plus 10 minutes infusing · Serves 4

Peach, Rosemary & Sparkling Water Lemonade

A bowl of courgette ribbon pasta tossed with toasted breadcrumbs, lemon zest and Parmesan.

20 minutes · Serves 4

Courgette Pasta with Toasted Breadcrumbs

A sliced olive oil cake with a golden, sugar-crusted top, served on a ceramic cake stand with citrus fruit in the background.

15 minutes, plus 35–40 minutes baking · Serves 8

Olive Oil Cake for Late Afternoons

15 minutes, plus chilling · Serves 2

Iced Maple Chai

10 minutes · Serves 1

Cinnamon Honey Latte

A slice of pear and almond cake topped with flaked almonds, served beside a halved pear.

25 minutes, plus 42-50 minutes baking · Serves 8-10

Pear & Almond Cake

A plate of honeyed fig and ricotta toast beside a jar of honey and a cup of coffee.

15 minutes · Serves 2-4

Honeyed Fig Ricotta Toast

30 minutes, plus chilling and 10-12 minutes baking · Makes 12

Brown Butter Cookies

A golden focaccia studded with halved red grapes and rosemary sprigs, fresh from the oven.

2.5-3 hours, plus 22-28 minutes baking · Serves 8-10

Grape & Rosemary Focaccia

A round of burrata surrounded by grilled peach slices, basil leaves and chopped pistachios, drizzled with hot honey, served with toasted sourdough.

15 minutes · Serves 2-4

Burrata with Roasted Peaches, Hot Honey & Pistachio

A golden apple and croissant bake studded with thin apple slices in a speckled ceramic baking dish, with coffee and spices in the background.

15 minutes, plus 30-35 minutes baking · Serves 6-8

Apple Butter Croissant Bake

5 minutes · Serves 1

Hugo Spritz

A stone board set with several open tins of sardines, anchovies, mussels and tuna, whipped feta, capers, cornichons, lemon wedges, crackers and torn bread, beside a glass of white wine and a small olive branch.

15 minutes · Serves 4-6, as a shared plate

Tinned Fish & Conservas Board

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