Mezcla: Recipes to Excite

by Ixta Belfrage

recipes

Everyday - Veg

• Cheesy roasted aubergines with salsa roia 24
• Porcini ragù 26
• Tomato salad with tahini ginger sauce, chilli oil and crumpet croutons 29
• Upside down plantain omelette with scotch bonnet salsa 31
• Triple citrus tomato salad (or soup) 34
• Roasted and raw cabbage with tomato, lemon and lime dressing 36
• Mango and cheese salad with jalapeno and lime 39
• Plantain with Scotch bonnet, garam masala and lime 40
• Spicy ginger, tomato and sesame dip 42
• Ricotta dip with hot sauce butter pine nuts 43
• Gem and herb salad with maple, lime and sesame dressing 46
• Spinach and herb dumplings with cherry tomato sauce 49
• Kohlrabi with miso meunière 51
• Crispy oyster mushroom skewers with crushed chickpeas 53
• Giant cheese on toast with spring onion, honey and urfa butter 54
• Garlic yoghurt with crispy herbs 59
• Roasted cabbage with mango and harissa salsa 60
• Roasted pickled and fried onions (aka onion party) 63
• Limey cucumber salad with charred spring onion salsa 64
• Creamed plantain with dendê, ginger and lime 65
• Buttery porcini fried eggs 67
• Cheesy polenta with curried onions 68
• Peas with tomatoes and onions 70
• Pineapple pizza salsa 71
• Plantain and corn fritters with sriracha mayo 73
• Miso butter butternut gnocchi 74
• Roasted aubergines with coriander and anchovy salsa 77
• Piri piri tofu over crispy crispy orzo 78
• Roasted onion aïoli and tomato toast 81
• Lentils with caramelised onion aïoli and crispy chilli oil 83
• Caldo de feijão with spicy pine nut oil 84

Everyday - Fish

• Charred gem lettuce two ways 86
• Dendê marinated prawns with burnt lime 89
• A very quick clam stew 91
• TV chips 92
• Poached fish in tomato and tumeric curry with udon noodles 94
• Plaice with yellow and green tomatoes 97
• Mussels and orzo in a coconut and saffron stew 99
• Tuna crudo crumpets with soy butter 100
• Fish poached in charred tomato broth 102
• Mackerel udon 105
• Brown butter sea bass with tangerine dipping sauce and lots of herbs 106

Everyday - Meat

• Spiced lamb and aubergine ragout 109
• Chicken with pineapple and 'nduja 112
• Bavette resting over tomatoes with black lime and maple butter 115
• Pappardelle with chipotle pancetta sauce 116
• Sausage and charred citrus traybake 118

Entertaining (kind of) - Veg

• Sticky coconut rice cake with turmeric tomatoes 124
• Macaxeira frita with chilli butter and lime mayo 126
• Butternut and sage lasagne gratin 131
• Charred red pepper sauce with omelette noodles 132
• Tomato and lime galette with crunchy spelt chipotle pastry 137
• Beans with roasted onion aïoli 139
• Three cheese quesadillas with habanero oil 143
• Sweet and sour celery salad 146
• Charred red pepper tartare with crispy ginger dressing 149
• Brown butter curried cornbread 153
• Oyster mushroom noodles with caramelised caraway onions 154
• Tomatoes stuffed with sticky porcini and chestnut rice 157
• Chard rotolo 161
• Creamy cassava gratin with onion and caraway farofa 164
• Chiles rellenos with salsa roja risotto 166
• Giant mushroom and sesame roll with salsa verde 170
• Roasted kohlrabi and tomato broth with crispy ginger 175
• Red curry sweet potato gratin 176
• Fried bread to go with just about anything 179

Entertaining (kind of) - Fish

• Prawn dumplings and creamed corn 183
• Moqueca fish pie 185
• Hake torta ahogada with prawn miso bisque 188
• Celebration salmon 192
• Scallops with curried onions and lime 197
• Confit squid and aubergine paccheri 198
• Curried prawn and jalapeno croquettes with scotch bonnet salsa 203
• Mackerel with charred corn and Calabrian chilli salsa 207
• Prawn lasagne with habanero oil 209

Entertaining (kind of) - Meat

• Duck with mexicorn sauce and spring onion salsa 213
• Black pepper pork steaks with pineapple and peppers 217
• Lamb loin fillets with ajvar and miso butter 219
• Roast chicken curry with crispy curry leaves 222
• Cannelloni enchiladas 225
• Mole short ribs com agrião 227

The end - Quick fixes

• Pane, vino e zucchero 234
• Romeo e Julieta 234
• Black forest crumpets 236
• Sticky banana and chocolate pan-cake 238
• Whipped yoghurt with roasted strawberries and peanut fudge sauce 243
• Pineapple steaks with maple custard 245
• Banana, sesame and mable cake 246

The end - Showstoppers

• Mango, basil and lime mille-feuille 249
• Strawberry, cinnamon and chipotle chocolate layer cake 253
• Peach and rooibos iced tea sorbet 258
• Miso caramel ice cream bomba 261
• After dinner chocolate tart 265
• Coffee ice cream with Kahlua fudge sauce 266
• Passion fruit pudim 271
• Cinnamon custard brûlée 275
• Coconut, chocolate and coffee roll 276