FRESH START
BBC Good Food UK|January 2022
Welcome in the new year with bright, inspiring recipes from Esther Clark, plus learn about growing leeks with tips from Emma Crawforth of BBC Gardeners’ World
Esther Clark and Emma Crawforth
FRESH START

The beginning of a new year brings us a fresh batch of seasonal delights. Citrus comes into its own this month, bitter chicory leaves are ready and sweet leeks begin to pop out of the ground. Now’s the time to refresh your cooking routine.

Ruby red grapefruit doesn’t just make a healthy breakfast – it’s also a welcome addition in both sweet and savoury dishes. Try baking grapefruit into a polenta cake or adding the juice to cocktails. Or, try a bright salad with notes of tamarind, sesame and fish sauce (p110). The tart grapefruit pairs so well with creamy avocado, sweet prawns and the salty, umami-rich dressing. Look out for other citrus fruits, including Italian lemons and Seville and blood oranges, all at their peak in January.

The humble leek is also ready for harvesting during the cooler months. These green-topped shoots can be whizzed into creamy soups with celeriac and mustard, or baked into a gratin with cheese sauce to serve alongside a roast dinner. Leeks turns deliciously sweet when fried until soft, making them the ideal addition to our tart on page 110 which combines caramelised leeks with salty manchego cheese and smoky chorizo.

Chicory, with its striking leaves, sits somewhere between cabbage and lettuce. It can be eaten raw or cooked, and its veined leaves are tightly packed, with a white centre. There’s also a yellow variety and its sister veg, the radicchio. Chicory teams well with creamy, salty cheese like goat’s, so we’ve partnered the two in a roasted squash and herby couscous dish for a wonderfully colourful, fresh and satisfying January supper (p112).

Zingy grapefruit, prawn avocado & tamarind salad

SERVES 6 PREP 15 mins

NO-COOK EASY

3 tbsp sesame oil

1 tsp tamarind

1 small garlic clove, crushed

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