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Summer Collection on UKTV Food: green leaves and gooseberries
UKTV Food is currently showing Delia Smith's Summer Collection, including these excellent recipes from episode 2.
Mixed-leaf Caesar Salad
This must be one of the greatest salad recipes ever. It's traditionally made with Cos lettuce, but I like a mixture of lettuce and some crunchy rocket leaves. What it can't take is anything too soft – only the crunchiest leaves will do.
English Gooseberry Cobbler
This is a classic English version of a fruit cobbler, but speeded up with the aid of a food processor – which makes it one of the fastest baked fruit desserts imaginable.
Chilled Lemon Grass and Coriander Vichyssoise
In summer, if the weather is really hot, nothing could be more refreshing than a chilled soup. Leeks, which have made this particular recipe famous, are not available in summer, but this alternative is, I think, even better. It's made using fresh lemon grass.
Italian Rice Creams with Gooseberry and Elderflower Puree
For those who get nostalgic for the rice puddings of their childhood, this is the adult answer, a more sophisticated and modern interpretation. Later on in the summer different fruits can be used for the purée – blackcurrants, raspberries or redcurrants, or any other combination.
Chicken with Sherry Vinegar and Tarragon Sauce
This is my adaptation of a classic French dish called poulet au vinaigre. It's very simple to make: the chicken is flavoured with tarragon leaves and simmered in a mixture of sherry vinegar and medium sherry without a lid, so that the liquid cooks down to a glossy, concentrated sauce.
