Sugar & salt plus salmon is a pretty good start. Add a bit of maple syrup, some wood chips and give yourself a few hours and you’ll have something spectacular: hot smoked salmon with a maple glaze.
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Hot smoked maple glazed salmon – Traeger
Chicken Yoghurt Garlic & Rosemary kebabs – Thuros
I always thought it was odd that people cooked with yoghurt. That creamy, soft, delicate breakfast dish seemed so incongruous with anything hot. But mix a few staple herbs and good old fashioned organic chicken breasts to make chicken kebabs and you are in for a real winner with all the family.
Classic hot cross buns
Whether you’re a raisin enthusiast or not, few can deny the smell and sight of toasted Hot Cross Buns stuffed full of fruit and spices and spread with generous lashings of butter isn’t all but essential in the house come Easter.
Sludgiest fudgiest dark chocolate brownie
Grab a spoon, ladle on some cream with a dollop of ice cream and dig in to a chocolate brownie – far too delicious for anyone’s good.
Saddleback leg of pork – Sunday roast (Traeger)
Nothing quite screams Sunday decadence than a crispy, crunchy crackling. Add a coffee based rub, and a touch of whiskey smoke from the Traeger and your roasted leg of pork will leave you a completely silent table!
Lamb steaks, toasted potatoes with a pea puree and red wine reduction
If you’re thinking of hand picking one special dish to celebrate the arrival of spring, this would be top of the pile for me. Packed with all the fresh flavours one associates with the season, these lamb steaks are exquisite, simple to prepare and even easier to cook.
Dark chocolate & walnut banana bread
Don’t worry if you’ve left bananas uneaten for too long, they’re most likely ideal for baking this dark chocolate & walnut banana bread. A spare hour and a little elbow grease and you’ve got a delicious loaf that sounds a tiny bit healthy!