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The tomato pasta worth the airfare

The tomato pasta worth the airfare

Three kinds of tomato, a whisper of anchovy and enough lemon to keep it honest.

Serves 435 min
Salsa cruda for peak tomatoes

Salsa cruda for peak tomatoes

Grated ripe tomato, garlic and basil. The less you do to it, the better it is.

10 min
Grated tomato and Calabrian chili

Grated tomato and Calabrian chili

Grated tomato with a Calabrian kick and a lemon lift. Sauce or dip, your call.

10 min
Sweet corn campanelle with miso butter

Sweet corn campanelle with miso butter

Corn three ways in one pot, then the fix the original never knew it needed: white miso in the butter and a lemon squeezed over the lot.

Serves 41 hr
Cherry and heirloom panzanella with burrata and prosciutto

Cherry and heirloom panzanella with burrata and prosciutto

Roasted and raw cherries, two tomatoes, one dressing built from what they weep.

Serves 41 hr 15 min, mostly idle
The long way to Bolognese

The long way to Bolognese

Milk first, then wine, then the laziest three-hour simmer there is.

Serves 64 hrs, mostly unattended
Slow-burn chicken with burst tomatoes

Slow-burn chicken with burst tomatoes

Five minutes of effort, six hours of alibi.

Serves 46 hr
Marcella's tomato sauce, and the onion you throw away

Marcella's tomato sauce, and the onion you throw away

Three things, one of which you bin. Trust her, and me.

Serves 41 hr
Baked feta dip with hot honey

Baked feta dip with hot honey

The block of feta that went viral, finally behaving like a dip.

Serves 81 hr 20 min
Crispy gnocchi with burst tomatoes

Crispy gnocchi with burst tomatoes

Skip the pot. Fry the gnocchi like they owe you money.

Serves 425 min
Grape tomatoes in kimchi drag

Grape tomatoes in kimchi drag

Snappy tomatoes in a fire-bright gochugaru dressing. Kimchi flavour without the wait.

40 min, mostly draining
Corn salad that skips the vinegar

Corn salad that skips the vinegar

Five minutes, six ingredients and no vinegar. The tomatoes season it themselves.

Serves 45 min
Greek panzanella with crispy pork

Greek panzanella with crispy pork

The benchmark bread salad gone Greek, with pork that crackles.

Serves 85 hrs, mostly idle
Tomato tarte tatin

Tomato tarte tatin

Sweet, sharp and considerably more interesting than the version that started it.

Serves 245 min
Gochujang chicken arrabbiata

Gochujang chicken arrabbiata

Rome would be appalled. We are not.

Serves 235 min

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