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Bean sprout and sweet corn soup
This is a recipe that I use throughout spring and summer, adapting it to what’s in season: sprouting broccoli, asparagus, mangetout, French beans… Until then, here’s a winter version using bean sprouts, which you can harvest from your window-sill within…
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Migrant moths threaten Brassica crops.
Population surges of diamondback moths happen periodically, but the last time such high numbers were recorded was in 1996. Scientists are warning that brassica crops could be devastated by record numbers of moths arriving from mainland Europe. Tens of millions…
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Prawn & Spring Onion Chow Mein
Have an oriental-inspired dinner with this fragrant and colourful noodle dish. SERVES 4 • 3 nests fine egg noodles • 1 small bunch spring onions • 100g (3½oz) bean sprouts • 140g (5oz) broccoli, chopped into small florets • 140g…
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Leek, Broccoli & Blue Cheese Quiche
Although they’re a winter crop, leeks have a delicacy of flavour that suggests spring, especially when paired with purple sprouting… Serves 4 90g (3¼oz) plain flour 80g (3oz) butter 125g (4½oz) Shropshire Blue or similar cheese, finely diced 150g (5½oz)…
