Snickerdoodle Dandies

This is a clever way with meat balls. As small individual portions it makes an elegant Italian starter. The smaller-sized meatballs and thin spaghetti also make a fun and wholesome dish for children. Or piled high on a big platter it makes a great family dish to share around the table.

With this bangers and mash recipe, the sausages and potatoes are replaced with chorizo and seasonal butternut squash mash and the gravy is replaced with a Spanish pepper sauce.

Another ‘leftover’ from an Easter anti pasto and another recipe worth posting.

Grilled tuna (from a tin) meets sweetcorn in the guise of a romesco sauce.

Japanese style barbecued skewers of tuna and babycorn with ponzu sauce

The usual Spanish croqueta is made with jamon. These versions are made with smoked salmon. They work really well and would not go amiss on any tapas menu.