Sounds like Morrissey with a cold but this is a beetroot inspired burger, for those of you who like it purple.
The recipe is as follows.
Fry some chopped onions and chopped red pepper in a pan, wth a pinch of pepper, turmeric and cumin.
Put this all in a smoothie machine with a large beetroot, not the sort that comes pickled in a jar, the vegetable one. Add a tin of chick peas, a tablespoon of oil and an egg. And some spinach if you have it. Also some sweet chilli sauce, or any sauce which might help.
Take it out and form into burger shapes on tin foil.
Cook in the oven for 20 mins at 200C, or 180 in a fan oven. Gingerly urn over after 10 mins so it doesn’t crumble.
Eat in a bun. Follow with a dessert; a custard flan, caramel flan, or whatever charming flan you prefer.




This is a companion dish to Julian Lasagne, although the two are very rarely seen in the same room. I wasn’t going to divulge the recipe for this as, well… it does utilise my own special secret mixture of herbs and spices which gives a unique tinge to the batter. But what are a few ingredients between friends?

The chicken stew was just thigh with the skin pulled off and slow cooked in some water with herbs in it. I opened and added some chopped mixed stew vegetables. It turned out more of a broth and no-one ate it. Not exactly finger food.

Had this one last night, sizzling tuna served in a saucepan.






