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Basil recipes
basil
The possibilities for sweet, fragrant basil are endless. Blitz the leaves and stalks into a vibrant pesto, tear and toss into salads to release the aromatic oils or try something a little different with strawberries or watermelon marinated in balsamic vinegar and basil. And those are just a few!
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Caramelised red pepper spaghetti
Blistered tomatoes with orzo & chickpeas
Melon & jamón with requesón
Summer salmon, tomato & courgette spaghetti
Roast baby tomatoes & chickpeas with bay and garlic
Pizza baked eggs
Butter bean, smoky tomato & prawn stew
Pesto & three-cheese hedgehog garlic bread
Sausage, fennel & mascarpone cavatappi
Burrata with quick-pickled rhubarb & basil oil
Gnocchi, anchovy & red pepper one-pot
Red pepper & crispy salami pasta
Shallot, pine nut & preserved lemon spaghetti
Trofie with pesto, green beans & sardines
Cheesy broccoli soup
Quick lamb & mushroom ragù
Chicken & ricotta meatball broth with macaroni
Zaatar salmon with potato wedges & tomatoes
Polenta breakfast bowl with smoky tomatoes & fried eggs
Bacon & courgette pasta with chickpeas
Quick artichoke, pea & spinach lasagne
The best frying pan pizza
Raw tomato sauce with malloreddus
Courgette, chickpea & feta pasta
Tomato trimming, shallot & basil vinaigrette
Stuffed baked tomatoes
Aubergine & goat’s cheese bake with garlic toasts
Spicy cheesy pasta arancini with pepper & tomato sauce
Cheat’s pizzas with mushrooms & black olives
Barbecued sirloin steak with salsa verde
Peperonata with capers & feta
Strawberry, basil & burrata with green peppercorns & croutons
Flatbread pizzas
Chicken, butter bean & summer vegetable traybake
Courgette scarpaccia
Crispy ‘chorizo’, olive & courgette bucatini with lemon & feta
Summer melon, grilled courgette & feta salad
Sirloin steak with balsamic tomato butter sauce & chips
Summery pea & basil soup
Asparagus, broad bean & pea frittata with a seed and parmesan crust
Lemony ricotta veg-drawer pasta
Basil-roasted cherry tomato & aubergine pesto pasta
Parsnip & pear fritters
Med-style gnocchi
Grilled corn, peach, tomato & burrata salad
Spinach & herb dressed grilled chicken salad
Sausage, tomato & walnut pesto on toast
Tagliatelle with peas, courgette & burrata
Herb laminated pasta
Golden tomato, burrata & broad bean salad with anchovies
Bucatini with roasted tomatoes & basil
Warm bulgur, veggie sausage & harissa roasted carrot salad
Basil julep
Basil & lemon cauliflower & sweetcorn fritters