padron peppers

This is essentially a simple tray bake. You could serve it as a side with grilled meat, chicken or fish or as I did, with and egg added for a vegetarian main meal/breakfast. Caper berries taste slightly milder than capers and have a little crunch. They are the immature fruit rather than the bud...

Spicy, smoky, sweet and sour is the best way I can describe this dish. It could be a Spanish dish except for the black lime, which comes from the middle East. Black limes (sometimes known as Persian limes) are whole dried limes. I find the best way to use them is to pierce them in a few places...

This dip is somewhat inspired by American ranch dressing but there is no buttermilk or mayo here. Padron peppers are a common ingredient for tapas in Spain. They are usually very mild except that occasionally you can come across a hot one. So you can play a sort of chilli roulette with this...