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Petersham, Richmond, Surrey: Garden lunch for 10
A glorious casual garden lunch in leafy Richmond upon Thames.
Starters
Garlic and chilli prawns
Burrata with puy lentil salad
The Italian for “buttery”, burrata is a sumptuous soft cheese, made from mozzarella and cream.
Mains
Roast beef wrapped in bresaola and studded with garlic and rosemary, served with a choice of red wine or béarnaise sauces.
Spinach, mushroom and ricotta rotolo
Rotolo is a delicious Swiss roll of silky fresh pasta with layers of chopped mushrooms in garlic, and ricotta with spinach.
Sides
Grilled courgettes with pecorino cheese
Roasted chantenay carrots
Rocket, green bean and shaved parmesan salad with truffle oil
Janssen’s Temptation
Imagine a gratin dauphinoise peppered with anchovies in the layers of cream, garlic and potato - that’s yummy Janssen’s Temptation. It is the perfect accompaniment for roast beef with salty air dried bresaola.
Desserts
Home made vanilla ice cream
Dark chocolate tart
Almond meringue cake with strawberries and cream
The layers of this cake are fine and chewy with almond crunch. In winter I make a version with chocolate ganache in the layers instead of strawberries and cream.
Rottollo