Alexis John

SPRING?!
Technically, it is here, but the sun isn’t yet diluting the crisp, cold air.

This means I am still in need of comfort food, but with a lighter twist. Even if that was only in colour.

I wanted beans. Butterbeans, to be precise, so it had to be @boldbeanco. They are big, soft, juicy beans that are cooked to perfection and jarred.

The only spanner in the works was, I wasn’t just cooking for me but a friend and 2 kids… would they eat what I had now decided- a white ragu of sorts…sausages (out of their cases, fried with chilli and fennel seeds), slow cooked leeks, butterbeans, garlic, a dash of milk, chicken stock, finished with dill, lemon zest and loads of parmesan??? The answer was YES, but with one request- WILD GARLIC MASH too!!

I mean, baked potato, beans and cheese has nothing on this, but it was every bit as comforting.

So here it is, in all it’s beige glory, in the early evening sun ☀️
WHITE SAUSAGE, LEEK, CHILLI & BUTTERBEAN RAGU W/ WILD GARLIC MASH (loads of parmesan, dill & a mustardy dressed watercress salad) it was exactly what I had been dreaming of and the kids loved it x